Tali Nates

Founder and Director, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa

Tali Nates is the founder and Executive Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and Chairs the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. A historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust and genocide education, memory, reconciliation, and human rights, she was born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle rescued by Oskar Schindler. Tali has been involved in the creation and production of dozens of documentary films, curated exhibitions, published articles, edited books and journals and contributed many chapters to edited volumes. She won numerous awards in South Africa and globally, the latest were the Goethe Medal (2022, Germany), the Secretary of State International Religious Freedom Award (2023, USA), the International Network of Genocide Scholars’ Impact Award (2024) and the Decoration of Honour in Gold (2025, Austria).

Last updated: Oct 23, 2026

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