In early 2024, HKHTC hosted Mr Peter Gaspar who survived the Holocaust as a child. 

Throughout his 12 day visit to Hong Kong and Macao, Mr Gaspar spoke at over a dozen schools, universities and organisations in Hong Kong – including St Stephen’s College, United Christian College (Kowloon East), South Island School, Malvern College, Christian Alliance P.C. Lau Memorial International School, German Swiss International School, Elsa High School, Li Po Chun United World College, the University of Hong Kong, the University of Macau, the Jewish Community Centre, and the Asia Society Hong Kong Center – to huge audiences of different age groups, backgrounds and faiths. His talks were attended by several thousand students.

The Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre was honored to host the annual United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration on 25th January, 2024 at 7:30pm at JC Cube, Tai Kwun.

This year’s keynote speaker was Holocaust survivor Peter Gaspar. Born in Czechoslovakia, Peter’s life was forever changed when the Nazis occupied his city when he was just four years old. Faced with the threat of deportation, Peter and his parents went into hiding, seeking shelter wherever they could find it. Peter and his mother were later separated from his father and sent to the Theresienstadt camp, where they endured unimaginable suffering. Today, he strongly believes that educating young people is the key to stopping antisemitism.