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Holocaust centre aims to educate the young

2017-01-08T12:11:11+08:00Tags: |

Education centre to open at Elsa High will warn of the dangers of hate and intolerance. A Holocaust education centre is to open in Hong Kong and aims to become a resource hub for the region. The centre – temporarily located at Elsa High, the Jewish high school in Shau Kei Wan – will focus on educating about the massacre of more than six million Jews by the Nazi regime during the second world war.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/teaching-the-holocaust-in-hong-kong/

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Nov 2011 HK Jewish Film festival school screenings

2017-01-07T22:52:45+08:00Tags: |

We took the film Hana and her Suitacase around 13 schools in Hong Kong for special screenings that were presented by her brother George.The film enthralled students and along with the presentation by her brother, it proved to be a highly effective medium for Holocaust education.

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January 31 2012 – UN Holocaust Memorial Discussion with Steven Smith

2017-04-03T09:35:54+08:00Tags: |

In our first event as the HKHTC, we welcomed Steven Smith, Head of the Shoah Foundation at the University of Southern California. Mr Smith spoke at the Jewish Community Centre, about the importance of Holocaust education and the preservation of memory, in order to avoid future genocides and crimes against humanity.

Smith was a co founder of Britain’s first Holocaust Centre and the Aegis Trust for Genocide Prevention before taking his current position.

The ceremony was attended by Consul Generals, faith leaders, members of the Jewish community as well as other distinguished guests.

http://www.cdeclips.com/en/hongkong/Holocaust_remembrance/fullstory_71750.html

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The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Program

2022-07-19T02:04:04+08:00Tags: |

http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme seeks to remind the world of the lessons to be learnt from the Holocaust in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide.

The Outreach Programme was created at the request of the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 60/7, adopted on 1 November 2005. The United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI) has taken the lead in creating a broad initiative, designed to encourage the development by United Nations Member States of educational curricula on the subject of the Holocaust, and to mobilize civil society for education and awareness.

 

 

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