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HKHTC 2016 Art and Writing Contest – Year 9 – 13

2017-04-04T11:21:49+08:00Tags: , , , |

After the success of last year’s contest we were proud to announce the launch of the 2016 Art & Writing contest for Years 9 – 13.

Pick from one of the following three categories, answering the question

‘HOW AND WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER ACTS OF GENOCIDE?’

Students are encouraged to approach this question creatively, entering the contest in one of the three categories below. One winner will be announced in each of these categories:

1- Performing Arts: drama, spoken-word poetry, dance, performance, composition.

2- Visual Arts: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film.

3- Writing: creative or essay (max. 1,500 words)

The deadline was 11.59pm 30th May 2016. Prizes were awarded in each category. Winners were announced in mid June.

Most entries in the Performing Arts and Visual Arts categories require a 2-3 minute video explanation.

Entries must be entirely original works. Please fully cite and acknowledge any existing ideas or authors from whom you’ve drawn inspiration.

All questions/inquiries to info@hkhtc.org.

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Director of Education, Ben Freeman, visits LPC United World College

2017-04-06T00:10:38+08:00Tags: , , , |

On Tuesday 15th March, HKHTC Director of Education, Ben Freeman, visited Li Po Chun United World College to discuss the issue of Genocide.

Ben and the class discussed the concepts of Genocide and how the Holocaust fits into that. The class also explored the process in which prejudice develops, the limitations of the term Genocide and together they explored this very complicated issue.

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Oscar Winning Film, Son of Saul Screening 27th February & March 1st

2017-01-18T16:11:06+08:00Tags: , , , , |

As part of the European Film Festival we were proud to have partnered with the Consulate of Hungary in Hong Kong and Macao, the European Union Film Festival and the Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival to screen the Oscar winning film, Son of Saul on 27 February & 1 March 2016.

One of the most-powerful foreign pictures of the year, Son of Saul captures a heartbreaking and haunting story of the Holocaust. Winning multiple awards in film festivals and award ceremonies, this film about a prisoner in the concentration camp sends viewers to the heart of this painful chapter of history. Son of Saul is the story about Saul Ausländer, who is forced to work for the Nazis to burn corpses in the concentration camp. During his shift in the crematorium, he discovers a boy who is brutally killed after an attempted escape, Saul decides to save this child’s body to give him a proper burial, even at the expense of his own escape.

http://www.cinema.com.hk/tc/movie/details/8751

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Dov Landau speaks at the Asia Society

2017-01-18T16:04:29+08:00Tags: , , , , |

Dov Landau, Holocaust survivor from Israel, spoke to 300 people at Asia Society on 1st February 2016 as part of his Holocaust Memorial Day tour of Hong Kong. He spoke wth Asia Society HK President Chairman Ronnie Chan and Josette Sheeran, President & CEO of Asia Society about his harrowing experiences in the Nazi concentration and death camps.

He shared his hopes for the future, expressing how important it is for every person to combat prejudice wherever they may find it.

There were also 120 students present from a variety of local schools & universities, some students even traveled all the way from mainland China to hear Dov speak.

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Holocaust survivor, Dov Landau’s tour of Hong Kong Schools and Universities

2017-01-18T15:58:10+08:00Tags: , , , |

For Holocaust Memorial Day HKHTC hosted Dov Landau, a Holocaust survivor from Israel. From the 26th of January to the 2nd of February Dov visited nine different schools & universities speaking to over a thousand students about his experiences.

For many of the students it was the first time they had ever heard from a Holocaust survivor and it was an incredibly meaningful and moving experience.

It is vitally important young people hear directly from Holocaust survivors so they may truly understand the depths to which humanity can plummet and understand how important it is to stand up for the right’s of others.

Please see below for a link to Dov’s talk at Harrow International School:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmil-8QPL3M&feature=youtu.be

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Director of Education, Ben Freeman spoke at Chinese International School

2017-04-06T00:12:20+08:00Tags: , , , , |

HKHTC Director of Education, Ben Freeman, ran workshops at Chinese International School discussing the Spanish Inquisition and the Jewish festival of Chanukah.

He also gave specials in Hebrew language helping the students learn about Jewish culture.

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HKHTC Director of Education, Ben Freeman, spoke at the Anatolia Cultural & Dialogue Centre

2017-01-18T15:53:09+08:00Tags: , , |

On Saturday 12th December, at the Anatolia Cultural & Dialogue Centre, Ben Freeman gave a lecture on the history of the Holocaust as well as the importance of learning the lessons of history.

After Ben’s lecture there was a screening of the documentary, ‘Turkish Passport’. This film tells the story of Turkish Diplomats in Paris saving the lives of Turkish Jews in France. They successfully stopped the Nazis deporting them to Auschwitz and eventually, in 1944, many Jews escaped from France to Turkey – crossing wartorn Europe in a train.

We were proud to work with the Anatolia Cultural & Dialogue Centre & tell the story of brave Muslims who helped save the lives of Jewish people during the Holocaust.

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Hannah Lessing’s Visit: Book Presentation and Discussion of Memories – Lifestories of Victims of National Socialism

2017-04-03T09:37:11+08:00Tags: , , , |

Since 2011, the Austrian National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism has published the book series: “Lives Remembered. Life Stories of Victims of National Socialism”. With this, the National Fund has aimed to contribute to the collective memory of Austria and preserve these memories as a reminder and as a beacon of hope for future generations. More than 35.000 books of the first three editions were disseminated among schools all over Austria. The fourth edition of the series to be presented in Hong Kong as a premiere deals with the life stories of survivors who were exiled in Asia. The book, 800 pages long, documents 23 life stories of persons who have settled temporarily or permanently in China (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing), India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand und the Philippines.

This world premiere focused on the importance of recording testimonies in general and we were honoured Dr Emilie Tran and Dr Glenn Timmermans agreed to speak on the panel alongside Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the Austrian National Fund. Ben Freeman, Director of Education at the Hong Kong Holocaust & Tolerance Centre moderated the panel discussion. Dr Trans fled Cambodia to France following the Cambodian genocide & Dr Timmermans is an expert on the history of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.

To learn more about the Austrian National Fund’s Life Stories series please visit  this link.

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Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria and of the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism, visits Hong Kong

2017-01-18T15:45:07+08:00Tags: , , , , |

In partnership with the Austrian Consulate General in Hong Kong we were delighted to welcome Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria and of the General Settlement Fund for Victims of National Socialism, to Hong Kong from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th November 2015.

Hannah spoke at universities in Hong Kong and Macao discussing art restitituion and also speak at an open event at the Asia Society (tickets will go on sale soon).

If you missed Hannah’s talk at the Asia Socity visit this link to watch it in full visit this link.

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