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Ginling Women’s College professor and HKHTC Director Discussed Minnie Vautrin’s Work on the Historic Campus
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Ginling Women’s College professor and HKHTC Director Discussed Minnie Vautrin’s Work on the Historic Campus

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Ginling Women’s College professor and HKHTC Director Discussed Minnie Vautrin’s Work on the Historic Campus

charles2017-08-25T10:50:56+08:00Tags: Ginling Women's College, Nanjing, World War II|

On July 17, HKHTC Director of Education Simon Li discussed about Minnie Vautrin and Ginling Women’s College (金陵女子大學) at the actual campus site with the college’s Nanjing Massacre expert researcher Prof Qi Chunfeng (齊春風教授).

During WWII, this women’s college harboured more than 10,000 women in buildings designed to accommodate between 200 and 300 people. Since they sheltered a majority of women, Japanese troops frequently haunted the college and attempted to rape the women inside. The college’s acting principal Minnie Vautrin guarded the college with the motto: “Whoever wants to go through this gate will have to do so over my dead body.”

HKHTC Director Visited the World’s First “Comfort Women” House in Shanghai
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HKHTC Director Visited the World’s First “Comfort Women” House in Shanghai

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HKHTC Director Visited the World’s First “Comfort Women” House in Shanghai

charles2017-08-08T19:33:28+08:00Tags: Comfort Women, World War II|

Director of Education Simon Li visited the world’s first “comfort women” house in Shanghai. Former sex slaves would be a more historically accurate term as they were only euphemistically referred by the Japanese government as “comfort women”. It is now an apartment, but some remnants of the house such as the ticket booth for Japanese soldiers to get sex slaves are still there. Mr Li talked with some residents and heard painful stories from them. He also investigated the remnants, which were unfortunately not preserved by the authorities.

HKHTC Director Visited Quzhou Hospital that Cured Victims of the Japanese Military’s Anthrax Attack in WWII
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HKHTC Director Visited Quzhou Hospital that Cured Victims of the Japanese Military’s Anthrax Attack in WWII

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HKHTC Director Visited Quzhou Hospital that Cured Victims of the Japanese Military’s Anthrax Attack in WWII

charles2017-08-25T10:36:08+08:00Tags: Germ Warfare, World War II|

Director of Education Simon Li visited a major hospital in Quzhou, where the Japanese germ warfare took place in World War II. Many victims of the anthrax attack have suffered from rotten feet for decades. Mr Li met a 90-year-old victim, Chen Chunhua, and the chief doctor who took care of the germ warfare victims over the past few years.

“Comfort Women” Scholar and HKHTC Director Discussed WWII Sex Slaves Issues in Shanghai
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“Comfort Women” Scholar and HKHTC Director Discussed WWII Sex Slaves Issues in Shanghai

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“Comfort Women” Scholar and HKHTC Director Discussed WWII Sex Slaves Issues in Shanghai

charles2017-08-25T10:59:24+08:00Tags: Comfort Women, World War II|

HKHTC Director of Education Simon Li met with Professor Chen Lifei (co-author of Chinese Comfort Women: Testimonies from Imperial Japan’s Sex Slaves, UBC Press, 2014) of the Chinese “Comfort Women” History Museum at the Shanghai Normal University in July. Professor Chen gave Mr Li a tour of the moving exhibition on comfort women victims. They then had a meaningful exchange on how to approach the comfort women issue in classroom.

Director of Education Simon Li Talked to Victims of the Japanese Germ Warfare in Quzhou
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Director of Education Simon Li Talked to Victims of the Japanese Germ Warfare in Quzhou

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Director of Education Simon Li Talked to Victims of the Japanese Germ Warfare in Quzhou

charles2017-08-25T11:00:37+08:00Tags: Germ Warfare, HKHTC, Nanjing|

HKHTC Director of Education Simon Li recently visited an elderly hospital in Quzhou, China to meet with Mr and Mrs Fang, victims of the Japanese germ warfare, to discuss their painful experiences during the anthrax attack by the Japanese soldiers in Quzhou.

HKHTC Art and Writing Contest: Year 9 – 13
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HKHTC Art and Writing Contest: Year 9 – 13

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HKHTC Art and Writing Contest: Year 9 – 13

admin@HKHTC2017-06-30T15:16:07+08:00Tags: Event, HKHTC Art & Writting Contest|

After the success of our previous contest we were proud to organize the Art & Writing contest for Years 9 – 13 students in Hong Kong. This
year’s theme is ‘HOW AND WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER ACTS OF GENOCIDE?’

This year’s student winners have approached this question creatively. Here are the winners and their works:

Visual Arts Category: drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, film
Winner: Anja Herrmann (Island School – Year 11)
https://youtu.be/F55YpUz0bTw

Performing Arts Category: drama, spoken-word poetry, dance, performance, composition
Winners: Emily Wong, Jacqueline Pan, Anina Law (Sha Tin College – Year 9)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSImUuwir2M&feature=em-upload_owner

Writing Category: creative or essay
Winner: Ofir Razon (Elsa High School – Year 11)

HKHTC Teacher Training Workshops in South China
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HKHTC Teacher Training Workshops in South China

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HKHTC Teacher Training Workshops in South China

etienne2017-06-29T11:51:41+08:00Tags: Educator Workshops, Genocide Awareness, Holocaust education, School Visits|

In May 2017, Simon Li, (HKHTC Director of Education and Anne Frank House’s Visiting Educator), Ephraim Kaye (Yad Vashem’s Director of International Seminars for Educators) and Glenn Timmermans (University of Macau’s Professor and HKHTC Board Director) travelled to China to present several workshops at the International School of Dongguan (ISD) for teachers and educators in the region and neighbouring
districts.

HKHTC’s workshops for the local and expatriate teachers in the Guangdong Province include: “How to Teach the Holocaust: Victims,
Perpetrators, Bystanders”, “The Decision to Kill the Jews: The Final Solution and its Implementation”, “The History of Antisemitism”, as
well as “Confronting the Phenomenon of Holocaust Denial: A Workshop”. In our workshop series in early May, there were more than 30 educators who took part in our Teacher Training Workshops. Then in our subsequent follow-up workshop series in late May, the number of
educator participants rose to around 60. The school has invited HKHTC to return to Dongguan next year again for more Teacher Training
Workshops.

Yom Hashoah 2017: A Day to Remember The Holocaust
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Yom Hashoah 2017: A Day to Remember The Holocaust

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Yom Hashoah 2017: A Day to Remember The Holocaust

etienne2017-06-30T15:39:47+08:00Tags: Genocide Awareness, HKHTC, Holocaust, Yom HaShoah|

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, is observed every year. It is a day of commemoration of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust as a result of actions carried out by Nazi Germany. On April 24, HKHTC was honored to host the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony, which was held at the Jewish Community Centre, in remembrance of the millions of Jewish lives that perished in the Holocaust.

This year’s theme was “Never Again”. Members from all of Hong Kong’s Jewish congregations were represented.In addition, representatives from many consulates joined the evening’s gathering and other multi-faith leaders.In attendance was Sagi Karni, Consul General of Israel to Hong Kong, who gave an address. Opening remarks were read by Glen Steinman, HKHTC Director. The evening programme included a moving and graphic video documentary entitled Sgt. Howard Cwick, Jewish Liberator: Eyewitness to History.

EUROCLIO Director and HKHTC Director Discussed Educational Approaches in The Hague
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EUROCLIO Director and HKHTC Director Discussed Educational Approaches in The Hague

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EUROCLIO Director and HKHTC Director Discussed Educational Approaches in The Hague

admin4HKHTC2017-06-30T15:01:15+08:00Tags: EUROCLIO, Genocide Awareness, HKHTC, Simon Li|

In late May 2017, HKHTC’s Director of Education Simon Li and the Director of European Association of History Educators (EUROCLIO) Jonathan Evan-Zohar met together in The Hague to discuss strategies that can help history educators in Asia to develop meaningful and effective ways to enhance classroom teaching on the Holocaust and related WWII topics. Mr Li and Mr Evan-Zohar also discussed prospects of future collaboration between the two organisations.

EUROCLIO is an organisation that was established in 1992 at the request of the Council of Europe. It aims to foster the development of innovative and responsible history, heritage history and citizenship through developing critical thinking, incorporating diverse perspectives and worldview, as well as creating a community of mutual respect.

Director of Education Paid Tribute to Holocaust Victims at Westerbork Camp on Liberation Day
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Director of Education Paid Tribute to Holocaust Victims at Westerbork Camp on Liberation Day

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Director of Education Paid Tribute to Holocaust Victims at Westerbork Camp on Liberation Day

admin4HKHTC2017-06-29T10:33:52+08:00Tags: Anne Frank House, Holocaust, Simon Li|

As the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank House’s Visiting Educator, HKHTC’s Director of Education Simon Li visited the Westerbork camp, which was a WWII Nazi detention and transit camp in Hooghalen, on the Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag). In the Netherlands, Liberation Day is commemorated each year on May 5th to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during WWII. During the visit at Westerbork, Mr Li also met with local students and educators from the region.