Shanghai: A Wartime Haven – August 2015

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To mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Shanghai Ghetto and the end of WWII, the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) staged a public exhibition entitled Shanghai: A Wartime Haven. The exhibition told the story of Jews’ escape to Shanghai from Nazi Germany, the experiences of Jews and Chinese under Japanese internment during the war, and finally the city’s liberation and refugees’ subsequent transit to Hong Kong. Shanghai: A Wartime Haven also documented the Kadoorie family’s wartime and postwar humanitarianism, as well as the rescue activities of diplomats Ho Feng Shan from China and Japan’s Chiune Sugihara, who risked their lives to issue Jews travels visas out of Austria and Lithuania in the late 1930s.

We were delighted to launch Shanghai: A Wartime Haven at the Peninsula Hotel on Monday 31st August at 6:30pm. The exhibition was also on view at The Central Oasis Market Walkway (above Des Voeux Road), from 31st August to 14th September.

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Summer Workshop with Dr David Silberklang – June 1 at HKU

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On June 1st, HKHTC hosted Dr David Silberklang (Senior Historian, Yad Vashem’s International Institute for Holocaust Research) at Hong Kong University for its last teachers’ workshop of the 2014-2015 academic year.

Dr Silberklang’s talk was entitled: “When Did They Decide? Understanding and Teaching the Development of the Final Solution”. In addressing this question, Dr Silberklang referred to German documents and Jewish reports and suggested approaches to broaching the subject with students.

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Watchers of the Sky: A Genocide Awareness Event – May 13th in Hong Kong

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On May 13th, HKHTC premiered Watchers of the Sky in Hong Kong:

WATCHERS OF THE SKY interweaves four stories of remarkable courage, compassion, and determination, while setting out to uncover the forgotten life of Raphael Lemkin – the man who created the word “genocide,” and believed the law could protect the world from mass atrocities. Inspired by Samantha Power’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A Problem From Hell, WATCHERS OF THE SKY takes you on a provocative journey from Nuremberg to The Hague, from Bosnia to Darfur, from criminality to justice, and from apathy to action.

The film screening was followed by a panel discussion with the following three speakers:

-Kerry Propper, Producer, Watchers of the Sky (and Voices of Rwanda)

-Dr Khamboly Dy, Head of Cambodia’s Genocide Education Project

-Dr Mark Kielsgard, Scholar of the Armenian Genocide at City University HK

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2015 Yom Hashoah Ceremony

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On the evening of April 15th, 2015 HKHTC marked Hashoah, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day, with a special ceremony at the Jewish Community Centre. The programme featured an abridged performance of Charlotte Delbo’s renowned play, “Who Will Carry the Word?”, based on the experience of 20 women imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Survivors, religious and lay leaders, students, and members of the community paused both to reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust and recommit to engaging with its history and mandate.

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Holocaust centre aims to educate the young

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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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