Simon Li, a Canadian-trained historian who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English, was appointed HKHTC’s Director of Education in 2016. Simon has extensive knowledge about genocide and he previously was Senior Lecturer at a higher education institute in Hong Kong.

In November and December 2016, Simon has already presented Holocaust workshops to hundreds of students at international and local schools in Hong Kong. With Simon’s appointment, HKHTC is increasingly engaged with local Chinese-speaking students, while deepening its work with international schools and students.

Since the new semester began this fall, our Director of Education Simon Li has visited many local and international schools to give Holocaust workshops for students of different ages. In October 2016, he ran a Year 6 workshop at Nord Anglia International School discussing Shanghai as a haven for Holocaust victims. It is always the HKHTC’s aim to teach the Holocaust in an age-appropriate manner in a history classroom.

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