November 2025
Save The Date | United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day 2026
We are deeply honored to welcome 93‑year‑old Larissa Cain, a Warsaw Ghetto survivor and Paris‑based author, as our guest speaker for the upcoming United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration. Save the Date: January 27. [...]
WWII 80 Series: The Boy Who Did Not Want To Die | An Evening with Holocaust Survivor Peter Lantos
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) hosted a compelling event featuring Professor Peter Lantos, Holocaust survivor and author of The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die and Parallel Lines: A Journey from Childhood to Belsen. On 19 June 2025, a full audience gathered to [...]
June 2025
SCMP Spotlights HKHTC’s Groundbreaking AI Project with USC: Transforming Conversations on Wartime Atrocities in the Region’s Classrooms
The South China Morning Post feature article on 14 December 2024 can be read here.
Engaging the Future: HKHTC’s Innovative Education on the Nanjing Massacre Featured on TVB News
In a recent segment on TVB News, the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) showcased its innovative educational initiatives related to the Nanjing Massacre, coinciding with the 87th anniversary of the tragedy. Executive [...]
Emmy Award-winning composer Aaron Zigman’s Émigré 齊格曼《上海！上海！》
踏入亂世，愛能否跨越界限？ In a world at war, can love transcend borders? 1938年，戰火逼近，一對兄弟逃離納粹迫害，隨近兩萬猶太難民輾轉抵達上海。兩人在陌生的異鄉開展新生活，弟弟卻與上海姑娘萌生一段世俗不容的愛情——一段跨越文化、挑戰命運的愛情故事即將展開！音樂交織歷史，旋律承載情感。《上海！上海！》將打造一場震撼心靈的音樂旅程。 Written by Emmy Award-winning composer Aaron Zigman's Émigré, this semi-staged production narrates the forbidden love between a Jewish refugee and a Shanghainese girl. [...]
Workshops for Teachers & Educators: Holocaust Education & Collective Memory in the 21st Century
Local teachers and educators joined us at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and at the University of Macau in the week of 24 February 2025 for a special educators workshop series titled "Foundational [...]