July 2021
HKHTC @ Hong Kong International Book Fair 2021
The Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre presented a special lecture titled "Strange Haven: Forgotten Stories of Jewish Refugees Who Escaped to Wartime Shanghai from Nazi Europe" (猶太人逃難戰時上海: 猶太大屠殺歷史被遺忘的那些事) at the Hong Kong International Book Fair [...]
June 2021
“Forgotten Victims: A Conversation with Sinti Holocaust Survivor Rita Prigmore” Webinar
Together with Jews, the Roma and Sinti (Gypsies) were targeted for extermination by the Nazis during their twelve-year reign of terror and were thus also victims of ideological racism. The stories of the Roma [...]
April 2021
Genocide Awareness Month | Remembering Together: Chinese and Jewish Students Discuss Holocaust/Genocide Education
The Hong Kong Holocaust & Tolerance Centre was pleased to participate in the 24-Hour Virtual Global Vigil to mark the conclusion of Genocide Awareness Month. Over a 24 hour cycle, the vigil featured content [...]
“The Fight against Anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe Today” Webinar
April is Genocide Awareness Month. HKHTC hosted a special webinar with Germany’s inaugural Federal Government Commissioner for the Fight against Anti-Semitism, Dr Felix Klein, for a live discussion and Q&A on the fight against [...]
HK press speaks with HKHTC Executive Director on Shanghai Ghetto history
Shanghai's Forgotten Jewish Past & Hong Kong 猶太人逃難戰時上海 | 猶太大屠殺歷史被遺忘的那些事 As the Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaSahoah) is approaching in April, Hong Kong's Apple Daily speaks with HKHTC Executive Director & Columbia University's Historical [...]
“The Cellist of Auschwitz”: Yom HaShoah Special Programme with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Yom HaShoah 2021/5781 Remembering Music's Saving Powers at Auschwitz Anita Lasker-Wallfisch OBE is one of the dwindling number of men and women still living who survived Auschwitz. She was taken to the camp but [...]