June 2017
JTA’s Front-page Coverage of Holocaust Survivor Henry Friedman’s HK and China Visits
The June 2017 issue of Jewish Times Asia has published a front page story of our Holocaust survivor guest Mr Henry Friedman's visit in HK and Dongguan, where the Courage Conference 2017 took place in late [...]
Jewish Times Asia’s coverage of Yom Hashoah ceremony 2017
The Yom Hashoah event organised by HKHTC this year has received Jewish Times Asia's extensive coverage. The story can be read here.
HKHTC Teacher Training Workshops in South China
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 [...]
Yom Hashoah 2017: A Day to Remember The Holocaust
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. [...]
EUROCLIO Director and HKHTC Director Discussed Educational Approaches in The Hague
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 [...]
Director of Education Paid Tribute to Holocaust Victims at Westerbork Camp on Liberation Day
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: [...]