January 2017
January 27th, 2013 – Music from the Ashes: A United Nations Commemoration Concert
To commemorate the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day the HKHTC held a memorial concert titled "Music from the Ashes" at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. The concert featured musicians from Hong Kong, [...]
November 13-27, 2012: Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival
As part of the Hong Kong Jewish film festival, we screened two films, the "Heart Of Auschwitz" and "The Last flight of Petr Ginz," to more than 700 local school children at more than [...]
November 2nd, 2012 – Seminar: The Holocaust as a Unique Event in History
Guest speaker and Head of Education at Yad Vashem - Ephraim Kaye, addressed students and academics at Hong Kong University in a joint lecture organised by the HKHTC and the University's Modern Languages department. [...]
May 14, 2012 – Inauguration of the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre
The Resource Centre was officially inaugurated on May 14th 2012, during a ceremony at Elsa High School, Shau Kei Wan. Former Israeli Chief Rabbi and Child Holocaust Survivor, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, attended the [...]
Director of Education Simon Li Met with the Youngest Holocaust Survivor from Schindler’s List
The HKHTC's newly-appointed director of education Simon Li, a public historian and a university academic before joining the centre, visited the youngest Holocaust survivor from Schindler's List in Jerusalem this fall. Before moving to Israel and [...]
The study of The Holocaust is expanding world wide – Including China
Later this year AHO, the world’s biggest Holocaust association, is to stage China’s first international conference on the topic in Harbin. The north-eastern city once had a thriving Jewish community, but a more important [...]