Hong Kong Holocaust & Tolerance Centre

15/10/2026

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14/10/2026

On this day in 1943… at Sobibor…



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11/10/2026

08/10/2026

Congratulations, Professor Kagan!

As a Jewish boy living in France during World War II, Henri Kagan hid with his family under an assumed name. Today, at 95, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Professor Kagan shares the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Japan's Professor Kenso Soai for their work on "mirror-image" molecules. Many molecules come in left- and right-handed versions that can affect the body very differently. Their discoveries help chemists make the right choices, and that work has helped make medicines safer and more precise.

At The Genesis Prize Foundation, we celebrate Jewish achievement that benefits all of humanity. Professor Kagan's journey, from hiding behind the shadows to taking center stage with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is exactly the kind of story we celebrate.

Mazel tov, Professor Kagan, and congratulations to Professor Soai! 🎉

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07/10/2026

Three years on: 7 October 2023
三周年：2023年10月7日

Today we remember the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel: the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. More than 1,200 people were murdered. About 250 were taken hostage.

We remember them. We reject the murder of civilians, and antisemitism in every form.

May their memory be a blessing.

今日我們記念哈馬斯對以色列的恐怖襲擊中的遇害者——猶太人大屠殺以來猶太人遇害最慘重的一日。願他們的記憶成為祝福。

29/09/2026

85 Years On: Remembering Babyn Yar
八十五周年：記念娘子谷大屠殺

On 29–30 September 1941, in a ravine on the edge of occupied Kyiv, N**i mobile killing units and their auxiliaries murdered 33,771 Jewish men, women and children in two days.

The place is called Babyn Yar (Babi Yar). It became one of the defining sites of the “Holocaust by bullets”: mass murder carried out not in gas chambers, but by shooting, at close range, in the open. In the years that followed, tens of thousands more people were killed there: Jews, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war, and others. Estimates of the total number of victims at Babyn Yar reach around 100,000.

85 years later, we remember them by name where names are known, and we remember those whose names were never recorded.

Remembrance is not only about the past. It is a choice in the present: to refuse silence, to reject antisemitism and hatred, and to teach the next generation what happens when human beings are stripped of their dignity.

The Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre (HKHTC) stands with communities of memory around the world on this anniversary. May their memory be a blessing — and a responsibility.

Photo:
Babyn Yar, 1 October 1941. Soviet POWs forced to cover the mass grave after the massacre. (Johannes Hähle)

1941年9月29日至30日，在被佔領的基輔郊外一處峽谷，納粹機動屠殺部隊及其協助者在兩天內殺害了33,771名猶太男女與兒童。

這個地方叫娘子谷（Babyn Yar，亦稱 Babi Yar）。它成為「子彈大屠殺」最具代表性的地點之一。其後數年，數以萬計的猶太人、羅姆人、蘇聯戰俘及其他人亦在此被殺害。遇難者總數估計約達十萬人。

配圖攝於1941年10月1日，出自德軍宣傳部隊攝影師之手，可見蘇聯戰俘被逼掩蓋亂葬崗。這不是記念的影像，而是掩蓋罪行的紀錄。

八十五年後，我們記念已知姓名的遇難者，也記念那些姓名從未被記下的人。記念不只關乎過去，更是此刻的選擇：拒絕沉默，拒絕反猶與仇恨，並把人的尊嚴教給下一代。

香港猶太大屠殺及寬容中心在此周年與世界各地的記念社群同行。願他們的記憶成為祝福，也成為責任。

Learn more:
https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/documentary-heritage-babyn-yar

24/08/2026

Coming this Fall: Genesis of Superheroes (GoSH) Exhibition

Did you know Captain America was punching Hi**er on a comic-book cover a full year before the US entered the war? Or that Superman’s Jewish creators received hate mail for daring to invent a hero who stood up to fascism?

This November, HKHTC is bringing the Center for Jewish History’s acclaimed comics exhibition to Hong Kong in a special bilingual edition. Students and visitors will explore how the modern superhero was born in the fight against hatred, and tour with trained student docents.

Public open days, school tours and a special closing conversation are all in the works.

Stay tuned! See you this fall.

31/07/2026

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18/07/2026

Happy birthday to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch MBE at 101!

Born in Breslau when it was under German rule, Anita studied cello in Berlin under the esteemed Leo Rostal after Breslau became too dangerous for Jews to openly study music.

After Kristallnacht on 9th/10th November 1938, Anita returned to Breslau and was eventually deported to Auchwitz-Birkenau, where her parents were murderd..

Anita's talent with the cello allowed her to be apart of The Women's Orchestra of Auchwitz. She played at the entrance to the gas chambers, where victims believed they were being sent for showers, and the orchestra wasforced to perform for SS officers upon request.

Later in the war, Anita was sent to Bergen-Belsen, where she survived under horrific conditions until the British liberated her and the rest of Bergen-Belsen on April 15th 1945.

Anita arrived with her sister to England after the war, and co founded the English Chamber Orchestra, with which she has toured numerous times. We are amazed and humbled by her resilience and talents. Anita is a true force of nature and has never allowed her past trauma to define her.

Anita turns 101 today. Happy birthday Anita!