Jewish communities have been present in Germany for over 1,700 years. The Nazi takeover in 1933 then set in motion an unprecedented persecution that ended with the Holocaust and the almost complete destruction of Jewish life in Germany. Hundreds of thousands of Jewish families were forced to flee -- and for some of them, Hong Kong became a place of refuge. This exhibition has been shown at the Goethe-Institut, including a brief history of the Jewish community in Hong Kong, which faced great challenges due to the flight of German and Austrian Jews, especially from 1938 onwards. For the first time, this history, closely linked to Hong Kong‘s fate in the 1930s and during WWII, is described, based on new research, by historian Amelia Allsop and images and documents from the archives of the Hong Kong Heritage Project. German Stream students in their second year of European Studies are supporting this exhibition with various activities as part of a service-learning project. This will enhance knowledge of historical contexts and therefore deepen intercultural understanding and tolerance.