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Holocaust Survivor Eve Kuper Speech at The New York Stock Exchange
We are living in interesting times. Times which, for Holocaust survivors like me, are too reminiscent of former “interesting times” – the…
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Marking 84 Years Since Wannsee
The villa Am Großen Wannsee 56–58, where the Wannsee Conference was held, is now a memorial and museum….
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Sponsor a Holocaust Survivor – While We Still Can
View this email in your browser “Without history there will be no memory, and without memory there will be no future.” Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen z”l (1928-2022) Photo: Eynat Katz They are among the last living witnesses to the Holocaust. Their voices carry history, and moral responsibility. At a time when antisemitism is once again on the rise, and Holocaust denial and distortion are spreading globally, we spoke with March of the Living survivor-educators about why it is so crucial for them to march. SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Holocaust Survivor Georgine Nash Photo: Igal Hecht “Stand up to anyone who denies what happened” Georgine Nash was born in Budapest in 1937. She survived the Holocaust through what she calls “a series of miracles,” hiding with her mother and living to see liberation in 1945, while many members of her family were murdered. “My motivation to take part in the March of the Living is to share my experiences, my fears, and my hopes for the future of the Jewish community,” Georgine says. For Georgine, the March of the Living is no longer only about preserving the past, but about responding to the present: “In light of rising antisemitism and the events of October 7, I have felt fear and hopelessness at times. But I continue to speak because it is essential that the horrors of the Holocaust are remembered and passed on. My message to students is simple: keep talking about what you have learned from survivors and stand up to anyone who denies what happened. Never again.” Many survivors hope to march this Yom HaShoah with students at the International March of the Living in Auschwitz. To make this possible, they need your help. SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Holocaust Survivor Gabriella Karin Photo: Ziv Koren “I watched them change in front of my eyes” Gabriella Karin, born in Czechoslovakia in 1930, has dedicated herself to educating young people, especially 17–18-year-olds, about the reality of life under Hitler’s regime. “I speak to teenagers about our history, history that I was personally a part of”, Gabriella explains. “When I talk to them, I see something extraordinary happen. They begin to mature. They develop feelings and a deeper connection to Judaism. That transformation affected me as well. Despite my age, I know I must continue to speak and spread the truth about the atrocities committed under Hitler’s regime. We have a responsibility to educate young people about the facts of World War II.” Reflecting on the sharp rise in antisemitism since October 7, Gabriella wants to send a message to the world: "I am frustrated, but not afraid. It doesn’t matter what color our eyes are, what color our hair is, or what color our skin is—we are all the same people. We don’t have to love everybody, but we do have to respect every person in this world. We all have the right to be here.” Gabriella is a firm believer in education: “I come to the March of the Living because education is the most important part. I hope people will realize that we all have the right to be here, and that the world can change.” This may be their last chance Holocaust survivors are a rapidly diminishing generation. For many, each March of the Living could be their last opportunity to walk with students, to testify in the very places where history unfolded, and to pass the responsibility of memory to the next generation. Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen Z”L (1928-2022) Photo: Eynat Katz Max Eisen z”l, was born in 1929, in Moldava, former Czechoslovakia. Max had two brothers and a younger sister. In spring 1939, Max and his family were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Max worked in slave labor with his father and uncle, but in September 1944, the two were selected out, leaving Max alone. Max survived a death march to Mauthausen, Melk and Ebensee. He was liberated by the US Army on May 6, 1945. Max participated in 18 March of the Living journeys where he retold his story as a young boy in Auschwitz to thousands of teenagers. As he warned just before he passed away in 2022: “We, the survivors, have a very difficult job. We’re up against a huge steamroller. Without history there will be no memory, and without memory there will be no future.” SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
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“World, Open Your Eyes”
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This Year They Will March on the March of the Living Against Antisemitism ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ View this email in your browser "WORLD, OPEN YOUR EYES"Holocaust Survivors Refuse to Be Silenced. This Year They Will March on the March of the Living Against Antisemitism (Photo: Chen Schimmel)As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2026, Holocaust survivors, witnesses and educators are issuing a stark warning. Antisemitism, they say, is no longer confined to the margins but is spreading openly and aggressively across societies worldwide. Their fear is not for themselves, but for their grandchildren and great-grandchildren and for a world that appears increasingly deaf and blind to the dangers ahead.Eighty-one years after the Holocaust, those who survived humanity’s darkest chapter are speaking with renewed urgency. Proud of their Jewish identity and refusing to be silenced, they fear that history is not a closed chapter. On the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 14, 2026, they will march in the March of the Living, placing their faith in the power of education to teach the next generation where unchecked hatred can lead.They need your help. Sponsor a Survivor today. SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR THE RISE OF ANTISEMITISMAhead of International Remembrance Day, three Holocaust survivors, Eva Kuper, Rosette Goldstein and Sami Steigmann, reflected on the current wave of antisemitism, describing it as deeply alarming and disturbingly familiar. Eva Kuper (Photo: Ziv Koren)Eva Kuper (85) was born in Poland in 1940 and survived the war by escaping the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers, spending years in hiding, including in a convent. After the war, she lived as a non-Jew in Poland before immigrating to Canada. Today she lives in North America and is a lifelong educator and Holocaust witness, committed to dialogue, education and intergenerational responsibility.“I am plagued by thoughts of history repeating itself. Since October 7, 2023, I have been unable to escape the sense that the world is sliding backward. What frightens me most is not only the violence itself, but the world’s response.” Rosette Goldstein (Photo: Courtesy)Rosette Goldstein (86) was born in Paris, France. Before deportation her father asked a farm family in the small town if they would hide her. “I was three and half years old, but I remember everything. I remember the loneliness and how frightened I was. I have devoted much of my time to Holocaust education in honor of my father, who died in Buchenwald, five days before liberation.”For Rosette, the hatred never disappeared - it simply stopped hiding. “The hatred of Jews has never subsided, but now it is no longer hidden.” Sami Steigmann (Photo: Brian Marcus)Sami Steigmann (85) was born in 1939 in Bukovina (then Romania). As a child, he was deported with his parents to Transnistria, where he was subjected to Nazi medical experimentation and survived extreme hunger and abuse. After the war, he immigrated to Israel, served in the Israeli Air Force, and later settled in the United States, dedicating his life to Holocaust education.Sami says that antisemitism is like a virus that can’t be eradicated: "Bigotry, Bullying, Jew Hatred, Hate, Racism, the Ideology. Once people are indoctrinated it is almost impossible to bring them to critical thinking. Things will get worse before they get better."Antisemitism, the survivors say, is no longer abstract, it is personal and present. Kuper recounts how antisemitic language has even reached her family. "It happened during an argument with a neighbor about my family’s dog barking. A neighbor who had previously had an OK relationship with us called my grandson a ____Jew as an insult." Rosette Goldstein says she has encountered antisemitism indirectly, through conversations that no longer bother to hide prejudice.For Steigmann, antisemitism crossed from rhetoric into reality when his invitation to speak at a school was canceled because of his views on Israel. Public outrage followed, leading to intervention by then–New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The decision was reversed.“The reversal of the Principal’s decision is a complete victory,” Steigmann declared. “….WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!”Help Survivors Amplify Their Voices. SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FEAR FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONSDespite everything they endured during the Holocaust, the survivors emphasize that their deepest fear today is not for themselves. Students standing on the train tracks in Birkenau during the March of the Living. (Photo: Courtesy March of the Living Canada)“The survivors are not afraid for themselves,” Kuper explains. “Our concern lies with our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, if the current trend continues.” Rosette Goldstein echoes that concern: “I am not afraid for myself, but I am afraid for my two little great-grandchildren and another one on the way.”The survivors agree: the world has failed to fully learn, or act on, the lessons of the Holocaust. “We hear the right words,” Kuper warns, “but we do not see the will, the outrage or the actions needed.”Goldstein’s message is direct: “World, open your eyes. We Jews are human beings just like you. Do not repeat history - learn from it.”JEWISH PRIDE: STANDING FIRM AGAINST HATREDNone of the survivors have chosen to hide their Jewish identity.“We cannot be cowed into hiding,” Kuper insists. “I wear a small Magen David necklace while accompanying students on a March of the Living journey to Poland and Israel. I have worn it often. Also, I have not only NOT STOPPED attending services at my synagogue and other Jewish events but have done so with greater frequency and persistence.”Goldstein and Steigmann are equally defiant: “We have not changed our way of life”. Rosette Goldstein speaking to students on the March of the Living (Photo: Courtesy)EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE.All agree that Holocaust education is essential.“The March of the Living program, as I’ve experienced it, enables people and especially Teens, to experience the atrocities and remnants of the HOLOCAUST first-hand. My mission in life is to educate the next generation. One of the greatest experiences that I had, was speaking to 2nd graders. They stayed with me for over an hour and half and asked better questions than the teenagers. Do not underestimate the intelligence of very young children” Steigmann added.For Kuper, personal testimony is irreplaceable. “There is also the undeniable fact that we are in the last moments of having firsthand testimony…. Holocaust survivors are an “endangered species”. We have only a brief time to “bear personal witness” and as Elie Wiesel often said that once a person has heard a direct testimony from a survivor, they become witnesses as well and take on the obligation, the duty and the responsibility of passing on the lessons."Goldstein calls education the strongest weapon against hatred: “Education is our strongest tool.”SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HOPE: YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF ISRAELDespite the darkness, hope remains. “Our young people give me hope,” Kuper says. “Hope is not passive - we must act on it.”For Goldstein, hope is inseparable from Jewish sovereignty:“Israel is our only hope. During the Shoah we had no country, no army, no way to fight back. Now we do.”“AM ISRAEL CHAI!”SPONSOR A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ShareShareShareShareCopyright (C) 2026 International March of the Living. 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We Have to March This Year and Speak Up Against Antisemitism
This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk alongside Holocaust survivors and bear witness to their stories. As the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany approaches, the March of the Living takes on a profound urgency. With each passing year, the opportunity to walk alongside Holocaust survivors, to hear their firsthand accounts of unimaginable suffering and resilience. In the shadow of October 7 and the subsequent surge in antisemitism around the world, that urgency has only intensified.In recent months, Holocaust survivors have once again found themselves targeted by antisemitism – this time in their own homes and communities. In Toronto, mezuzahs were torn from the doors of an apartment building housing Holocaust survivors, including Nate Leipciger, (97), a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau. To date, Nate has participated in 21 Marches of the Living, and this year he plans to attend the march on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 14, for the 22nd time. Holocaust Survivor Nate Leipciger (Photo: Ziv Koren) “Marching together with Holocaust survivors and students from around the world on the 81st anniversary since liberation means the world to me”, said Nate Leipciger, a 97-year-old survivor who will attend his 22nd March this year. “We have to march this year because it might be our last chance – not only to remember, but to stand openly and proudly as Jews, and stand up against antisemitism. I march because I survived. I march to tell the world that we endured. And I march with the young because they are our future. They must never feel they need to hide who they are.”The March of the Living is an educational journey that reclaims history. It transforms the death marches of the Holocaust into a march of remembrance and resilience, honoring those who perished and affirming the survival of the Jewish people. For nearly four decades, the program has brought together Holocaust survivors and hundreds of thousands of students from around the world, bridging generations through memory and shared responsibility. Elie Wiesel’s words, “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness,” guide its mission to create a living legacy of remembrance.In April 2026, on Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, survivors will once again lead the March alongside thousands of students from across the globe, a powerful testament to the endurance of memory and the resilience of the human spirit. SPONSOR A SURVIVOR Holocaust Survivor Eva Kuper and students at the 2018 March of the Living (Photo: Ryan Blau) Who will remember us when we, the last witnesses, are no longer here? Holocaust survivor Eva Kuper urges participation in the March of the Living: “We, the Holocaust survivors, are a rapidly diminishing group. We are in the last moments of being able to share with young people our firsthand testimonies. Who will remember us when we, the last witnesses, are no longer here? Time is rapidly running out.”“Marching with students allows them to learn and understand our resilience, our strength, and our determination. When the students listen to stories told by survivors like me, they are ready to accept the responsibility of becoming witnesses themselves. It is the legacy that we, the survivors, lay on their shoulders. Let us not squander the opportunity. Let us do our utmost to ensure that our legacy lives on.”Many survivors, like Nate and Eva, hope to march this Yom HaShoahwith students at the International March of the Living in Auschwitz. Holocaust Survivor Nate Leipciger giving testimony to the Canadian Delegation on the March of the Living in an Auschwitz barrack. (Photo: Igal Hecht) To make this possible, they need your help. Ensuring that survivors are able to participate – physically, logistically, and with dignity – is our moral responsibility. Bearing witness to their stories is a sacred duty, a vital link between past and future, and a powerful stand against denial, distortion, and rising antisemitism.Standing with survivors today helps ensure that their voices continue to be heard tomorrow. When the witnesses are gone, what remains is what we chose to carry forward.Your sponsorship empowers them to share their experiences, inspiring new generations to remember and fight against antisemitism. Join us. Stand with the survivors. So the world will never forget. SPONSOR A SURVIVOR
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