March of the Living 30th Anniversary at the United Nations

On January 29, 2018, Danny Danon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, hosted a Holocaust Remembrance Day program marking the opening of the International March of the Living exhibit “Witness” at the United Nations Building. There were 380 attendees for the evening, including United Nations Ambassadors from over 40 countries.

Israel’s UN Mission Hosts March Of The Living Event On Holocaust Remembrance Day

‘As the last of the Holocaust survivors slowly leave us, the experiences of young people who have joined them and visited the sites where unimaginable horrors took place are more important than ever’ Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a special exhibit commemorating the International March of the

March of the Living Report – Winter 2018

March of the Living participation at the Holocaust Commemoration Official Ceremonies at the European Parliament in Brussels

Today at the Official Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels, the First Vice President of the European Parliament, Ms. Mairead McGuiness thanked the Holo‎caust Survivors who attended and also thanked the March of the Living International for the presence of a group of young students from the

#WeRemember

Dear March of the Living Alumni and Friends, The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has launched its second annual #WeRemember campaign in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, March of the Living is supporting with WJC on this timely initiative. Through this initiative, WJC is reaching out to millions

‘Holocaust survivor anthem’ to be performed at UN by 3 Israelis

David D’or, Amir Benayoun and Miri Mesika will perform ‘The last survivor’ at UN on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.  “I stand, the last one of them all, but all of them are still living in my soul.” These stirring words will be sung at the March of

RIVLIN TO LEAD 2018 MARCH OF THE LIVING

Although he frequently makes the point that the founding of the State of Israel was not by way of compensation for the Holocaust, President Reuven Rivlin will have a more difficult time than usual in presenting this argument when he leads the 30th-anniversary March of the Living on April 12,

Story of the Fork

Every year when I am in The Netherlands I visit Dirkje ( Ditte) Spronk. My sister Rita and I were being hidden by Mr and Mrs Hendrik Spronk on their farm in Oldebroek. We arrived there in the summer of 1942. In January 1944, Hendrik Spronk passed away. His wife

Prosecuting Eichmann: An Interview with Israeli Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach

Justice Gabriel Bach, Eichmann trial prosecutor and Israeli Supreme Court Justice (ret.), fled Nazi Germany at the age of 18. Two decades later, Bach, then a deputy state attorney in Israel, served as the deputy chief prosecutor of Adolf Eichmann, one of the principal architects of the Final Solution. He

March of the Living Statement on Extremism

International March of the Living expresses its concern with the rising tide of far right and extremist sentiment in Europe and elsewhere. While not all extremist groups focus their efforts against Israel or the Jewish people, we firmly oppose any movement that advances the demonization of minorities and immigrants –