March of the Living Stands in Solidarity with Barcelona

The Officers, Board, Staff, Volunteers and Alumni of the International March of the Living around the globe send heartfelt prayers to those injured and condolences to the families of those killed Thursday in the horrific terror assault in Barcelona, Spain. We have once again witnessed terrorism rear its ugly head

MARCH OF THE LIVING CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

The International March of the Living strongly condemns the vicious acts and words of antisemitism, Hitler-glorification and racism which took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. America, the Land of the Free, must not tolerate acts of hatred, intolerance and bigotry of any kind or nature. The International March of the Living

Alumni Reflections: Andrea Bolender, HTMC, 2015

Growing up the “shadow of the Shoah” can never be described as a life unaffected. During my youth I often felt I carried the responsibility of making my father , sole survivor of his family, happy and proud of me. It was only much later in life that I realized

Alumni Reflections: Valerie Greenfeld, USA, 2017

A SUITCASE OF PERSPECTIVE By Valerie Greenfeld April 29, 2017 To remember the heroes who resisted the Nazis and to mourn for those who were lost, I flew to Poland to walk with thousands of people from around the world from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Since 1988, when communism fell, thousands

Reflections from Auschwitz by Nicole Rock & Rachel Gerber, South Africa, 2017

We find it quiet hard to write in simple words what we had to witness in those 3 hours at Auschwitz. We started our journey from Warsaw to Krakow which is a mere 5 hours.. the journey to Krakow reminded us as we distantly glanced out the window at the

LIFE AFTER TRAGEDY: NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS

JPost – Holocaust survivor Ed Mosberg still wears a bracelet bearing his identification number from Mauthausen concentration camp. He and other survivors describe their lives during and after the Holocaust in new documentary “Destination Unknown”. The film, compiled over the course of 14 years, is told through the accounts of

Alumni Reflection: Nicole Kochukov, South Africa, 2017

How can I write about about the 21st of April that we spent in Poland? I don’t think there is really an answer because to know what I am writing about – you would need to see it. Now I am not going to tell you about our day from

March of the Living expresses our sadness over the passing of David Shentow Z”L Holocaust Survivor and Educator

David Shentow, of Ottawa, Canada, educated thousands of young people about the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred and intolerance. A true gentleman, and gentle man, his legacy of kindness and hope will live on in the hearts of so many teens who had the privilege of joining him on

We must ‘stand up and not remain silent in the face of hatred’

Arielle Zelikovitz, a Grade 11 student at Sir Robert Borden High School, attended the sentencing hearing for the young Ottawa man convicted in the series of anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist graffiti attacks that shocked the city last November, and offers these thoughts. It is quite upsetting to watch the news

Alumni Reflection: Dani Shipley, Florida, 2017

  No words. Today was a day like no other. Eleven-thousand strong, from all over the world. There’s nothing like walking from a concentration camp (Auschwitz) to a death camp (Birkenau). Walking with Japanese flags on both our sides from their delegation, next to the Japanese women and men waiting