Video Reflections by Paula Romano from Martin Buber School in Argentina, 2017

Video created by Paula Romano

March inspires participants to remember, take action

This year I was in Auschwitz-Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day as part of the March of the Living (MOL) contingent from North and South Carolina and Virginia. These few days reminded me to be so thankful for everything that has been given to me. The emotions I felt as a

‘Ode to Poland’ – Reflections by Western Region, 2017

During the 2017 March of the Living, participants from Western Region each wrote one line reflecting on their experience traveling through Poland: Poland was a roller coaster of emotions Eye opening Paradigm shifting and revengeful We’re still here Life changing My eyes and heart have been opened through an amazingly journey

Elie Wiesel’s Only Son Steps Up to His Father’s Legacy

New York Times – OSWIECIM, Poland — Back when all he wanted was to play baseball and tinker with his computer, Elisha Wiesel found himself touring Treblinka, evading KGB agents on the Moscow subway and watching his father accept the Nobel Peace Prize. “I wanted a normal American childhood,” said

Alumni Reflection: Giana Gurrera, San Diego / Western Region, 2017

Auschwitz. I know this word from pictures, videos, and the literary documentation of the events that took place at this concentration camp active during 1940 and 1945. Yet, this word was just simply a concentration camp, of course there are undeniable emotional responses evoked by the word alone, but there

‘We run like mouses to hide,’ a Holocaust survivor saved by ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ remembers

Holocaust survivor Stefania Sitbon (nee Kenigswein) visits the Warsaw Zoo, where she and her family hid for more than two months during World War II. (Sarit Shina / March of the Living) By Kristina Jovanovski / LA Times Stefania Sitbon sits in the dining room of her Toronto apartment, surrounded

Jerusalem Post Special Report on the 2017 March of the Living

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The day I walked through the valley of the shadow of death by Zach Confino, UJS, 2017

UJS – When we are confronted by and forced to relive the horrors of the past we reach for euphemisms. Even the term genocide becomes a tool behind which we may hide ourselves from the truth, from these unspeakable crimes. We push away what we can never understand. During my time

March of the Living UK

The Jewish Weekly – The business section of The Jewish Weekly has earned its fame for inspiring our readers with great in-depth articles on how determined people have started businesses completely and utterly from scratch and turned them into successful companies, providing a living not only for their own families,

Videos from 2017 March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau