Shana Tova U’Metuka to each of you, the Jewish People and All Israel

We pray for the coming year to be one of peace, unity and security for all. Reflecting on this past year, which has been the most challenging for the Jewish people in over 75 years, the International March of the Living renews its commitment to educate the next generation about

March held in Kyiv commemorating 83 years since Babyn Yar massacre in the Holocaust

On September 29-30, on the 83rd anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the All Ukrainian Association of Jews-Former Prisoners of Ghetto and Nazi Concentration Camps, jointly organized a march and a commemoration event. The Memorial March, joined by over 1500 people, followed the

March of the Living Marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews

March of the Living Marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė: “The hatred that destroyed millions of lives in the past is still alive. We cannot allow the shadows of the dark past to return to our daily lives” VILNIUS, Lithuania – September

Message from Holocaust Survivor Elly Gotz to those Marching in Lithuania on National Memorial Day Marking the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews

Background: 96 year old Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz, now living in Toronto, Canada was born on March 8, 1928, in Kaunas, Lithuania. When Germany occupied Lithuania in 1941, Elly was just 13 years old. He spent the next three years in the Kaunas ghetto and later 10 months in Dachau concentration camp,

The Last Transport from the Lodz Ghetto: Marking A Sombre Anniversary

On August, 29, 1944, 80 years ago, the last transport of Jews from the Lodz Ghetto left for Auschwitz Birkenau. During WWII, approximately 210,000 Jews were forced to live in the Lodz Ghetto, under the most inhumane conditions, most of whom were murdered in the nearby Chelmno death camp. On

Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Levy, March of the Living alumna who made history with Team USA’s first rugby Olympic medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Sarah Levy took part in the 2014 March of the Living as part of the March of the Living Western Region Delegation. Eli Rubenstein: congratulations on this incredible achievement. How are you feeling right now? And what was your feeling right after the experience when you received the medal? Sarah

Remembering the Grim Legacy of Antisemitism at the Olympics

Remembering the Grim Legacy of Antisemitism at the Olympics International March of the Living calls for Olympics to banish antisemitism, live up to its ideal of building a better world As the world attention turns to the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, International March of the Living, together with

Remembering Alex Danzig, Z”L

The International March of the Living organization mourns the death of historian and educator Alex Danzig, who was kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz on October 7 and murdered by Hamas terrorists in Gaza a few weeks ago. Alex was one of the founders of youth trips to Poland,

International March of the Living Responds to Worldwide Antisemitic Attacks: ‘Jewish Blood is Being Shed with Impunity’

Responding to a spate of serious antisemitic attacks seen in recent days, the International March of the Living released today the following statement: “The attack on the ‘Adas Torah’ synagogue in Los Angeles and the targeting of Jews there, as well as the attacks on synagogues in Russia, the shocking

International March of the Living Decries Incitement to Violence at McGill University

Holocaust survivor Angele Orosz, a Montreal resident and educator: “What’s happening today at McGill is so frightening for me. I was born in Auschwitz-Birkenau. I came to Canada to escape antisemitism. It’s unbearable that my grandchildren have to go through what I escaped Hungary for”. The International March of the