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Tucson teens, local survivor join defiant ‘March of the Living’
It takes a special kind of courage to revisit your worst memories. When Holocaust survivor Pawel Lichter of Tucson accompanied a group of Jewish teens on the 29th annual March of the Living, April 9-May 13, he stepped back to 1939. In a basement on Warszawska Street, in his home
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“People must never be forgotten” – Interview with Happie Hoffman, MOTL Song Leader
THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH. SCROLL DOWN FOR ORIGINAL GERMAN VERSION… Mrs. Hoffman, you and your singing partner Eric Hunker took part in the “March of the Living” in Auschwitz a few weeks ago. How do you remember this performance? It’s the second time we’ve been a duo, and it
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‘The most impactful and important journey of my life’ by Cynthia Sedlezky, Canada, 2015
Cynthia Sedlezky, a 2015 participant in the March of the Living, reflects on an experience she wishes all Jewish youth could share. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – One conversation and I was propelled inexorably towards a set of values, way of thinking, and infinite relationships that, at that time, I could not
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Video Reflections by Paula Romano from Martin Buber School in Argentina, 2017
Video created by Paula Romano
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
