ILTV Coverage of 2017 March of the Living

How the March of the Living began by Holocaust Survivor, Noah Klieger|

His name was Henri Roques, and in 1987 he sparked an international scandal when the University of Nantes in France awarded him a doctorate for a thesis in which he denied the Holocaust. A young Knesset member decided at the time that something had to be done in “response” to

Alumni Reflection: Jonathan Kier, South Africa, 2017

DAY 1: How does one experience the horrors, violence – and fear – that is the Holocaust? The word experience does not only mean to witness and feel – but to place YOURSELF in the burnt shoes of those who perished. We arrived in Warsaw, Poland via Amsterdam at 5

Alumni Reflection: Noelle Chin-Vance, Leo Martin, 2016

I don’t usually post anything on Facebook, besides happy pictures of my experience as a college student, however, today is different. As I was walking by Turlington I was a witness of a group of people shouting “No more Nazis!”. I knew about there being a man who walked around

Alumni Reflection: Natasha Woodstock “You can’t not go”, UJS UK, 2016

UJS – When you go somewhere people always ask how was it? And words can never express the intensity of what you’ve experienced. This is a trip too important to miss and my words can only carry so far. I have been on a Poland trip three times, two of which

Alumni Reflection: Alejandra Rotman, Argentina, 2016

(Scroll down for English version…) Aún con el equipaje a medio desarmar, la casa revuelta y mi corazón otro tanto, me veo en la situación de satisfacer el oído del otro ante el reiterado pedido de relatar mi viaje. En estos días me encuentro con palabras escasas pero con múltiples

Alumni Reflection: Jeremy Benhamou, Leo Martin, 2016

In May of 2016 I was extremely fortunate to participate in the Leo Martin March of the Living. This two-week long trip to Poland and Israel not only inspired this essay, it also altered the way I think about everything! This incredible program, which began on May 2nd and ended

Alumni Reflection: Julia Ellis “I Traveled All The Way To Poland To March For Those Who No Longer Can—And It Changed My Life Forever”, 2016

I went on March of the Living to make sure that not one victim of the Holocaust died in vain; I promise I will never forget. by Julia Ellis I don’t even know how to begin talking about this trip, but I’m going to try my best to do it justice.

Alumni Reflection: No Limit to What We Can Do by Rachel Rothstein, 2016

I am a very emotional person. Maybe it’s part of my personality or maybe it’s because I fall under the category of moody 17-year-old girl. I’m emotional when I get a bad mark. I’m emotional when I get in a fight with my friends. I’m emotional when I hear about

A March of the Living Leader’s visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

It was a Friday morning in early May – I had taken the express train from Krakow to Warsaw to get to my March of the Living Canada group’s hotel early for check-in. My co-staff stayed in Krakow with the group and she was responsible for taking them through Plaszow;