Survivor Story: Nate Leipiciger

Holocaust Survivor, Nate Leipiciger, tells his liberation story.

Survivor Story: Alexander Henrik Laks

Holocaust Survivor, Alexander Henrik Laks, tells his journey from liberation to March of the Living.

Survivor Story: Rick Carrier

Out of the Depths: The Story Of A Child Of Buchenwald Who Returned Home At Last

By Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, with Forewords by Shimon Peres and Elie Weisel In his recent book, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau tells the miraculous story of his rescue from the Holocaust as a young child, and his subsequent aliyah to the land of Israel. Arriving as an eight-year-old orphan refugee in Palestine in 1945, […]

Survivor Story: Heddi Bohm

Holocaust survivor, Heddi Bohm, delivers a powerful speech about her journey to liberation.

Poems of Life and Death

By Simcha Paull Raphael, Ph.D. From the Preface: In April 2006 I traveled to Poland as a participant on a March of the Living tour. Over the course of less than one week I visited the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Birkenau, Treblinka and Majdanek, as well as the killing fields of Tikocyn, and sites of the […]

Highlights of the Long Term Study 2008

Jewish Identity, Faith & Practice With regard to their sense of Jewish identity, 88% agreed there was an increase in this feeling following the March of the Living. 61% felt an increase in the importance of their adherence to their Jewish faith after the March of the Living. Motivation to observe Jewish rituals showed an […]

Survivor Story: Nate Leipciger

Why I Continue to Return to Poland: The Uniqueness of the March of the LivingThe following are my personal observations and assessments of the March. I am sure that each Survivor, student, educator and chaperon has their own list of factors that influence and are responsible for the success of the March. These comments are based on my observations and […]

March of the Living to Auschwitz camp led by Shimon Peres

Thousands of people are expected today at the site of the Auschwitz death camp to remember the victims of the Holocaust with a solemn march. Shimon Peres, the former Israeli prime minister and a Nobel peace prize laureate, is to lead some 8,000 people, mostly students, in the March of the Living, a three-kilometer trek […]

Suvivor Story: George Herceg

George Herceg, Holocaust survivor and March of the Living participant, shares his experience at the 2004 March. “The March of the Living is a very worthwhile cause. Every Jewish school should make an effort to send their students on this program. But not just Jewish schools – the program is for all people who care […]