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“We have to march this year. It might be our last chance.”

Nate Leipciger, Holocaust Survivor, 97

“Marching at the March of the Living means victory!”

Reny Friedman, Holocaust Survivor, 88

“Every step I take in this camp is a triumph. I come back here because I am free!”

Halina Birnbaum, Holocaust Survivor, 96

“I marched because we don’t have much time left.”

David Shaecter, Holocaust Survivor, 96
“We must never stop telling the world the story of the Holocaust.”
Gabriella Karin, Holocaust Survivor, 95

Each year on Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – survivors return to Auschwitz-Birkenau on the March of the Living. They return not as prisoners but as educator-witnesses and gather alongside thousands of participants from around the world to tell their stories and inspire a new generation of witnesses to carry on their legacy.

This may be their last chance to walk through the camps and honor the memory of family and friends who perished on these grounds.

For Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger, the 2025 March holds immense significance. “Marching together with other Holocaust survivors, students and dignitaries from around the world on the 80th anniversary since liberation means the world to me. We managed to survive the impossible and we won’t let another Holocaust happen to us again.“

As the world witnesses a resurgence of antisemitism, these survivors feel an urgency to share their message: stand against hatred, support Israel, and ensure their testimonies endure.

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As time runs out to capture the firsthand testimonies of Holocaust survivors, we must act now to ensure their voices and legacy are preserved for years to come.

 

As time runs out to capture the firsthand testimonies of Holocaust survivors
we must act now

to ensure their voices and legacy are preserved for years to come.

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April 18th, 2023 - Auschwitz, Poland. 95 yo Holocaust survivor Hedy Bohm was born in Transylvania, Romania, an only child to Ignach and Larjbet. Hedy was attending a Jewish all girl school until the 10th grade. In April 1944 Hedy was sent to Oradea ghetto in Romania, from there she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. She was doing labor work in an ammunition factory. Hedy was freed by the American forces in April 1945. At 17 she joined a group of orphans from Hungary and received a visa to Canada, where she now lives. Hedy is photographed at Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. (Ziv Koren/Polaris)
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April 18th, 2023 - Auschwitz, Poland. 95yo Holocaust survivor Arek (prisoner number B7608) was born in Poland. When the WW2 broke he was forced to flee to Lodz. Arek's family was sent to the concentration camp where they were murdered. Arek was then sent to Auschwitz together with 185 orphans, He was 14 at that time. Only 40 people out of 5000 from Arek's city survived the Holocaust. Arek's grand-daughter works at the White House. Arek is photographed beside the bunk beds in the Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp where he slept while he was a prisoner of the Germans in World War 2. Today Arek lives in Leeds, England. (Ziv Koren/Polaris)
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April 18th, 2023 - Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland. 87 yo Holocaust survivor Shoshana Trister was born in Poland. She was only 4 when WW2 broke. Before the war began she remembers a beautiful life. In 1939 deportation began, Children were separated from their parents, the men were taken to do labor work. Shoshana's mother hid Shoshana and her brother, each in a crate. Shoshana sat shaking and silence in the crate. Around she heard screaming and shots fired. When it was quiet she stood up and peeked. What she saw she can never forget, German officers holding an infant from his legs, shaking him and throwing him onto the stone paved ground. A lot of blood splattered. The joy and happy sounds they made have scarred and traumatized her. She stopped talking for a long time. For 23 they hid in a pit below a pigs sty pf a Polish woman. They survived on pigs food. Today Shoshana lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Ziv Koren/Polaris)

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