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Video & Transcript: President Shimon Peres – Message – 2013 March of the Living Auschwitz-Birkenau on Yom Hashoah
My friends: There are marches which are measured by the length of the journey. There are marches which are measured by time. You are…
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‘We won’t be calmed,’ Peres tells March of Living participants
Participants in the March of the…
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Dan Kanter, Justin Bieber’s Musical Director and Guitar Player, Takes Emotional Visit to Auschwitz
Dan Kanter, musical director and guitar player for Justin Bieber, made an emotional visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau earlier this week during Justin Bieber’s 2013 European Believe Tour stop in Poland. The trip…
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Alumni Reflection: Beth Strum, USA, 1994
“I went on the March in 1994 with MetroWest NJ. I made some amazing friends and had amazing experiences. However, I have found it difficult to discuss amongst friends…
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Liberation Stories from Holocaust Survivors
On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, discovering the largest Nazi killing center in Europe. Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust, representing the depths of man’s inhumanity to man. Eighteen governments have legislated January 27 as an annual Holocaust Memorial Day. In November 2005, the United Nations passed a resolution to mark January 27 as an international day of commemoration to honor the victims of the Holocaust, and urged member states to develop educational programs to impart the memory of this tragedy to future generations. Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremonies will be organized on the international, national, regional and local levels, including in universities and schools.
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Filling the Gaps in Israel’s Holocaust Reading List
Haaretz By Amos Goldberg Many pivotal works about the Holocaust remain inaccessible to Hebrew readers, particularly those that don’t fit the Israeli national narrative. As a result, Israelis miss out…
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Churchill Teen Makes March of the Living
Churchill resident Hannah Frank appears to be a typical 17-year-old girl. She is a senior and high honor student at Woodland Hills High School, participates in the…
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