Let There Be Light: 2021 Kristallnacht Commemoration

International March of the Living and The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University presentLET THERE BE LIGHT: Stories of Hope and Humanity to Illuminate the DarknessThe program was simulcast on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 on the Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS), MOTL.org, Facebook Live & YouTube. 83 years ago, beginning on November 9th, 1938 – The Night of Broken Glass, over 7000 Jewish owned stores and synagogues were ransacked – their glass shattered all over the streets of Germany and Austria, and scores of Jews were murdered, and over 30,000 Jews were sent to concentration camps.During the most challenging of times, when evil and hatred seem to reign supreme, there have always been those whose light shines through the darkness, through their inspiring acts of courage and bravery. As we commemorate the events of Kristallnacht 1938, we honor the moral heroism and valor of those who resisted evil during the Holocaust and at other times of great mortal peril and danger to humanity.Through our program, Let There Be Light, which features stories of humanity at its best during the darkest of times, we hope to inspire others to act courageously and bravely in the face of evil and injustice. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:Testimonies from survivors of Kristallnacht, from the USC Shoah FoundationIrwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Fighting anti-Semitism, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of CanadaJohn J. Farmer Jr., Director of the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, former Attorney General of New JerseyCarl Wilkens, American Christian Missionary and former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in RwandaSpecial presentation to Paul Miller, Founder of the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, by Natan Sharansky, Human Rights Activist, Chair of ISGAP and Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial CenterMalcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish OrganizationsTali Nates, Founder and Director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide CentreSheryl Sandberg, Facebook, COOJessica U. Meir PH.D., NASA AstronautMark Moskowitz and Jacque Altman, Second GenerationMusical guest Ani Djirdjirian, Actress and Armenian activist; Cantor Aviva RajskyModerated by Richard D. Heideman, Distinguished Attorney, Author and Human Rights ActivistIn cooperation with USC Shoah Foundation and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.“Let There Be Light” is an ongoing project of the International March of the Living. The Holocaust is not just a Jewish issue it is a universal issue. We must learn from the past, so that a more tolerant and just society will evolve for the betterment of all humankind. David Machlis Ph.D, Adelphi University and Vice Chairman of the International March of the Living

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Jewish leaders take park in March of the Living initiative commemorating Kristallnacht

This initiative continues against the backdrop of rising antisemitism already witnessed throughout 2021. On the night of November 9th-10th 1938, the Nazis organized the murder of Jews and the burning…

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Memories of Kristallnacht: By a second generation survivor.

For my father, a strong Israel as the home of the Jewish people was the only answer to the lessons of Kristallnacht. Prof. Steinberg is taking part in March of…

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83 years since Kristallnacht: “Jews are still unsafe”

Eve Kugler, a Holocaust survivor who was just a child when Kristallnacht occurred in Germany, returned to her hometown Halle, and visited the synagogue that was attacked on Yom…

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Holocaust survivors who witnessed “Kristallnacht”: The world has not learned the lesson

Ahead of the commemoration of November pogroms also known as “Kristallnacht”, (9 November, 1938,) Holocaust survivors who as children witnessed the pogroms, are taking part in a global commemoration…

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March of the Living to honor Paul Miller for his lifelong commitment to fighting hatred

International March of the Living announced today that Paul Miller will be awarded, on November 9th, for his extraordinary efforts in advocating for human rights and protecting human dignity….

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Portraits of Moral Choices during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: Stories of Perpetrators, Bystanders and Upstanders with Tali Nates

On October 27, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a lecture with Historian Tali Nates as part of its continuing webinar series. In this talk, we will explore the moral choices that were made by people, groups and governments during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Tali will focus on stories of perpetrators, bystanders, upstanders and their effects on the victims and explore how you tell this complex history in a Holocaust & Genocide Museum.Tali Nates is the founder and director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre and chair of the South African Holocaust & Genocide Foundation. She is a historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights. Tali has presented at numerous international conferences including at the United Nations (2016 & 2020). She published articles and contributed chapters to many books, among them God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors (2015), Remembering The Holocaust in Educational Settings (2018) and Conceptualizing Mass Violence, Representations, Recollections, and Reinterpretations (2021). In 2010, Tali was chosen as one of the top 100 newsworthy and noteworthy women in South Africa, by the Mail & Guardian. She won many awards including the Kia Community Service Award (South Africa, 2015) and the Agit Gratias Award (2020, Czech Republic). Tali serves on the Academic Advisory Group of the School of Social and Health Sciences, Monash University (IIEMSA), South Africa. She was one of the founders of the Holocaust and Tutsi Genocide Survivors groups in Johannesburg. Tali has served as a scholar for the International March of the Living since 2000. Born to a family of Holocaust survivors, her father and uncle were saved by Oskar Schindler. The rest of the family was murdered.

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Holocaust Survivors Return to Germany: The first delegation of March of the Living since the outbreak of the Corona Pandemic

Mala Tribich, a native of Poland, who was imprisoned in Ravensbruck concentration camp in Germany and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen: “Now I have completed the cycle of visiting the terrible…

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International March of the Living to commemorate Kristallnacht across walls of Old City

Messages from around the world will be projected onto the Old City Walls of Jerusalem, on houses of prayer and public institutions around the world On the night of November…

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Facebook is an official partner of Let there be Light multi-faith global campaign

In our shared mission to fight antisemitism and hatred, Facebook is an official partner of our multi-faith global campaign. In supporting the International March of the Living “Let there be…

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