March of the Living Stands in Solidarity with Barcelona

The Officers, Board, Staff, Volunteers and Alumni of the International March of the Living around the globe send heartfelt prayers to those injured and condolences to the families of those killed Thursday in the horrific terror assault in Barcelona, Spain. We have once again witnessed terrorism rear its ugly head

Alumni Reflections: Stephanie Tock, Canada, 1992

What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? MOTL Canada Year(s) attended: 1992 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking through the gates of Auschwitz and feeling I wish I could do more What impact did Poland have

MARCH OF THE LIVING CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

The International March of the Living strongly condemns the vicious acts and words of antisemitism, Hitler-glorification and racism which took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. America, the Land of the Free, must not tolerate acts of hatred, intolerance and bigotry of any kind or nature. The International March of the Living

Alumni Reflections: Rachel Greenwald, HMTC, 2016

What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? HMTC Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking and talking with people from all over the world sharing this common bond of love and tolerance and NEVER

My Aunt Had a Dinner Party, and Then She Took Her Guests to Kill 180 Jews

Haaretz – One morning in April 2007 journalist Sacha Batthyany was approached by an elderly colleague at the Swiss daily where they both worked at the time. The colleague waved a newspaper clipping in front of him. It was an investigative report entitled, “The Hostess from Hell,” published by a German

Alumni Reflections: Dinah Kramer, HMTC, 2016

What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? HMTC Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? There are many, but the most powerful were standing in Auschwitz knowing that my father and his siblings were there,

Israeli Grandfather Who Thought Family Perished in Holocaust Discovers 500 New Relatives

Haaretz – Growing up in Israel, Alex Kafri had always assumed that aside from his parents and sister, he was alone in this world. His mother’s entire family, he knew for a fact, had been wiped out during the Holocaust. Although his father never discussed the family members left behind

Alumni Reflections: David Karpel, CAJE, 1988

What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? CAJE Year(s) attended: 1988 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking among the stones at Treblinka was powerful, but I most remember the mausoleum at Majdanek. What impact did Poland

Former Auschwitz guard, 96, found fit to serve prison sentence

Arutz Sheva – Prosecutors in the German state of Hanover say that a 96-year-old former Auschwitz guard is fit to serve a prison sentence. Oskar Groening was convicted and sentenced in July 2015 to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at the

How the Nazis Deceived Dutch Jews Before Sending Them to the Death Camps

Haaretz– Nothing about the footage that Rudolf Breslauer filmed here on May 30, 1944, suggests that it was taken inside one of Europe’s largest Nazi concentration camps. In the film by Breslauer, a German-Jewish inmate of the Westerbork camp in Holland’s northeast, prisoners are seen playing soccer enthusiastically in team uniforms,