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‘Ode to Poland’ – Reflections by Western Region, 2017
During the 2017 March of the Living, participants from Western Region each wrote one line reflecting on their experience traveling through Poland: Poland was a roller coaster of emotions Eye opening Paradigm shifting and revengeful We’re still here Stories like this, in your inbox Survivor testimonies, history, and news from the
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Elie Wiesel’s Only Son Steps Up to His Father’s Legacy
New York Times – OSWIECIM, Poland — Back when all he wanted was to play baseball and tinker with his computer, Elisha Wiesel found himself touring Treblinka, evading KGB agents on the Moscow subway and watching his father accept the Nobel Peace Prize. “I wanted a normal American childhood,” said
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Alumni Reflection: Giana Gurrera, San Diego / Western Region, 2017
Auschwitz. I know this word from pictures, videos, and the literary documentation of the events that took place at this concentration camp active during 1940 and 1945. Yet, this word was just simply a concentration camp, of course there are undeniable emotional responses evoked by the word alone, but there
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‘We run like mouses to hide,’ a Holocaust survivor saved by ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ remembers
Holocaust survivor Stefania Sitbon (nee Kenigswein) visits the Warsaw Zoo, where she and her family hid for more than two months during World War II. (Sarit Shina / March of the Living) By Kristina Jovanovski / LA Times Stefania Sitbon sits in the dining room of her Toronto apartment, surrounded
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Jerusalem Post Special Report on the 2017 March of the Living
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The day I walked through the valley of the shadow of death by Zach Confino, UJS, 2017
UJS – When we are confronted by and forced to relive the horrors of the past we reach for euphemisms. Even the term genocide becomes a tool behind which we may hide ourselves from the truth, from these unspeakable crimes. We push away what we can never understand. During my time
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March of the Living UK
The Jewish Weekly – The business section of The Jewish Weekly has earned its fame for inspiring our readers with great in-depth articles on how determined people have started businesses completely and utterly from scratch and turned them into successful companies, providing a living not only for their own families,
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Marching Together for the Future of the Jewish People
KKL-JNJ – Thousands of young people from twelve countries worldwide, who took part in the March of the Living at Auschwitz came to Israel to celebrate its 69th Independence Day with a festive march to the Western Wall. The activity was organized jointly by KKL-JNF’s Education and Youth Division, KKL-JNF’s
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Survivor Amek Adler dies while on Holocaust speaking tour
CJN – At 89, Abram (Amek) Adler had ambitious plans for the future. His Holocaust memoir, Six Lost Years, had just been published and the official launch of the book was scheduled for May 25, followed by a national book tour in the fall. On April 24, Adler was on
