• Let There Be Light 2022: Remembering Kristallnacht Around the World

    International March of the Living presents highlights of 2022 Kristallnacht commemorations from around the world. Moving moments will includes portions of memorial programs held in the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Austria. In a history making moment, Dubai hosted its first ever Holocaust commemoration on the eve of Kristallnacht, a

  • Let There Be Light 2022 Commemoration in the UAE

    In commemoration of the 84th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, International March of the Living held a “Let There Be Light” ceremony in Dubai, in partnership with the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

  • Let There Be Light: Kristallnacht Initiative

    UPCOMING Moving moments will includes portions of memorial programs held in the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Austria. In a history making moment, Dubai hosted its first ever Holocaust commemoration on the eve of Kristallnacht, a powerful symbol of reconciliation and important step in Holocaust education. Testimony from Holocaust survivors

  • Kristallnacht Film Presentation & Memorial Service from Dusseldorf, Germany

    Dusseldorf Kristallnacht Commemoration Program Inspired By International March of the Living Film “It Was The Right Thing To Do“.  

  • Statement on Adidas Termination of Ye formerly known as Kanye West

    International March of the Living commends Adidas for its recent decision to immediately terminate its partnership with Ye formerly known as Kanye West, for his most recent antisemitic statements, including those threatening the Jewish people. The decision by Adidas – a German company globally famous for its shoes – carries

  • Kol Nidre in Auschwitz

    Holocaust survivor Judy Weissenberg Cohen’s Story about Yom Kippur at Auschwitz in 1944 Practicing Judaism or celebrating any Jewish Holiday was totally forbidden by the Nazis. But in 1944, when I was in Auschwitz, one day, some of the older women in the barrack asked these two specific Kapos (high – ranking

  • Marching to Ponary – Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish community

    The Lithuanian government, the International Commission for the investigation of Nazi crimes in Lithuania, the Jewish community and the International March of the Living held the annual commemoration ceremony at Vilnius former Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust, followed by a march in Vilnius and to the mass graves in Ponary

  • Out of 185 orphans who were deported from the Lodz ghetto orphanage to Auschwitz just a handful survived. Arek Hersh was one of them.

    In the memory of Arek’s friends, The International March of the Living is asking the world to join the campaign to preserve and save 8,000 children’s shoes that still remain in the Auschwitz museum today. Arek was born in 1928 in Sieradz, Poland. He was one of a family of

  • From SOUL to SOLE: Urgent preservation of the children’s shoes at Auschwitz

    International March of the Living partners with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, the Auschwitz Memorial, and the Neishlos Foundation for a global campaign to preserve the shoes of children murdered in Auschwitz. More than 8,000 shoes stored at the camp found to be rapidly disintegrating with the passage of time. Holocaust survivor

  • I will never forget the moment I found shoes in Auschwitz. We must preserve the children’s shoes.

    Holocaust survivor Paula Lebovics asks the world to join the campaign to preserve and save 8,000 children’s shoes that still remain in Auschwitz By Monise Neumann “Toward the end of the war I found mismatched shoes in the camp. I was so proud of myself to find two felt boots.