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October 9th – National Day Commemorating Holocaust in Romania
Date Marks Start of Romanian Deportations of Jews to Transnistria, Oct. 1941 October 9th is the National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust in Romania. This date was chosen as the day that marks the beginning of Romanian deportations of Jews to Transnistria in 1941. In 1930, more than 750,000 Jews lived in Romania, constituting the […]
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Remembering the Victims of the October 7th Terror Attack on Israel
STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL AND THE HOSTAGES Photo Credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv As we commemorate one year since the unprecedented October 7th attacks on Israel, we carry in our hearts the memory of over 1200 victims who were tragically murdered that day and the days that followed. We pray for the well being of […]
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Shana Tova U’Metuka to each of you, the Jewish People and All Israel
We pray for the coming year to be one of peace, unity and security for all. Reflecting on this past year, which has been the most challenging for the Jewish people in over 75 years, the International March of the Living renews its commitment to educate the next generation about the consequences of unchecked hatred, […]
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March held in Kyiv commemorating 83 years since Babyn Yar massacre in the Holocaust
On September 29-30, on the 83rd anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the All Ukrainian Association of Jews-Former Prisoners of Ghetto and Nazi Concentration Camps, jointly organized a march and a commemoration event. The Memorial March, joined by over 1500 people, followed the route taken by almost 34,000 […]
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March of the Living Marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews
March of the Living Marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė: “The hatred that destroyed millions of lives in the past is still alive. We cannot allow the shadows of the dark past to return to our daily lives” VILNIUS, Lithuania – September 24, 2024 – The International […]
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Message from Holocaust Survivor Elly Gotz to those Marching in Lithuania on National Memorial Day Marking the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews
Background: 96 year old Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz, now living in Toronto, Canada was born on March 8, 1928, in Kaunas, Lithuania. When Germany occupied Lithuania in 1941, Elly was just 13 years old. He spent the next three years in the Kaunas ghetto and later 10 months in Dachau concentration camp, isolated from the rest of […]
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The Last Transport from the Lodz Ghetto: Marking A Sombre Anniversary
On August, 29, 1944, 80 years ago, the last transport of Jews from the Lodz Ghetto left for Auschwitz Birkenau. During WWII, approximately 210,000 Jews were forced to live in the Lodz Ghetto, under the most inhumane conditions, most of whom were murdered in the nearby Chelmno death camp. On August 29, 2024, the Radegast […]
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Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Levy, March of the Living alumna who made history with Team USA’s first rugby Olympic medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Sarah Levy took part in the 2014 March of the Living as part of the March of the Living Western Region Delegation. Eli Rubenstein: congratulations on this incredible achievement. How are you feeling right now? And what was your feeling right after the experience when you received the medal? Sarah Levy: Well, I don’t think […]
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Remembering the Grim Legacy of Antisemitism at the Olympics
Remembering the Grim Legacy of Antisemitism at the Olympics International March of the Living calls for Olympics to banish antisemitism, live up to its ideal of building a better world As the world attention turns to the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, International March of the Living, together with the Jewish world, notes the […]
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Remembering Alex Danzig, Z”L
The International March of the Living organization mourns the death of historian and educator Alex Danzig, who was kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz on October 7 and murdered by Hamas terrorists in Gaza a few weeks ago. Alex was one of the founders of youth trips to Poland, a person who promoted Israeli-Polish […]
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