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Booklet Featuring Biographies of Holocaust Survivors Participating in the 2026 March of the Living
2026 Holocaust Survivors Booklet – March of the Living 2026 March of the Living Biographies of Holocaust Survivors A tribute to the survivors participating in the 2026 March of the Living, preserving their stories for generations to come. A special booklet featuring the personal stories of Holocaust survivors who participated in the 2026 March of […]
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Fifty Holocaust Survivors from Around the World to Lead the 2026 March of the Living
Fifty Holocaust survivors aged 80–100 will lead the march from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom HaShoah. Their presence has never been more urgent. Marching Against Antisemitism 2025 Holocaust Survivors Delegation with MOTL President Phyllis Greenberg Heideman, Chairman Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, and Deputy CEO Revital Krakovsky. (Yossi Zeliger) 2026 March of the Living Fifty Holocaust […]
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Alumni Essay Contest Winners: Passing the Torch
Essay Contest Winners Passing the Torch:The March That Changes Everything Four alumni — three decades of marching — reflect on the experience that transformed their understanding of memory, identity, and responsibility. In advance of the 2026 International March of the Living — taking place this year on Yom HaShoah, April 14 — we invited March […]
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Standing at Auschwitz changed me
Essay Contest Winner Standing at Auschwitz Changed Me Marching the three kilometers from Auschwitz I to Birkenau reshaped my understanding: the Holocaust was no longer a subject I taught; it was a living inheritance I was responsible for transmitting. Jessica Handler 2024 March of the Living Alumnus Before my Bat Mitzvah, I remember sitting at […]
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How the March of the Living Changed Me
Essay Contest Winner How the March of the Living Changed Me You can study gas chambers. You can read testimony. But stepping inside one erases the distance between history and reality. Stephen B Sokolow 1994 March of the Living Alumnus I went on the March of the Living in 11th grade, in 1994. Until then, […]
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God Wears a Blue Jacket
Essay Contest Winner God Wears a Blue Jacket I came on the March of the Living as a student and returned 20 years later to close a personal circle. Jon Warech 1998 March of the Living Alumnus As a Miami high school kid who couldn’t afford to do all of the things in life, I […]
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Between Ashes and Tomorrow
Essay Contest Winner Between Ashes and Tomorrow How the March of the Living transformed my identity and purpose. Jonathan Thull 2003 March of the Living Alumnus I grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a small Southern city where Jewish life was quiet and sparse. In my religious school class there were only six of us. […]
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Israeli Holocaust Survivors and Delegations Will Not Attend This Year’s March of the Living
Decision follows flight restrictions and heightened security risks within the country; March to proceed with 40 Holocaust Survivors and 6,500 international participants JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – March 23, 2026 – March of the Living – Israel organization announced today that Israeli delegations will not travel to Poland for this year’s annual march, which traditionally takes place […]
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Remembering Adele Besserman Z”L (1930 – 2026)
International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Adele Besserman. Adele first joined the Broward County delegation to the March of the Living in 2012, and proceeded to participate in the program six additional times until and including in 2019. A native of Lodz, Poland, Adele had a happy childhood […]
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Escola Liessin School from Brazil Carries Memory Across Generations
“We have studied the Holocaust for years, but being there gives it a completely different meaning. It is a commitment I will carry for life.” Since 2007, Liessin School in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, has participated in the March of the Living. Over the years, the school has sent more than 1,200 participants — including […]
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