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“The Accountant of Auschwitz”

Seventy years after WWII, Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving members of the SS, goes on trial as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Three of the four survivors featured are March of the Living educators – Bill Glied Z”L, Max Eisen & Hedy Bohm. Several others in […]

“The Forgotten Camps| History of the Holocaust” – A FOX 5 / Fox5NY.com Film by March of the Living Alumna Dana Arschin

Film created by 2018 March of the Living alumna, Dana Arschin, for Fox 5 Films. Poland: charming cobblestone streets, bustling communities, and endless greenery. A country so beautiful and vibrant was once cloaked in a blanket of darkness and despair. Poland was the first country to bear the brunt of the Nazi war machine. Germany […]

Remembering Joseph Eckstein, z”l

We mourn the loss of holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Joseph Eckstein, z”l, who travelled with our Southern Region for many years. Joseph was 15 when Germany occupied Hungary. He was the only person in his family to survive the Holocaust, avoiding work selections and beatings in Birkenau, and overcoming battles with […]

Remembering Isaac Goldstein z”l

ISAAC GOLDSTEIN z’l (October 9, 1925 – October 9, 2018), was born in Bialystok Poland and was the only person in his family to survive the Holocaust, spoke about living through a death march, only because a friend gave him a pair of shoes at the last minute. At the age of 14, Mr. Goldstein’s […]

March of the Living Statement on Holocaust Education in Moroccan School System

The International March of the Living applauds the recent announcement of King Mohammed VI to introduce Holocaust education into the school system of Morocco. By incorporating Holocaust studies into the high school curriculum, King Mohammed leads his country in taking a major step toward addressing and combatting antisemitism. We know that by teaching the history […]

Video Coverage of Elie Wiesel Commemoration in Sighet – October 4, 2018

IN COMMEMORATION OF ELIE WIESEL, JEWISH LEADERS GATHER IN HIS HOMETOWN

The event included an interfaith dialogue between representatives of Romania’s religious communities and Jewish leaders from Israel. SIGHET, ROMANIA – Local leaders and Jewish dignitaries from around the world gathered Thursday in Sighet, the birthplace of Jewish luminary Elie Wiesel, to protest rising antisemitism and commend town officials for acting swiftly after an antisemitic incident […]

Alumni Reflection: Ross Nimhauser, Southern Region USA, 2012 & 2018

The Holocaust can be an overwhelming topic for anyone who studies it, regardless of age. When I went on the March as a student six years ago I had the profound sense of duty to remember and embrace the memory of my family, thirteen of which perished in Majdanek. Going on the March as an […]

March of Many Meanings

April, 2018 marked my second opportunity to staff the March of the Living trip for Mid Atlantic Region of the United States as a representative of StandWithUs. The March brings thousands of Jewish teenagers and Holocaust survivors from around the world and Israel, which culminates with a silent march in Poland between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II/Birkenau, […]