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Shmuel Rosenman, 2024 Erev Yom Hashoah Ceremony
https://youtu.be/1e_tT4YBTu8 I want to begin this evening, this Erev Yom Hashoah program, by making a very short statement: For many years, it has been a common position to state that one should never compare any event, any other tragedy, to the Holocaust. And that statement is still valid today – the Holocaust remains the most […]
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2024 March of the Living Hungary followed by Train of the Living to Auschwitz
Marking 80 years since the destruction of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, a March of the Living was held in Budapest today, on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. It ended at the Keleti train station from which the first transports embarked to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. Some 565,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered […]
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2024 March of the Living: Together We Remember
2024 International March of the Living The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jews during the Shoah, the October 7th attack on Israel, and the dramatic rise in antisemitism across the globe. On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a March was […]
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Wreath laying ceremony in memory of Hanna Szenesh in Budapest
Jewish heroine Hannah Senesh grew up in Hungary, immigrated to the land of Israel and embarked on a mission to save Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. 80 years after Hannah was captured, tortured and murdered, Rakefet Senesh Shekiler, granddaughter of Giora Senesh, Hannah’s brother, stood by the monument in her name, speaking of the heroine […]
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Spotlight on Argentina
Argentina joined the March of the Living in 1992 at the initiative of Gilbert Lewi Z”L, who was president of Hebraica Argentina. Since then, more than 5,000 young people and adults from more than 20 institutions participated from Argentina. The first group of MOTL from Argentina was a large one formed by 80 people from Buenos […]
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Spotlight on Northeast USA
The Jewish Community of Greater MetroWest’s involvement with March of the Living began in 1990 with Dr. Howard Chaim Lauer the then director of the Jewish Education Association of MetroWest. I was brought in to help with recruitment and staffing in 1996, however was not able to join the group because I was Director of […]
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Georgine Nash, Holocaust Survivor, Canada
Georgine Nash DOB: 1937 Country of Origin: Hungary Delegation: Canada 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living? The motivation for me to go on the March is to be able to share my experiences and my fears and hopes for the future of our Jewish community. 2. […]
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Susanna Moore, Holocaust Survivor, Broward County, FL, USA
Susanna Moore DOB: May 16, 1938 Country of Origin: Hungary Delegation: Broward County, FL, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living? The 80th anniversary of Hungary being invaded and I live with that every day. The memories are so bothersome – and 80 years later we […]
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Hayden Liberty, Student, Broward County, FL, USA
Hayden Liberty Delegation: Broward County, Florida, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living? My motivation to take part in the 2024 March of the Living is to continue my family legacy of Marching. My grandpa and uncle marched in 1998 and my mother marched in 1996! […]
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Logan Midler, Student, South Palm Beach, FL, USA
Logan Midler Delegation: South Palm Beach, FL, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living? I think I have always known I wanted to go on the March since I knew what it was. My mom has always told me how this trip was her “dream trip” […]
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