• “It Could Happen Again, Even Here”, Holocaust Survivor, Dr. Martha Greenblatt

    New York Yankees and International March of the Living team up to fight antisemitism and racism on Holocaust Remembrance Day On May 5, 2024, on the afternoon before the onset of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, child Holocaust survivor Dr. Martha Greenblatt was honoured for her courage and resilience in front of some 50,000 fans […]

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  • Bring Him Home by Shai Abramson at MOTL 2024 Erev Yom HaShoah

    The song “Bring Him Home” from the musical “Les Misérables,” is a moving prayer expressing a deep yearning for the return of our loved ones. As we gather, our hearts are united with those held captive in Gaza and we pray for their release and safe return home. Watch the moving performance of Lt Col […]

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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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