Determined: One Boy’s Holocaust Survival Story

From the Death March to the March of the Living Determined: One Boy’s Holocaust Survival Story by Martin Baranek with Lisa B. Cicero The new memoir about overcoming loss and suffering at the hands of the Nazis, and how a young boy’s undying spirit and a series of miracles helped him survive, is now available […]

Production begins on new 360 testimony featuring Holocaust survivor on site at concentration camp

Up and down, up and down. All day, every day. From the base of a stone quarry, inmates of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria were compelled by Nazis during the Holocaust to climb 186 steps to the top, lugging boulders that would be used for German state construction projects. Among those forced to take […]

Southern Region March of the Living 2018

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This is Our Legacy Gala: Celebrating 30 Years

On May 8, 2018, March of the Living celebrated its 30th anniversary by honouring Holocaust survivors who have participated in the March since 1988 and its National Director, Eli Rubenstein, for his 30 years of service. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the keynote speaker at the event. He thanked the survivors for their courage and […]

Auschwitz survivor Max Eisen: ‘Beware of hate’

Reflections on March of the Living: An Unforgettable Journey

In April, along with 40 other congregants, my wife and I had the good fortune to travel to Poland and Israel on this year’s Adult March of the Living trip, which was led by Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, under the aegis of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El. Significantly, we were the only group – religious or […]

Jerusalem Post Special Report on the 2018 March of the Living

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March of the Living at NYC’s Celebrate Israel Parade 2018

On June 3, 2018, International March of the Living participated in the NYC Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue. More photos and videos coming soon!

A Journey of Independence

After a tough, emotional trip to Poland that included the March of the Living at Auschwitz, thousands of young people from all over the world arrived in Israel to celebrate Independence Day. They connected to Israel’s landscapes by cycling and taking part in green, environmentally-aware hikes all over the country. “We feel, more than ever […]

A Holocaust Survivor’s Revenge: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland After 79 Years

Johnny Jablon began preparing for his bar mitzvah in Poland in the summer of 1939. A month later, the Germans invaded. Now 92 years of age, Jablon returned to Poland for the first time since World War II to finally celebrate his bar mitzvah. Born the second of three sons to an assimilated Jewish family in Kraków, Jablon […]