March of the Living Report – Winter 2018

March of the Living participation at the Holocaust Commemoration Official Ceremonies at the European Parliament in Brussels

Today at the Official Holocaust Commemoration Ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels, the First Vice President of the European Parliament, Ms. Mairead McGuiness thanked the Holo‎caust Survivors who attended and also thanked the March of the Living International for the presence of a group of young students from the Tachkemoni School of Antwerp. The […]

#WeRemember

Dear March of the Living Alumni and Friends, The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has launched its second annual #WeRemember campaign in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, March of the Living is supporting with WJC on this timely initiative. Through this initiative, WJC is reaching out to millions of people across the globe […]

Alumni Reflection: Ariella Kimmel, Canada, 2017

This submission was chosen as the winner in the Golden Thread Contest, age 19-30 category. We continue to publish submissions to the Golden Thread Contest as well as general submissions to the Thread of 1000 Stories. I grew up in a Jewish home, raised with traditions and customs as a significant part of my life. Yet whenever asked about […]

‘Holocaust survivor anthem’ to be performed at UN by 3 Israelis

David D’or, Amir Benayoun and Miri Mesika will perform ‘The last survivor’ at UN on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.  “I stand, the last one of them all, but all of them are still living in my soul.” These stirring words will be sung at the March of the Living’s International Holocaust Remembrance […]

Recorder of Righteous Conversations

As Holocaust survivors age and die, how will younger generations continue their legacy? One 19-year-old, Tamar “Tammy” Shine, has invested her time in learning about and interacting with local survivors. A 2017 graduate and class valedictorian of Milken Community Schools, Shine is now a freshman at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Over the past seven years, […]

RIVLIN TO LEAD 2018 MARCH OF THE LIVING

Although he frequently makes the point that the founding of the State of Israel was not by way of compensation for the Holocaust, President Reuven Rivlin will have a more difficult time than usual in presenting this argument when he leads the 30th-anniversary March of the Living on April 12, 2018. The 3-km. march along […]

Alumni Reflections: Yazmin Stern, Tarbut Argentina, 2016

What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Tarbut, Argentina Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? On the March, Poland was the most memorable moment for me when we crossed the bridge between Auschwitz and Birkenau and I saw all […]

Story of the Fork

Every year when I am in The Netherlands I visit Dirkje ( Ditte) Spronk. My sister Rita and I were being hidden by Mr and Mrs Hendrik Spronk on their farm in Oldebroek. We arrived there in the summer of 1942. In January 1944, Hendrik Spronk passed away. His wife could not run the farm […]

Alumni Reflections: Adam Workman, Broward, 2015

What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Broward Year(s) attended: 2015 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? The thing that got to me was back in Majdanek when we saw the blue remnants of the Zyklon B on the ceiling of the gas […]