Tucson teens, local survivor join defiant ‘March of the Living’

It takes a special kind of courage to revisit your worst memories. When Holocaust survivor Pawel Lichter of Tucson accompanied a group of Jewish teens on the 29th annual March of the Living, April 9-May 13, he stepped back to 1939. In a basement on Warszawska Street, in his home town of Rypin, Poland, he […]

“People must never be forgotten” – Interview with Happie Hoffman, MOTL Song Leader

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH. SCROLL DOWN FOR ORIGINAL GERMAN VERSION… Mrs. Hoffman, you and your singing partner Eric Hunker took part in the “March of the Living” in Auschwitz a few weeks ago. How do you remember this performance? It’s the second time we’ve been a duo, and it was a very emotional event […]

‘The most impactful and important journey of my life’ by Cynthia Sedlezky, Canada, 2015

Cynthia Sedlezky, a 2015 participant in the March of the Living, reflects on an experience she wishes all Jewish youth could share. Ottawa Jewish Bulletin – One conversation and I was propelled inexorably towards a set of values, way of thinking, and infinite relationships that, at that time, I could not have possibly predicted or expected. […]

Video Reflections from Tuscon Students, Western Region, 2017

Video Reflections by Paula Romano from Martin Buber School in Argentina, 2017

Video created by Paula Romano

March inspires participants to remember, take action

This year I was in Auschwitz-Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day as part of the March of the Living (MOL) contingent from North and South Carolina and Virginia. These few days reminded me to be so thankful for everything that has been given to me. The emotions I felt as a 25-year-old on my second pilgrimage […]

‘Ode to Poland’ – Reflections by Western Region, 2017

During the 2017 March of the Living, participants from Western Region each wrote one line reflecting on their experience traveling through Poland: Poland was a roller coaster of emotions Eye opening Paradigm shifting and revengeful We’re still here Life changing My eyes and heart have been opened through an amazingly journey with incredible people Connections that […]

Elie Wiesel’s Only Son Steps Up to His Father’s Legacy

New York Times – OSWIECIM, Poland — Back when all he wanted was to play baseball and tinker with his computer, Elisha Wiesel found himself touring Treblinka, evading KGB agents on the Moscow subway and watching his father accept the Nobel Peace Prize. “I wanted a normal American childhood,” said Mr. Wiesel, 44, the affable […]

Alumni Reflection: Giana Gurrera, San Diego / Western Region, 2017

Auschwitz. I know this word from pictures, videos, and the literary documentation of the events that took place at this concentration camp active during 1940 and 1945. Yet, this word was just simply a concentration camp, of course there are undeniable emotional responses evoked by the word alone, but there I was unaware that I […]

‘We run like mouses to hide,’ a Holocaust survivor saved by ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ remembers

Holocaust survivor Stefania Sitbon (nee Kenigswein) visits the Warsaw Zoo, where she and her family hid for more than two months during World War II. (Sarit Shina / March of the Living) By Kristina Jovanovski / LA Times Stefania Sitbon sits in the dining room of her Toronto apartment, surrounded by evidence of her life. […]