Living Testimony: Commemorating One Month Since October 7th

https://youtu.be/ZYWY5IfA4do Marking the one-month anniversary since the tragic events of October 7th. The commemoration provides space for reflection and remembrance as we collectively acknowledge the profound and enduring impact of this fateful day. Firsthand accounts from victims including a heartbroken father whose child is still being held hostage in Gaza, members of kibbutzim whose communities […]

“The barbarism of Hamas equals and almost surpasses what I experienced in the Holocaust.” Nate Leipciger, Auschwitz Holocaust survivor

“The barbarism of Hamas equals and almost surpasses what I experienced in the Holocaust.” Nate Leipciger, a Holocaust survivor from the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, who now lives in Canada Nate accompanies delegations of the March of the Living to Poland and tells the young people about what happened, and the lessons that are important to learn […]

Contrast and Comparison: The Holocaust and The Simchat Torah War

International March of the Living hosted “Contrast and Comparison: The Holocaust and The Simchat Torah War“, a conversation with Dr. Michael Berenbaum on Thursday, October 26, 2023, moderated by Richard D. Heideman. https://youtu.be/-ZV7lLkjPSs SPEAKER Michael Berenbaum is a Rabbi, writer, lecturer and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and development of historical films. […]

Blue Ribbons for Israel

MOTL Stands with Israel: Today, Tomorrow and Every Day

https://youtu.be/s2Ic25PxFzo?si=GPu6knamQVPgC3Hj It is with a heavy heart that the International March of the Living is witnessing the unbearable carnage unleashed on the citizens of Israel. Fifty years ago on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, we were awakened in October to the news from Israel of the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. Yesterday […]

The Nuremberg Laws: A shadow which must never be allowed to return

This week marks 88 years since the enactment of the Nuremberg Laws by Nazi Germany. The dark shadow they cast remains an enduring testament to humanity’s capacity for cruelty. They institutionalized racial discrimination and persecution against Jews, serving as a chilling precursor to the horrors of the Holocaust. However, beyond their historical significance, they offer […]

As the school year starts, we must still teach the Holocaust

Programs like March of the Living inculcate the knowledge and values urgently needed to counter the forces of intolerance As the summer sun begins to wane, and the air becomes infused with the promise of a new school and academic year, a profound historic significance coincides with this season of renewal. On September 1st, a […]

Survivor Spotlight: Allan Hall

“Each day that we survivors live on is our victory over hate.” – Allan Hall, 88, lives in Miami Beach, Florida USA “I was born in Krakow, Poland in 1935. At the start of the war, in September 1939, my father insisted that we flee to the Soviet side, while my mother thought otherwise. She […]

Children with Special Needs in Israeli School Help Preserve Auschwitz Shoes

“Soul to Sole” Project initiated by International March of the Living, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and the Neishlos Foundation We are proud and excited to share that the students of the Rothman Kaduri School, an educational center for adolescents with autism in Israel, took an inspiring step in a unique effort to donate a significant amount […]

March of Remembrance Commemorates Tragic Deportation of Warsaw’s Jews 80 Years Ago

A special March of Remembrance (Marsz Pamięci) event was held this past weekend in memory of the Jews who were confined in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. The march commemorated the date of the first deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka death camp which took place on July 22, 1942, […]