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 are still seeing similar things happening today. It’s important to meet the younger people and share my story and be a living representation of what happened.2. After the events of October 7, 2023, is there still a reason to have hope? In light of October 7th and the dramatic rise of antisemitism, do you fear for the future of the world?If there is no hope than what else is left? We have to have hope that things will change. If I can make one difference than I am happy. I am educating people to share my story and give hope. I fear the dramatic rise of antisemitism greatly, I especially am fearful when I think about my grandchildren and great grandchildren, and what I am leaving behind. That’s why I speak to the younger generation – with the hope to make a difference.3. What does the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry mean to you? What kinds of feelings does this somber commemoration evoke in you?There are no words to describe the feeling. It’s very emotional and very scary. I can’t find the words to describe the feeling, I worry about my family in Israel, New York and all over the world.4. What do you want the students to know about your family who perished in the Holocaust?Out of 19 people, only 4 survived. I lost my dad, grandparents, aunts & uncles, nieces, and cousins. It’s a miracle me and my brother survived alone and that my mother and aunt survived Bergen Belsen. This is what helped me grow and shaped me into the person I am today, knowing I am caring my family with me.5. Why do you continue educate about the Holocaust? What is your most important message or lesson for the students?My mission is I feel that I have the ability to share my feelings and I feel that I get through to people. The students are so understanding and are always carefully listening. I’ve been interviewed or questioned, and the remarks I get are so fulfilling. My mission is to really educate and bring awareness to students, especially the non-Jewish students. The most important message or lesson I try to teach the students is the difference between love and hate is so minimal and I would love to turn all this hate in the world into love. LEARN MORE ABOUT SUSANNA READ MORE SURVIVOR & STUDENT PROFILES

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Susan Winter, Holocaust Survivor, Northeast, USA

Susan Winter DOB: March 28, 1938 Country of Origin: Budapest Hungary Delegation: Northeast, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?My Father died in Auschwitz. That’s the biggest Hungarian cemetery. I don’t remember him much. What the Jews went through in Poland [lasted] for many years, but Hungary was fast moving there they did it in a few months.2. After the events of October 7, 2023, is there still a reason to have hope?October 7 was an unbelievable tragedy, [one I] hoped would never ever be happening again. I wish for a complete victory. It must happen. In light of October 7th and the dramatic rise of antisemitism, do you fear for the future of the world? Yes, I do have hope, and always did.3. What does the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry mean to you? What kinds of feelings does this somber commemoration evoke in you?Everybody needs a country what they call their own. Antisemitism? I have no idea why it has become so strong now. Because we defend ourself ?4. What do you want the students to know about your family who perished in the Holocaust?The hope is in the young people. We also changed the world when we were young. We made happen the unbelievable, by fighting for the State of Israel.5. Why do you continue educate about the Holocaust? What is your most important message or lesson for the students?What we all should learn how important Israel to all of us, even if someone would never live there. Because this way we are strong and have a say. We don’t have to be shy or be second class citizens. LEARN MORE ABOUT SUSANNA READ MORE SURVIVOR & STUDENT PROFILES

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Gabriella Karin, Holocaust Survivor, BJE Los Angeles, CA, USA

Gabriella Karin DOB: November 17, 1930 Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia Delegation: BJE Los Angeles, CA, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?To talk to 17 – 18-year-old teenagers about our history that I was a part of. It motivated me to go to Poland to talk to young students and to tell them how I was affected with Hitler’s regime. They were such unbelievably hard times that for a young person growing up in USA it is almost unbelievable to imagine it. When talking to them, they started to change in front of my eyes into young adults with feelings toward Judaism. This important change affected me also, and I decided that in spite of my age I will continue to spread the word of the atrocities done by Hitler’s regime. We have to educate the young people about the facts that happened during WWII.2. After the events of October 7, 2023, is there still a reason to have hope? In light of October 7th and the dramatic rise of antisemitism, do you fear for the future of the world?I feel that we, the Jewish people, are threatened again with growing antisemitism in the world. I believe in visual expression of my feelings and I am expressing it with my sculptures. This time I am expressing it with this sculpture: “7 OCTOBER 2023.” (see artwork below) The leaves are expressing the Jewish people murdered in the Holocaust. The reflection of the mirror multiplies the atrocities, as we had to watch the killing of innocent people again. I never thought that surviving the Holocaust, I will live long enough to [once again] see mass murders against Jewish people, and it happened on our soil in Israel!3. What does the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry mean to you? What kinds of feelings does this somber commemoration evoke in you?After WWII, horrible things happened in Hungary, so it is to me a big surprise that Hungary is standing with Israel and asks Hamas to release a few Hungarian Jews from captivity and stands with Israel today.4. What do you want the students to know about your family who perished in the Holocaust?I am talking to the students about the 75 people in my family that perished. We do not know where their bodies are so we cannot visit their graves and we can only remember them in our prayers.5. Why do you continue to educate about the Holocaust? What is your most important message or lesson for the students?I have a message to the world: “It doesn’t matter what color your skin is, or what color your eyes are – we are all the same people. We don’t have to love everybody, but we have to respect every person on the earth. We all have the right to be here.” LEARN MORE ABOUT GABRIELLA READ MORE SURVIVOR & STUDENT PROFILES

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Hershel Greenblat, Holocaust Survivor, Southern Region, USA

Hershel Greenblat​ DOB: April 24, 1941 Country of Origin: Ukraine Delegation: Southern Region, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?My motivation is to help educate the future Jewish generation of what happened in the darkest days of our history and let them know that they are our witnesses and our hope that they work to see that it never happens again.2. After the events of October 7, 2023, is there still a reason to have hope? In light of October 7th and the dramatic rise of antisemitism, do you fear for the future of the world?The Jewish people always have hope for a future with peace in the world. The fight against antisemitism is an ongoing battle that we must fight with all of our heart and soul. The future of the world is in their hands, they need to get a good education and show the world that there is still goodness and respect for everyone. No matter how different we are, we are still all human beings.3. What does the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry mean to you? What kinds of feelings does this somber commemoration evoke in you?In 1944, the war was not going good for the Nazis, but they still wanted to eliminate the Jews of Hungary. The worst part is that most of the deportations were done by the Hungarian people themselves. It was done for simple reason of hatred. The unfortunate thing was by this time the rest of the world knew what was happening and still stood by and still let over 400,000 people be destroyed.4. What do you want the students to know about your family who perished in the Holocaust?My father’s family was completely destroyed and most of my mother’s family were killed but because of my parents’ strong will me and my sister survived. Their love of family was something that was handed down to me and my sisters and brother now have the opportunity to have a loving strong bond.5. Why do you continue to educate about the Holocaust? What is your most important message or lesson for the students?The reason that I continue to educate is that I want them to know [that] what happened was for only [one] reason: hate.We have to do everything in our being to bring hatred to a stop and bring respect for everyone. But my biggest hope is a better and kinder world for my great grandson Elijah Mason Greenblat and everyone else. LEARN MORE ABOUT HERSHEL READ MORE SURVIVOR & STUDENT PROFILES Hershel was lifted in a chair and sang to on his 82nd birthday on the day they landed in Israel. Hershel pouring dirt from Israel into the ash pit at Majdanek, where members of his family were most likely murdered.

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Australian March of the Living Enters 23rd Year

A delegation of 30 adults, young adults and Holocaust survivors from Australia will be joining the 2024 March of the Living. Since 2001, the…

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March of the Living alumni feature prominently in new ad combatting antisemitism

New Ad Combatting Antisemitism Released by FCAS – Foundation to Combat Antisemitism:March of the Living Alumni Feature Prominently in Moving PiecePlease see link to “Neighbors”, a moving ad about antisemitism that recently screened at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10. The ad is drawn from a true account of an American synagogue that was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat during a Bat Mitzvah. The neighboring Evangelical Church then gave their space for the Jewish congregation to hold the celebration.The director of the 60 second ad is Jon Weiman whose grandfather, Holocaust survivor Ernie Weiss, took part in the 2008 March of the Living. (See excerpt below from Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Remembrance to New Generations about his experience on the March.) The ad also features Rabbi Michael Dolgin and Rabbi Cantor Aviva Rajsky, both of whom participated in past March of the Living programs.The ad was sponsored by the FCAS (Foundation to Combat Antisemitism), dedicated to combating antisemitism through positive messaging and partnerships, founded by philanthropist Robert Kraft. The ad is part of the FCAS “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign.You can see more Stand Up to Jewish Hate’s powerful commercials here: https://www.standuptojewishhate.org/stand-up-videos/“International March of the Living is pleased to support the work of FCAS in its critically important campaign to combat antisemitism and all forms of intolerance”, said Phyllis Greenberg Heideman, President, International March of the Living.In the past, as part of International March of the Living’s strategic partnership with the Stand Up to Jewish Hate campaign, every participant on the March was given a 🟦pin on the day of the March and encouraged to post and share 🟦 on social media.The Blue Square emoji is a symbol of solidarity against intolerance. The 🟦 takes up 2.4% of various screens and represents the fact that Jews make up 2.4% of the U.S. population, yet are the victims of 55% of religious-based hate crimes in the United States. The campaign is designed to draw attention to this disparity and empower all Americans to help fight growing antisemitism in the United States and around the world. Blue Square🟦 pins can be ordered here: https://www.fcas.org/pins/Also see:A synagogue bomb threat is dramatized in an Oscars ad by Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat AntisemitismBehind the scenes of a new Oscars commercial against antisemitism—primarily filmed in Toronto’s Kensington Market

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Remembering Sara Rus Z”L

International March of the Living mourns the passing of Sara Rus z’l, Holocaust survivor and educator, who passed away on January 24, 2023 at the age of 96. May…

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If We Never See Each Other Again – Premiere on JBS

A film based on interviews with Kindertransport survivors from the USC Shoah Foundation, produced by the International March of the Living,…

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Journey of Hope: Retracing the Kindertransport after 85 Years

George Shefi, Paul Alexander & Walter Bingham near the Kindertransport memorial at Liverpool Street Station in London (Credit: Sam Churchill)[/caption] International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honoring Kindertransport Survivors In the Shadow of the Hamas Terror Attack, March of the Living Joined Kindertransport Survivors on a Historic Journey Retracing their Escape from Nazi Germany 85 Years Ago Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, International March of the Living is launching a special documentary on the Kindertransport initiative to rescue some 15,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia 85 years ago. The film will premiere on January 24, 2024, at a special reception honoring Kindertransport survivors in Israel, hosted by the President of Israeli Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog. “Journey of Hope: Retracing the Kindertransport after 85 Years” On October 8th, as war broke out in Israel following the horrific terror attack by Hamas, the survivor – who were due to travel to with March of the Living to retrace their escape from Nazi Germany – decided that their mission to remember the horrors of the Holocaust was more important than ever. The terror attack on Israel on October 7th brought back harrowing memories of the danger of antisemitism and hatred. Walter Bingham, Paul Alexander, and George Shefi Credit: Sam Churchill The three Kindertransport survivors, Walter Bingham (100), Paul Alexander (85), and George Shefi (92), retraced the journey they took as children 85 years ago, as part of a documentary produced by the International March of the Living. The film is dedicated by the Moskowitz Family in memory of Henry Moskowitz z”l and in honor of Rose Moskowitz. Henry Moskowitz z”l (courtesy) Together with International March of the Living CEO Scott Saunders and Deputy CEO Revital Yakin Krakovsky, the survivors – who now all live in Israel – flew back to their birthplace in Germany. In their former home, they visited the places where they grew up, walked the streets they once walked, entered the schools they once attended, and viewed the homes they once lived in. Accompanied by family members, they then travelled from Germany by train through the Netherlands, by boat to England, and then again by train to London’s Liverpool Street Station – the same journey they took 85 years ago. From left to right: George Shefi, Scott Saunders, Walter Bingham, Revital Yakin Krakovsky, Paul Alexander (Credit: Sam Churchill) Revital Yakin Krakovsky, Deputy CEO, International March of the Living, said, “We couldn’t have foreseen the events in Israel when planning this project. But against this backdrop, we nevertheless went ahead with this historic journey, reuniting three Holocaust survivors who were rescued from Nazi Germany 85 years ago. With this film, March of the Living continues to broaden its Holocaust education mission, by reminding the world where antisemitism and hate can lead. Never Again is Now.” The International March of the Living is grateful to the film’s sponsors: the Moskowitz family, the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum in Israel, El Al Israel Airlines, and Leonardo Hotels for their contribution to the film: “We were touched by their immediate desire to take part in this historical educational initiative,” said Revital Yakin Krakovsky. On Kristallnacht, the Nazi soldiers, along with some German civilians, burned or vandalized over 7,000 Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues. They also murdered 91 Jews and arrested 30,000 Jewish men, sending them to concentration camps. It marked a turning point in the Nazi persecution of the Jews and many people subsequently made the difficult decision to send their children away, alone. The Kindertransport Program helped see some 15,000 Jewish children find refuge and shelter, with most of them arriving in the UK. Walter Bingham was born in 1924 in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. As a child he witnessed Hitler rise to power and saw first-hand the growing antisemitism in Germany. After returning to Israel following the journey he said, “What we have seen in Israel, October the 7th is not just a reminder of the past. It is the past repeating itself. We must educate the whole world about this terrible hatred of Jews and remind them what happens when people stand by in silence and indifference.” George (Spiegelglas) Shefi was born in Berlin in 1931. During the journey he said, “During Kristallnacht I was 8 years old. I slept through that night, and I was not allowed out of the home for three days. I will never forget what I saw when I went out: stores smashed, stores marked, and my synagogue and school completely burned. Seeing Jewish homes burned with families in them on October 7th is something that I never imagined could happen.” Paul Alexander, who was one year and seven months old when in July 1939 his mother put him on the train from Leipzig in the arms of a stranger in order to save his life, said: “I was born a year before Kristallnacht pogrom. As an infant child I did not experience antisemitism directly, my parents did. I was saved from the Holocaust because my parents had the extraordinary courage to send me away after the pogrom. Now, at the age of 85, when I see the extreme level of antisemitism around the world, I feel it as if it is directed to me. It is horrific and totally unacceptable.” The film will be broadcasted on I24 news on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27th, on 11:00 AM Israel time (4:00 AM EST); 8:30 PM Israel time (1:30 PM EST); Sunday January 28th 4:00AM Israel time (9 PM EST on 27th). The film will also be available on the International March of the Living website and social media channels.

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Walter Bingham, Kindertransport Survivor, World’s Oldest Active Journalist, Celebrates 100th Birthday

Walter Bingham: “I could never have imagined that at the age of 100 I would be a witness to the horrific pogrom against Jews that took place on October 7…

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