Events · The next March

The 2027 March of the Living.

On Yom HaShoah, May 4, 2027, thousands of people from around the world will walk together from Auschwitz to Birkenau with Holocaust survivors. Registration is open for Youth, Young Professional and Adult delegations.

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PolandMay 3 – 9
The MarchYom HaShoah, May 4
IsraelMay 9/10 – 13

Exact dates vary by delegation.

Marchers in blue March of the Living jackets walking along a tree-lined path in Poland, 2026Photo: Abbie Sophia

What happens on the March

  1. May 3 – 9 · Poland

    A week in Poland

    Travel from Krakow to Warsaw with Holocaust scholars, visiting what remains of a once-thriving Jewish world and the signs of its revival today.

  2. May 4 · Yom HaShoah

    The March

    Walk the 3 kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau with Holocaust survivors and thousands of marchers from 52 countries.

  3. May 11 · Yom HaZikaron

    Memorial Day in Israel

    Stand with the people of Israel as the country remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

  4. May 12 · Yom Ha’atzmaut

    Independence Day

    Celebrate Israel’s independence together with marchers from around the world.

Israel is part of the Youth program and an optional extension for Young Professionals and Adults.

Past Marches

Since 1988, more than 300,000 people from 52 countries have walked from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom HaShoah.

2026April 14, 2026Marching Against Antisemitism. Holocaust survivors marched alongside survivors of antisemitic attacks in the U.S., UK and Australia.See the March →2025April 24, 2025Honoring Their Legacy. 80 years since liberation. Presidents Herzog and Duda led more than 8,000 marchers and 80 survivors.See the March →2024May 6, 2024Together We Remember. Survivors of October 7 and families of hostages marched with Holocaust survivors.See the March →2023April 18, 2023Honoring Jewish Heroism. Marking 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Italian President Mattarella addressed the ceremony.See the March →2022April 28, 2022The March returned to Poland after the pandemic, led by President Duda.See the March →2021April 8, 2021Held virtually, honoring medical professionals.See the March →2020April 21, 2020Held virtually, with an online ceremony with President Rivlin.See the March →2019May 2, 2019Led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with about 10,000 marchers.See the March →2018April 12, 201830th anniversary, led by Presidents Rivlin and Duda.See the March →2017April 24, 2017Education ministers issued a declaration against Holocaust denial.See the March →2016May 5, 2016About 10,000 marchers and 150 survivors.See the March →2015April 16, 201570 years since liberation.See the March →
2014April 28, 201470 years since the deportation of Hungarian Jewry.
2013April 8, 201325 years since the first March. President Peres sent a video message.See the March →
2012April 19, 2012Honoring the liberators, with U.S. World War II veterans.

Earlier Marches

The March was held every two years from 1988 to 1994, and every year since 1996.

2011May 2, 2011About 7,000 marchers.
2010April 12, 2010The March mourned the victims of the Smolensk air crash.
2009April 21, 2009About 7,000 marchers, including Jewish youth from 55 countries.
2008May 1, 2008Nearly 6,000 Jewish marchers from 55 countries, joined by 1,600 Poles.
2007April 16, 2007About 7,000 marchers.
2006April 25, 2006About 8,000 marchers.
2005May 5, 200560 years since liberation. The largest March, with more than 18,000 marchers.
2004April 19, 2004Led by Deputy Prime Minister Tommy Lapid.
2003Yom HaShoah
2002Yom HaShoah
2001April 19, 2001The 10th March, with about 1,500 marchers.
2000Yom HaShoahLed by Presidents Weizman and Kwasniewski.
1999Yom HaShoah
1998April 23, 1998About 7,000 marchers, with the Prime Ministers of Israel and Poland.
1997Yom HaShoah
1996Yom HaShoahThe March becomes an annual event.
1994Yom HaShoah
1992Yom HaShoah
1990April 22, 1990About 4,000 students from 36 countries. Elie Wiesel spoke.
1988April 14, 1988The first March of the Living, with about 1,500 participants.

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