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- [Holocaust Survivors and Tech Leaders Ring the Closing Bell at the NYSE](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-and-tech-leaders-ring-the-closing-bell-at-the-nyse/) - Holocaust survivors, tech leaders and March of the Living executives closed trading yesterday at the New York Stock Exchange during a special bell ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, bringing remembrance and responsibility to one of the world’s most influential financial institutions. Four Holocaust survivors rang the bell from the NYSE balcony: Nate Leipziger (97)
- [“Do not forget. Not for us, but for you!"](https://motl.org/do-not-forget-not-for-us-but-for-you/) - UN Ambassador to Israel Danny Danon with Holocaust Survivors Nate Leipciger, Eva Kuper and Sara Weinstein, and Scott Saunders, CEO, International March of the Living (Photo: Ohad Kab) Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of WWII virulent antisemitism is once again on the rise. Jewish
- [The Bondi Beach massacre shattered something fundamental in me](https://motl.org/the-bondi-beach-massacre-shattered-something-fundamental-in-me/) - “The Bondi Beach massacre was a moment that shattered something fundamental in me” Holocaust Survivor and Professor Mark Spigelman Photo: Courtesy Poland born Holocaust survivor Professor Mark Spigelman who now lives in Sydney shared: “The Bondi massacre came after more than two years of a sharp rise in antisemitism in Australia following October 7, and it
- [Marking A Somber Anniversary: 2 Years Since Oct. 7](https://motl.org/marking-a-somber-anniversary-2-years-since-oct-7/) - Freed Hostages and families of victims of October 7th at the 2025 March of the Living Erev Yom HaShoah Ceremony at the Krakow Opera. (Yossi Zeliger) As we mark two years since the horrific day of October 7 and the difficult war that followed, we unite in prayer for peace and the return of all
- [87 Years Since Kristallnacht: A Statement from Holocaust Survivors Who Lived Through the 1938 Pogrom](https://motl.org/87-years-since-kristallnacht-a-statement-from-holocaust-survivors-who-lived-through-the-1938-pogrom/) - We, Holocaust survivors, lived through the Kristallnacht pogrom as children in Germany.We saw with our own eyes how hatred turned to flames, how indifference became complicity, and how the world stayed silent as Jews were attacked.Today, 87 years later, we look around us and say with deep pain: the world has learned nothing.Once again, Jews
- [Holocaust Survivor Eve Kuper Speech at The New York Stock Exchange](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-eve-kuper-speech-at-the-new-york-stock-exchange/) - We are living in interesting times. Times which, for Holocaust survivors like me, are too reminiscent of former “interesting times” – the 1930’s and 1940’s. Times when the world was totally disrupted totally up-side-down, when Europe was controlled by madness and hatred. Now is not 1933 and Hitler is not rattling “his sword” and expanding
- [Marking 84 Years Since Wannsee](https://motl.org/marking-84-years-since-wannsee/) - On January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi officials sat down at a luxury villa to implement a genocide - the murder of eleven million Jews residing in 34 countries throughout Europe. The gathering, known as the infamous Wannsee Conference, was held in an affluent suburb of Berlin. In the Nuremberg Trials that followed WWII, American
- [Sponsor a Holocaust Survivor – While We Still Can](https://motl.org/sponsor-a-holocaust-survivor-while-we-still-can/) - View this email in your browser “Without history there will be no memory, and without memory there will be no future.” Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen z”l (1928-2022) Photo: Eynat Katz They are among the last living witnesses to the Holocaust. Their voices carry history, and moral responsibility. At a time
- ["World, Open Your Eyes"](https://motl.org/world-open-your-eyes/) - World, Open Your Eyes Campaign URL Copy Twitter 0 tweets Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate English العربية Afrikaans беларуская мова български català 中文（简体） 中文（繁體） Hrvatski Česky Dansk eesti keel Nederlands Suomi Français Deutsch Ελληνική हिन्दी Magyar Gaeilge Indonesia íslenska Italiano 日本語 ភាសាខ្មែរ 한국어 македонски јазик بهاس ملايو Malti Norsk Polski Português Português - Portugal Română Русский Español Kiswahili Svenska
- [We Have to March This Year and Speak Up Against Antisemitism](https://motl.org/we-have-to-march-this-year-and-speak-up-against-antisemitism/) - This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk alongside Holocaust survivors and bear witness to their stories. As the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany approaches, the March of the Living takes on a profound urgency. With each passing year, the opportunity to
- [“Silence is Not an Option”: Remembering Paula Lebovics, Z"L](https://motl.org/silence-is-not-an-option-remembering-paula-lebovics/) - International March of the Living mourns the recent passing of beloved Holocaust survivor and educator Paula Lebovics. Over the last few decades, Paula lived up to her lifelong motto, “silence is not an option”, volunteering at the USC Shoah Foundation, speaking at events organized by the Holocaust Museum of Los Angeles and the Museum of
- [From Darkness to Light: Holocaust survivors and former Gaza hostages Celebrate Hanukkah together](https://motl.org/from-darkness-to-light-holocaust-survivors-and-former-gaza-hostages-celebrate-hanukkah-together/) - Held ahead of Hanukkah, Holocaust survivors and freed hostages who marched together at the March of the Living met to reflect on shared memories of survival, moments of faith and 'small miracles' and the role of remembrance and resilience in shaping Jewish continuity after Oct. 7 By Iris Lifshitz Kliger – Yedioth Achronot / Ynet
- [From Darkness to Light: A Special Chanukah Message from International March of the Living](https://motl.org/from-darkness-to-light-a-special-chanukah-message/) - As we continue to celebrate Chanukah, we extend our warmest wishes to March of the Living alumni, friends, and supporters around the world. We are living in uneasy times. The tragic events on Bondi Beach in Australia are a stark reminder that our mission, educating future generations about the consequences of unchecked hatred, is more
- [Reflections on the Bondi Beach Terrorist Attack from Gary Samowitz, CEO, March of the Living Australia](https://motl.org/reflections-on-the-bondi-beach-terrorist-attack-from-gary-samowitz-ceo-march-of-the-living-australia/) - View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gary Samowitz (@garysamo) Morning. It's 5:00 AM here in Bondi Beach. Just come to watch the sunrise behind me. I've been in Bondi the last few days, just trying to process what took place here. It's been a really challenging couple of days, just
- [International March of the Living Responds to Bondi Beach Shooting](https://motl.org/international-march-of-the-living-responds-to-bondi-beach-shooting/) - ‘Australia has looked away as hatred of Jews intensified. That silence led to today’s attack.’ International March of the Living issued the following statement regarding the terrorist shooting at a Chanukah event in Bondi Beach, Australia, in which dozens have been reported killed or seriously injured: “This was not an isolated act of violence. The
- [‘Being There Changes You’: Young Jewish Professionals Describe the March of the Living Experience That Became a Turning Point](https://motl.org/being-there-changes-you-young-jewish-professionals-describe-the-march-of-the-living-experience-that-became-a-turning-point/) - Registration to the 2026 March of the Living is now open! When Tyler boarded the plane from Philadelphia, he carried with him the weight of a family history marked by loss, silence, and survival. His grandmother was born hiding in the forests of Austria, constantly on the run. His great auntie Perrie bore the tattooed
- [Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust and COVID-19](https://motl.org/medicine/) - As Covid-19 continues plaguing the world, the March of the Living reflects on the courageous perseverance of the medical community who served as rays of light during the Holocaust.This year, we salute the relentless commitment of the selfless professionals facing today’s world health crisis. Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust and COVID-19 Presented by
- [Riots Of Kristallnacht – Reinhard Heydrich's Instructions, November 1938](https://motl.org/riots-of-kristallnacht-reinhard-heydrichs-instructions-november-1938/) - Copyright © 2016 Yad Vashem. The World Holocaust Remembrance Center Secret Copy of Most Urgent telegram from Munich, of November 10, 1938, 1:20 A.M. To All Headquarters and Stations of the State Police All districts and Sub-districts of the SD Urgent! For immediate attention of Chief or his deputy! Re: Measures against Jews tonight Following
- [Poems of Life and Death](https://motl.org/poems-of-life-and-death/) - By Simcha Paull Raphael, Ph.D. From the Preface: In April 2006 I traveled to Poland as a participant on a March of the Living tour. Over the course of less than one week I visited the concentration camps of Auschwitz, Birkenau, Treblinka and Majdanek, as well as the killing fields of Tikocyn, and sites of the
- [Filling the Gaps in Israel’s Holocaust Reading List](https://motl.org/filling-the-gaps-in-israels-holocaust-reading-list/) - Haaretz By Amos Goldberg Many pivotal works about the Holocaust remain inaccessible to Hebrew readers, particularly those that don’t fit the Israeli national narrative. As a result, Israelis miss out on an important internal debate The publication of the Hebrew translation of Raul Hilberg’s work, “The Destruction of the European Jews,” is good news. Widely
- [The IDF Remembers the Fallen and Protects the Living](https://motl.org/the-idf-remembers-the-fallen-and-protects-the-living/) - “And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart…” (Deuteronomy 8:2) Every year the IDF continues to honor the memory of those who were killed during the Holocaust
- [Making Amends](https://motl.org/making-amends/) - Mosaic By Robert Eli Rubinstein A mysterious request leads the Canadian-born son of a Holocaust survivor back to the old country. “There’s someone here to see you.” “Who is it?” “Her name is Magda Zelenka,” replied my receptionist. “She says she has something important to discuss with you, but she doesn’t have an appointment.” It took
- [President Obama quotes Pinchas Gutter, Holocaust survivor who participated in the March of the Living, at USC Shoah Foundation Dinner](https://motl.org/president-obama-quotes-pinchas-gutter-holocaust-survivor-who-participated-in-the-march-of-the-living-at-usc-shoah-foundation-dinner/) - Remarks by the President at USC Shoah Foundation Dinner Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, California – May 7, 2014 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Please, please, everybody have a seat. Well, thank you, Steven, for your incredibly generous words, for this great honor, for your
- [It's Disrespectful for the Shoah's Victims If All We Teach is Death](https://motl.org/its-disrespectful-for-the-shoahs-victims-if-all-we-teach-is-death/) - Jewish News Online By Scott Saunders, Founder and Chair of March of the Living UK How do you understand the un-understandable, explain the inexplicable? Seventy years since the liberation of Auschwitz, we continue to grapple with the lessons of the Holocaust and how we should approach Holocaust education for our children. In recent years, the
- [70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz](https://motl.org/70th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-auschwitz/) - On January 27, 2015 we commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi German concentraction and extermination camp Auschwitz. On this day the whole world was listening to the voices of Auschwitz. On this day we met at the authentic site of the former camp as the sign of our remembrance. The whole commemoration
- [The Last Trial: A Great-Grandmother, Auschwitz, and the Arc of Justice](https://motl.org/the-last-trial-a-great-grandmother-auschwitz-and-the-arc-of-justice/) - The New Yorker Elizabeth Kolbert Oskar Gröning, who has become known as “the bookkeeper from Auschwitz,” was born on June 10, 1921, in Nienburg, a town about thirty miles south of Bremen. His father, a textile worker, was a fierce German nationalist and a member of Der Stahlhelm (the Steel Helmet), a paramilitary group that
- [What ISIS Really Wants](https://motl.org/what-isis-really-wants/) - The Atlantic By Graeme Wood What is the Islamic State? Where did it come from, and what are its intentions? The simplicity of these questions can be deceiving, and few Western leaders seem to know the answers. In December, The New York Times published confidential comments by Major General Michael K. Nagata, the Special Operations
- [Tracing Jewish Heritage Along the Danube](https://motl.org/tracing-jewish-heritage-along-the-danube/) - The New York Times By Lisa Schwarzbaum Like many who share my hair texture and fondness for rugelach, I am the descendant of Jewish forebears who boarded boats in the first half of the 20th century to escape bad times for our people in Central and Eastern Europe. These intrepid emigrants took to the water,
- [At the Jewish Museum of Vienna, Enduring Images of Europe](https://motl.org/at-the-jewish-museum-of-vienna-enduring-images-of-europe/) - By: Sarah Wildman, The New York Times Erich Lessing is one of the foremost chroniclers of 20th-century Europe, known equally well for photographing politicians like Charles de Gaulle, Eastern Bloc beauty queens, and daily life — a bar mitzvah boy in postwar Poland, a tailor in front of his war-damaged store. A retrospective of
- [Looking Back at the Holocaust, Through a Child’s Eyes](https://motl.org/looking-back-at-the-holocaust-through-a-childs-eyes/) - New York Times by Isabel Kershner JERUSALEM — Jakov Goldstein survived the Holocaust as a child by hiding alone for two years in a narrow attic, sustained by the books delivered each day by the eldest daughter of the Polish family that shielded him. Eliyahu Rozdzial turned 13, hidden alone in the forest and farms
- [March of the Living in Poland, 2015](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-in-poland-2015/)
- [March of the Living in Israel, 2015](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-in-israel-2015/)
- [The Holocaust survivor who coached World Cup star Carli Lloyd](https://motl.org/the-holocaust-survivor-who-coached-world-cup-star-carli-lloyd/) - By Gabe Friedman July 7, 2015 12:01am JTA Soccer fans around the world watched in amazement Sunday night as the United States women’s soccer team netted five goals – four of them in the first 16 minutes – to defeat Japan 5-2 in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final. Three of the first four goals
- [Our Secret Auschwitz](https://motl.org/our-secret-auschwitz/) - The New York Times By Rachel Sopher When I started therapy, I found it hard to speak. Sessions filled up with silences, pregnant pauses, missing words. I couldn’t express myself for fear that any divulgence would hurt someone I loved. My childhood home had been like this, too. Our quiet house on a quiet block
- [European Maccabi Games to be Held at Olympic Venues Built by Nazis](https://motl.org/european-maccabi-games-to-be-held-at-olympic-venues-built-by-nazis/) - JTA By Toby Axelrod BERLIN (JTA) – They are roaring through Europe, raising dust as they go: Jewish bikers bearing an Olympic-style torch all the way from Israel to this German city. Next week, 11 core riders will pull their steel steeds into Berlin’s famous outdoor amphitheater, the Waldbuehne, to help usher in the 14th
- [In Poland, Searching for Jewish Heritage](https://motl.org/in-poland-searching-for-jewish-heritage/) - New York Times, By Joseph Berger A writer and his sister journey to the childhood homes of their parents, places where once Jews like them could thrive. When I was growing up, my mother filled me with visions of her hometown, Otwock in Poland, describing it as a kind of Brigadoon without actually using that
- [Holocaust survivors’ grandchildren call for action over inherited trauma](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-grandchildren-call-for-action-over-inherited-trauma/) - The Guardian, By Jean West Jewish activists in Scotland have started a campaign to support the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors across the world, saying the trauma of the extermination camps continues to haunt the descendants of those who suffered there. Dan Glass, 29, from London,
- [The secrets of Ukraine’s shameful ‘Holocaust of Bullets’ killing centre where 1.6million Jews were executed](https://motl.org/the-secrets-of-ukraines-shameful-holocaust-of-bullets-killing-centre-where-1-6million-jews-were-executed/) - Please note, this is a text only version. To read the article with archival photographs (many of which contain graphic content), click here. The Daily Mail, By Will Stewart, August 24, 2015 Seventy years on from the end of the Second World War the full, shocking scale of the Nazi-inspired Holocaust in Ukraine is finally
- [Is It Kosher to Invoke the Shoah in Politics](https://motl.org/is-it-kosher-to-invoke-the-shoah-in-politics/) - By: Jodie Shupac, Canadian Jewish News The recent backlash against York Centre Conservative MP Mark Adler for noting in campaign literature and on his website that he’s the son of a Holocaust survivor raises larger questions about the appropriateness of referencing the Shoah in political and campaign rhetoric. Former Montreal-area Liberal MP Raymonde Folco, herself
- [Satirical Slap in the Face](https://motl.org/satirical-slap-in-the-face/) - By: The Israel Opinion Op-ed: New German film 'Look Who's Back,' which satirizes Hitler, should not have been made for same reasons Charlie Chaplin regretted making 'The Great Dictator.' In October, "Look Who's Back", a satire based on the bestselling novel by Timur Vermes, which describes Adolph Hitler's return after decades of deep sleep, will
- [Poland's mixed feelings over memorial to rescuers](https://motl.org/polands-mixed-feelings-over-memorial-to-rescuers/) - By: Vanessa Gera WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As a Catholic Pole, Elka shouldn't even have been in the ghetto of Czestochowa, in southern Poland. But the nanny was so devoted to the 12-year-old Jewish boy she had raised since infancy that she refused to
- [Art Therapy and the Creative Process of Healing: Workshops with Dr. Tsaphie Zohar-Stendel](https://motl.org/art-therapy-and-the-creative-process-of-healing-workshops-with-dr-tsaphie-zohar-stendel/) - The Weiss-Livnat International MA Program in Holocaust Studies at the University of Haifa Blog by Guest Lecturers In the aftermath of the Holocaust, survivors and their descendants were faced with the challenge of coping with their past, and creating a new present and future. The coping methods and process of moving forward was different for each
- [Australia's Jews Fume After PM Says ISIS Worse Than Nazis](https://motl.org/australias-jews-fume-after-pm-says-isis-worse-than-nazis/) - By: The Associated Press Australia's prime minister angered some Jewish leaders on Thursday by suggesting that the Islamic State movement was worse than Nazis during World War II. It is the third time this year that gaffe-prone Prime Minister Tony Abbott has riled Jewish Australians with Nazi analogies. Abbott used an interview with Sydney Radio
- [Holocaust survivor shares story of Auschwitz concentration camp, liberation](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-shares-story-of-auschwitz-concentration-camp-liberation/) - The Miami Hurricane, By Isabella Rosa Cendan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUMhl5yoSUE Students in Professor Markus Zisselsberger’s First-Year Seminar in Literature were able to relive history on Tuesday, when a Holocaust survivor spoke with them about his experience during the Nazi regime. David Mermelstein, 86, was born in Kivjazd, Czechoslovakia in 1928. When he was 15, he became a victim
- [MVFF38: Marin filmmakers tell personal story of the Holocaust in ‘Surviving Skokie’](https://motl.org/mvff38-marin-filmmakers-tell-personal-story-of-the-holocaust-in-surviving-skokie/) - Marin Independent Journal, By Vicki Larson The dedication of a Holocaust museum in Illinois may be an unlikely inspiration for a documentary. But for Eli Adler of San Anselmo, a long-time award-wining cinematographer, it was the impetus to tell a story he didn’t even know he wanted to tell. The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education
- [A New Look at Japan’s Wartime Atrocities and a U.S. Cover-Up](https://motl.org/a-new-look-at-japans-wartime-atrocities-and-a-u-s-cover-up/) - New York Times By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW Joy Chen is sitting on a bench outside a new museum about the medical atrocities committed by Japan’s Unit 731 in Manchuria during World War II, trying to absorb what she learned inside: After the war, the United States covered up Japan’s biological warfare research on humans, allowing
- [Polish security firm offers to send 100 guards to help protect Israel](https://motl.org/polish-security-firm-offers-to-send-100-guards-to-help-protect-israel/) - BY JTA The owner of a large Polish security firm offered to send 100 guards to Israel to help protect civilians against terrorist attacks. Benjamin Krasicki, president of the board of the Warsaw-based City Security, made the offer in a letter he sent Wednesday to Israel’s minister of interior security, Gilad Erdan. “We would be
- [Prominent British Holocaust Historian David Cesarani Dies at 58](https://motl.org/prominent-british-holocaust-historian-david-cesarani-dies-at-58/) - BY The Forward and Liam Hoare David Cesarani, the great British historian of the Holocaust and Anglo Jewry, has died at the age of 58, London’s Jewish Chronicle reports. The London Times columnist David Aaronovitch described him as “a man of luminous intelligence and splendid academic achievement.” Cesarani — as a research professor in History
- [Bearing Witness To The Memory Of The Holocaust](https://motl.org/bearing-witness-to-the-memory-of-the-holocaust/) - My dear friend Eli Rubenstein, makes a major impact on the world, and does so somewhat unassumingly. I had no idea he was compiling a book to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the March of the Living (The March), a program whose mandate it is to facilitate annual trips to Poland to learn about the
- [Willis Carto, Far-Right Figure and Holocaust Denier, Dies at 89](https://motl.org/willis-carto-far-right-figure-and-holocaust-denier-dies-at-89/) - New York Times, By Douglas Martin Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny the Holocaust, died last Monday at his home in Virginia. He was 89. His death was announced by The
- [Nuremberg Nazi Site Crumbles, but Tricky Questions on Its Future Persist](https://motl.org/nuremberg-nazi-site-crumbles-but-tricky-questions-on-its-future-persist/) - New York Times, by Alison Smale NUREMBERG, Germany — In this city, the rallying point for Hitler, is the largest piece of real estate bequeathed by the Nazis, and a burden only increasing with time. First comes the sheer physical size: a parade ground bigger than 12 football fields. A semicircular Congress Hall that dwarfs any
- [Living Word from a Dead World](https://motl.org/4051-2/) - By: Yardena Schwartz, Tablet When Tzipora Shapiro walked out the gates of Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1945, the first thing she felt was guilt. Her father, grandfather, brothers, aunts, and uncles all died in the Lodz Ghetto, and when the Nazis transferred Shapiro and her mother to Auschwitz, she watched as they sent her mother
- [Why These Jewish Teens Are Listening To The Stories Of Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/why-these-jewish-teens-are-listening-to-the-stories-of-holocaust-survivors/) - By: Antonia Blumberg, Huffington Post https://youtu.be/KPVtqjnyYEg Jewish teenagers in fifteen countries from around the globe will meet with Holocaust survivors on Nov. 6-7, for "A Shabbat to Remember." The event, organized by Jewish youth organization BBYO, falls just days before the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a wave of violent anti-Semitic attacks instigated by Nazi Party officials in
- [Rare Postcards From Warsaw Ghetto Surface in Poland](https://motl.org/rare-postcards-from-warsaw-ghetto-surface-in-poland/) - By: Aimee Amiga, Haaretz Living in London while her family was trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, Tamara Frymer had one line of communication with her beloved back home: postcards. At the time, all letters going in and out of the ghetto were heavily censored, and no mail was permitted between
- [How Plans To Build a Monument to Righteous Gentiles in Warsaw Fell Apart](https://motl.org/how-plans-to-build-a-monument-to-righteous-gentiles-in-warsaw-fell-apart/) - By: Liam Hoare, eJewish Philantrhopy “From Those – You Saved” was a simple enough idea: a monument and memorial to Poland’s Righteous Among the Nations on the grounds of Warsaw’s Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN). Originally to be built by autumn 2015, it has faced opposition from museum officials and Polish
- [A Pilot and Holocaust Survivors, Bound by War’s Fabric, Are Reunited in Brooklyn](https://motl.org/a-pilot-and-holocaust-survivors-bound-by-wars-fabric-are-reunited-in-brooklyn/) - By: Eve M. Kahn, The New York Times Alan Golub, center, at a reunion last month in Brooklyn with some of the Hungarian women he helped as a pilot during World War II CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times You never know when a pistol pointed in wartime will lead to hours of
- [My mother's journey to survive](https://motl.org/my-mothers-journey-to-survive/) - My mother's journey to survive Star columnist travels to his mother's hometown where her family was slaughtered in the Holocaust Words and photos: Martin Regg Cohn, Columnist RAVA RUSKA, UKRAINE — This is where my mother’s family died in the Holocaust. And where Helen Edel found the will to live.Barely 16 years old, she survived
- [Pope Francis to 'Pray at Auschwitz' During 2016 Visit](https://motl.org/pope-francis-to-pray-at-auschwitz-during-2016-visit/) - Haaretz Pope Francis intends to stop at the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp when he visits Poland in July next year, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Monday. Speaking after a papal audience at the Vatican, Duda said Francis told him he wanted to go to Czestochowa, site of a 1939 massacre of Polish civilians at
- [Pnina Gutman: Who Am I, What Is My Name?](https://motl.org/pnina-gutman-who-am-i-what-is-my-name/) - By: Varda Epstein, The Huffington Post What would it feel like to have no family tree? To not know who your parents were, or where you come from? In so many ways, our families define us. For instance, my Asiatic eyes and fair coloring come from my father, but my droll sense of humor and
- [Jewish man with Nazi-raised identical twin dies at age 82](https://motl.org/jewish-man-with-nazi-raised-identical-twin-dies-at-age-82/) - Jewish Telegraphic Agency A Jewish man who as an adult reunited with a long-lost identical twin raised as a Nazi died at age 82. Jack Yufe, who with his twin Oskar Stohr was featured in the 1997 German documentary “Oskar and Jack,”died of stomach cancer Monday in a San Diego hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported. Born in
- [This Day in Jewish History 1938 // Kristallnacht Over, Goering Mulls How to Best Persecute the Jews Next](https://motl.org/this-day-in-jewish-history-1938-kristallnacht-over-goering-mulls-how-to-best-persecute-the-jews-next/) - By David B. Green Appalled by the ruin of property that could have been seized, Nazi leaders decide on next step: To eliminate the Jews from the German economy. November 12, 1938, was a decisive day – one of many – for the fate of Jews in Nazi Germany. It was on this date, some
- [Getting Millennials to Talk About the Holocaust](https://motl.org/getting-millennials-to-talk-about-the-holocaust/) - By: Ofer Aderet Yad Vashem and Hewlett-Packard are using tech to get the young generation interested in the Jewish people's worst tragedy. The testimonies of 125,000 Holocaust survivors are preserved in the archives of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum. Some are on video, others just
- [UN Marks 40 years Since 'Zionism is Racism' Resolution](https://motl.org/un-marks-40-years-since-zionism-is-racism-resolution/) - By: Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Haaretz NEW YORK - Forty years ago, a certain Israeli ambassador named Chaim Herzog couldn’t sleep, and spent the night writing and rewriting an address he planned to deliver at the United Nations. It was the eve of the approval of UN Resolution 3379, which determined that "Zionism is a form of racism
- [Review: The Family of Anne Frank, Made Real by Silence](https://motl.org/review-the-family-of-anne-frank-made-real-by-silence/) - By: Ken Jaworowski, New York Times The book is famous for its words, yet the silences are the most affecting moments in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” In the play, quiet interludes are filled with humor, or fear, or tenderness, and provide the most poignant moments of this worthy production by the Shakespeare Theater of
- [Germans Jail 'Nazi Grandma'](https://motl.org/germans-jail-nazi-grandma/) - By: Jewish World News Ursula Haverbeck, 87, was sentenced to 10 months in jail and challenged a court to prove that Auschwitz was a death camp. An 87-year-old German woman dubbed the “Nazi grandma” was sentenced to 10 months in jail for Holocaust denial. Ursula Haverbeck, of the western German town of Vlotho, told a
- [Even Worse Than We Thought](https://motl.org/even-worse-than-we-thought/) - Thomas Mann believed that all good stories are slow stories. He was doubtless thinking of Wagner, his greatest literary influence—but also, naturally, of Thomas Mann. And in the best hands, slowness can feel the exact speed necessary for truthfulness. In less sure hands, it can produce a kind of maximalist minimalism: see Karl Ove
- [How the Nuremberg Trial Bore Witness to the Nazis’ Worst Crimes](https://motl.org/how-the-nuremberg-trial-bore-witness-to-the-nazis-worst-crimes/) - On the 70th anniversary of the world’s most famous trial, the prosecutors’ wise approach still offers a lesson for us. SS Major General Jürgen Stroop (center) watches housing blocks burn during the suppression of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. This photo was part of the Stroop album submitted into evidence at the Nuremberg trial. United States
- [Three Roads From Nuremberg](https://motl.org/three-roads-from-nuremberg/) - Seventy years to the day after the start of the epoch-defining trials, three Jewish advocates stand above the rest: Jacob Robinson, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, and Raphael Lemkin By Michael R. Marrus Much of what we now understand as the Holocaust—the persecution of the German Jews in the 1930s, the evolution of systematic, European-wide mass murder
- [Germany withdraws Eurovision contender after uproar on anti-Semitic, homophobic lyrics](https://motl.org/germany-withdraws-eurovision-contender-after-uproar-on-anti-semitic-homophobic-lyrics/) - BERLIN - Germany withdrew its contender for next year's Eurovision song contest on Saturday following a backlash from critics who accuse the R&B artist of using anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs in his songs. Xavier Naidoo, a singer of Indian and African heritage whose albums have sold millions, was selected as Germany's candidate by public broadcaster
- [Hungarian couple uncovers last records of murdered Jews in apartment wall while renovating](https://motl.org/hungarian-couple-uncovers-last-records-of-murdered-jews-in-apartment-wall-while-renovating/) - More than 6,000 pages were found documenting the city's former Jewish residents. by Sam Sokol A couple renovating their apartment in Hungary’s capital happened upon thousands of pages of census records documenting Budapest’s Jewish population culled for the purposes of ghettoizing them during the Holocaust, media reports said. According to a report in The Guardian,
- [Scholars Unveil New Edition of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’](https://motl.org/scholars-unveil-new-edition-of-hitlers-mein-kampf/) - By ALISON SMALE BERLIN — Not since 1945, when the Allies banned the dubious work and awarded the rights to the state of Bavaria, has Hitler’s manifesto, “Mein Kampf,” been officially published in German. Bavaria had refused to release it. But under German law, its copyright expires Dec. 31, the 70th year after the author’s
- [On a Cold, Dark Oslo Street Corner, Remembering Norway’s Lost Jews](https://motl.org/on-a-cold-dark-oslo-street-corner-remembering-norways-lost-jews/) - It took 45 minutes for the twelve people to read out the names of 767 Norwegian Jews deported by the Norwegian authorities during the Nazi occupation. By Lene Johansen Twelve people are standing in a circle under a streetlight at the base of the historic fortress in the center of Oslo. It is only 4
- [Tibor Rubin Is Dead at 86; Medal of Honor Was Delayed by Anti-Semitism](https://motl.org/tibor-rubin-is-dead-at-86-medal-of-honor-was-delayed-by-anti-semitism/) - “When Corporal Rubin’s battalion found itself ambushed by thousands of Chinese troops,” the president said at a White House ceremony, “the Americans’ firepower soon dwindled to a single machine gun. The weapon was in an exposed position and three soldiers had already died manning it. That was when Corporal Rubin stepped forward. He fought until
- [Polish security firm brings volunteers to help defend Israelis from terror](https://motl.org/polish-security-firm-brings-volunteers-to-help-defend-israelis-from-terror/) - The visit is part of the initiative of Benjamin Krasicki, president of the board of the Warsaw ­based City Security. One of Poland’s largest security firms brought to Israel 20 of its top experts to help prevent Palestinian terrorist attacks. The group arrived last week in Israel, where its members met with officials, including Israel’s
- [Holocaust survivor helps Canada’s kidnapped aboriginals heal](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-helps-canadas-kidnapped-aboriginals-heal/) - Octogenarian Robbie Waisman active in national effort to address 150 years of murder and abuse faced by First Nations children Robbie Waisman, a Holocaust survivor living in Vancouver, has a personal interest in the release earlier this week of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), which was set up
- [Hungary drops plan for statue to honour Second World War politician](https://motl.org/hungary-drops-plan-for-statue-to-honour-second-world-war-politician/) - Plans to erect a statue of a former Hungarian minister who drafted antisemitic legislation during the Holocaust have been cancelled after protests. Second World War politician Balint Homan was partly responsible for drafting legislation in 1938 and 1939 to restrict the rights of Hungarian Jews. He served as minister of education and religion twice between
- [Honoring the Moroccan King Who Saved the Jews](https://motl.org/honoring-the-moroccan-king-who-saved-the-jews/) - The line to enter New York City’s B’nai Jeshurun synagogue on Sunday night went around the block. But the 700 people who crowded the sidewalk on West 88th street weren’t there for services. Or for a wedding. Or a late-night bar mitzvah. They came to celebrate a king — a Moroccan king, to be exact.
- [Book Reveals New Info On FDR And Stephen Wise: An Interview with Historian Rafael Medoff](https://motl.org/book-reveals-new-info-on-fdr-and-stephen-wise-an-interview-with-historian-rafael-medoff/) - Interview with Dr. Rafael Medoff, the founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of 16 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His latest is “The Anguish of a Jewish Leader: Stephen S. Wise and the Holocaust” (available on Kindle from Amazon.com or as a free downloadable PDF fromwww.WymanInstitute.org). The Jewish
- [Roman Polanski, 10 other Hollywood Jews open up about surviving Holocaust](https://motl.org/roman-polanski-10-other-hollywood-jews-open-up-about-surviving-holocaust/) - The Hollywood Reporter is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust with a feature on 11 survivors who went on to careers in American entertainment. The project, released Wednesday morning online and in print, includes moving video interviews with all the subjects, including director Roman Polanski and sex therapist Ruth Westheimer. Director Steven Spielberg, the founder
- [The American Papers that Praised Hitler](https://motl.org/the-american-papers-that-praised-hitler/) - They fell hard for the job-creating Führer with eyes that were like ‘blue larkspur.’ Why did so many journalists spend years dismissing the evidence of his atrocities? “The train arrived punctually,” a Christian Science Monitor report from Germany informed its readers, not long after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. “Traffic was well regulated”
- [The miracle babies of Mauthausen, 70 years later](https://motl.org/the-miracle-babies-of-mauthausen-70-years-later/) - LONDON — Wendy Holden thinks “Born Survivors” is the most important book she has ever written, and as the author of more than 30 books she would know best. But the British writer goes further. The book, she says, is not just important, but she feels she was destined to write it. “Born Survivors” is
- [Holocaust memories stitched together, one panel at a time](https://motl.org/holocaust-memories-stitched-together-one-panel-at-a-time/) - LONDON – To mark the 70th anniversary of their parents’ and grandparents’ liberation from the Nazi concentration camps at the end of World War II, a group of families have stitched together – literally – their memories of the Holocaust through a vibrant patchwork of quilts. The four “memory” quilts, currently on display at London’s
- [Holocaust exhibit examines pre-war Jewish existence to 'a life of annihilation'](https://motl.org/holocaust-exhibit-examines-pre-war-jewish-existence-to-a-life-of-annihilation/) - MUSKEGON, MI – A new exhibit in Muskegon is attempting to shed some light on one of the most horrific incidents in human history. "The Holocaust: A Ripple in Time" opened at the USS Silversides Submarine, 1346 Bluff St., on Nov. 9 and will remain on display until Feb. 22. More than 200 people attended
- [Unearthing the Polish Underground’s Complex Past](https://motl.org/unearthing-the-polish-undergrounds-complex-past/) - It may be a good thing Joshua Zimmerman didn’t start researching his book “The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939-1945” now. Even without the recent victory of right-wing Law and Justice party, with its nationalist platform and call to culturally whitewash Poland’s Holocaust past, documenting the true relationship between Polish partisans and Jews was a
- [Broward County Student Awareness Day draws record attendance to hear Survivor stories](https://motl.org/broward-county-student-awareness-day-draws-record-attendance-to-hear-survivor-stories/) - A record of 1,225 Broward County high school students learned about the Holocaust through the testimony of many survivors, as well as the screening of the 2005 documentary "I'm Still Here," based on the diaries of teens, many who perished in the Holocaust. The event titled "Broward County Student Awareness Day: A Prejudice Reduction and
- [German cinema rediscovers Nazi hunter Fritz Bauer](https://motl.org/german-cinema-rediscovers-nazi-hunter-fritz-bauer/) - BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — With two new films, German cinema has rediscovered the country’s fiercest Nazi hunter, former prosecutor Fritz Bauer, honoring a man who fought against post-war amnesia about the Holocaust. A Jewish atheist and Social Democrat who spent time in a Nazi concentration camp before going into war-time exile, Bauer became “the most
- [The Fake Diamond Ring That Saved Jews From the Nazis](https://motl.org/the-fake-diamond-ring-that-saved-jews-from-the-nazis/) - Inside a tiny box in a temperature-controlled, locked cabinet at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, there is a ring. It is not particularly beautiful, and in purely monetary terms, it is not particularly valuable. But behind this ring is a beautiful story of survival of Jews living under Nazi occupation—people for whom the ring’s
- [Growing Up Absurd in Auschwitz](https://motl.org/growing-up-absurd-in-auschwitz/) - An immersion in Auschwitz during the mass murder frenzy of October 1944, when the gassing of Hungarian Jews had been nearly completed, Son of Saul—a first feature by the French-Hungarian director László Nemes—is not a movie to recommend lightly. It is also, as a fictional film that depicts, in what might almost be a single
- [How Hitler's PERSONAL photographer captured for history the plight of the Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland](https://motl.org/how-hitlers-personal-photographer-captured-for-history-the-plight-of-the-jews-in-nazi-occupied-poland/) - She has such natural beauty, she could pass for a movie star. She smiles, her demeanour relaxed. In normal times, this young woman would surely have enjoyed a bright and happy future, perhaps with a husband, children, grandchildren. But soon after this photograph was taken, she would face almost certain death. The haunting image is
- [Opening of Holocaust era archives may shed light on French collaboration with Nazis](https://motl.org/opening-of-holocaust-era-archives-may-shed-light-on-french-collaboration-with-nazis/) - Holocaust historians this week welcomed Paris’s decision to open up the records of the Vichy regime, a puppet government set up by the Germans during the Second World War, stating that the newly accessible documents may shed light on the nature of French collaboration with the Nazis. During the war the Germans established a collaborationist
- [Holocaust denial on the rise in Eastern Europe](https://motl.org/holocaust-denial-on-the-rise-in-eastern-europe/) - After Lithuania changed the definition of 'genocide' and Baltic countries have turned murderers of Jews into national heroes, Holocaust researchers are accusing the State of Israel of standing idly by as history is being re-written. The testimonies are fading away, the memorial sites are turning into entertainment centers, and the historical story is seen as
- [Amsterdam to Halt in Memory of Strike Over Nazi Persecution of Jews](https://motl.org/amsterdam-to-halt-in-memory-of-strike-over-nazi-persecution-of-jews/) - In 1941, tram drivers objected to roundup of Jewish men, and a rare public show of disobedience spread across the city. Tram traffic in the Dutch capital will grind to a halt in commemoration of a general strike orchestrated 75 years ago in protest of Nazi persecution of Jews. Amsterdam’s tram network – the city’s
- [Holocaust Council obtains survivor’s art](https://motl.org/holocaust-council-obtains-survivors-art/) - Nine paintings by a Lithuanian survivor of the Shoa are now in the possession of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, thanks to a gift from the Hofstra University Museum on Long Island. Barbara Wind, director of the Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest, arranged for the federation to acquire the paintings of the late
- [Ten Holocaust Survivors recognised by Queen in New Year’s Honours](https://motl.org/ten-holocaust-survivors-recognised-by-queen-in-new-years-honours/) - TEN HOLOCAUST survivors have been honoured by the Queen for their work in spreading awareness about the horrors of the Nazi era. Zigi Shipper, Susan Pollack, Ivor Perl, Lilly Ebert, Chaim Ferster, Jack Kagan, Freddie Knoller, Rudy Oppenheimer, Rene Salt and Agnes Grunwald-Spier are all included in the New Year’s Honours List at the end
- [Copyright row over Anne Frank diary to heat up 'unauthorized' publication](https://motl.org/copyright-row-over-anne-frank-diary-to-heat-up-unauthorized-publication/) - The Foundation says that Otto Frank, who founded the Anne Frank Foundation, is one of the creators of the diary, a claim that if true would allow for a copyright extension of 35 years. The battle over just who owns the right to publish The Diary of Anne Frank, the wartime memoir of a Jewish
- [Hitler Sought to Annihilate Jews to Prevent Ecological Disaster, Book Contends](https://motl.org/hitler-sought-to-annihilate-jews-to-prevent-ecological-disaster-book-contends/) - Timothy Snyder describes Hitler as a leader who wanted to foment an ecological revolution in a global landscape with no place in it for the Jews. “Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning,” by Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, 462 pages, $30 Upon the release of “Black Earth” this past September, historian Timothy Snyder
- [New Holocaust Center exhibit honors French Jewish children](https://motl.org/new-holocaust-center-exhibit-honors-french-jewish-children/) - The Holocaust Memorial Center will host an opening program for its newest exhibit, “A la Mémoire des Enfants Déportés,” at 7 p.m. on January 27. The exhibition, which includes calligraphic artwork honoring the 11,400 French Jewish children deported and, for many, murdered from 1942 to 1944, will remain on display through May 15. Approximately 300 of the plaques
- [Yad Vashem Shares Holocaust Photos from Month of January](https://motl.org/yad-vashem-shares-holocaust-photos-from-month-of-january/) - Yad Vashem is starting the New Year with an act of remembrance to those lost in the Holocaust. The Shoah memorial and trust, which is located in Jerusalem, shared images from its archives of events that occurred in the Holocaust during the month of January. The events include the liberation of Auschwitz, which happened in January
- [Architecture Tells its Own Story at the Illinois Holocaust MuseumArchitecture Tells its Own Story at the Illinois Holocaust Museum](https://motl.org/architecture-tells-its-own-story-at-the-illinois-holocaust-museumarchitecture-tells-its-own-story-at-the-illinois-holocaust-museum/) - Detail of the museum's "light" side (Chloe Riley) Like Star Wars, the space we’re currently standing in has physical “light” and “dark” sides, says my tour guide, a petite blonde who grew up in Chicago and “geeks out” over all things architecture. She’s referring to a critical component of the overarching design of the Illinois
- [BBC to broadcast Holocaust Memorial Day](https://motl.org/bbc-to-broadcast-holocaust-memorial-day/) - BBC Two will broadcast the Holocaust Memorial Day UK ceremony in January. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust announced that the public broadcaster would be showing the 2016 ceremony, which is held on January 27 each year. Chief Executive of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust Olivia Marks-Woldman said: “On Holocaust Memorial Day hundreds of thousands of
- [Holocaust survivor pays emotional visit to Aberdeen school](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-pays-emotional-visit-to-aberdeen-school/) - A holocaust survivor has made a poignant visit to a north-east school to honour the memory of those whose lives were lost and to teach the lessons of those who survived. Harry Bibring, 90, shared his heartbreaking story with students at Albyn School in Aberdeen yesterday thanks to a programme organised by The Holocaust Educational
- [Dallas Holocaust Museum Presents “Anne Frank – A History for Today” International Exhibit](https://motl.org/dallas-holocaust-museum-presents-anne-frank-a-history-for-today-international-exhibit/) - Beginning on January 14, Yahad-In Unum’s exhibition on “The Holocaust by Bullets” will be on display at Centro Sefarad-Israel in Madrid, Spain. The exhibition’s objective is to pay homage to Holocaust victims and to educate visitors in the hopes of preventing genocide and mass violence in the future. This exhibition is free and open to
- [Holocaust survivor brings horrors of history to life for pupils](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-brings-horrors-of-history-to-life-for-pupils/) - Students learning about the atrocities of the Second World War were visited by a holocaust survivor. Uri Winterstein gave a talk to A-level history pupils at Whitburn Academy, in Shanks Road, yesterday. The 71-year-old grandfather was just a baby in the last two years of the war, but he survived the horrors along with his
- [Holocaust Memorial Group organise special event](https://motl.org/holocaust-memorial-group-organise-special-event/) - A GROUP of young people have organized a special event to highlight the devastating impact of the Holocaust and the lessons which should be learnt from it. Since it was formed three years ago, the ‘Holocaust Memorial Group – Hartlepool’ – a group of 14 young people aged 13-19 – has been working to commemorate
- [Monsey Rabbi Apologizes for Erroneous Holocaust Claims in Video](https://motl.org/monsey-rabbi-apologizes-for-erroneous-holocaust-claims-in-video/) - After generating controversy for his assertions that only one million Jews perished during the Holocaust, while the other five million may not have been considered Jews according to halacha due to rampant assimilation and pervasive intermarriage, Rabbi Yossi Mizrachi, an incredibly inspirational kiruv rabbi and lecturer issued an apology. The video in which he made
- [Prince Charles succeeds Queen Elizabeth as patron of Holocaust Memorial Day Trust](https://motl.org/prince-charles-succeeds-queen-elizabeth-as-patron-of-holocaust-memorial-day-trust/) - The Prince of Wales has succeeded his mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, as the new patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Queen Elizabeth has been patron of the organisation since its inception ten years ago. She has visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 2015 and frequently hosts Holocaust survivors at Buckingham Palace. When the
- [Hungarian faces jail for Holocaust denial on Facebook](https://motl.org/hungarian-faces-jail-for-holocaust-denial-on-facebook/) - BUDAPEST (AFP) - A Hungarian man is facing a possible jail term over Holocaust denial comments on Facebook, a sentence handed down under a 2010 law banning public denial of genocides. The man, identified in a court ruling as Norbert Juhos, 38, made the comments on Facebook last August in response to an article published
- [The Boys of Auschwitz](https://motl.org/the-boys-of-auschwitz/) - How my father, a Holocaust survivor, found beauty in a soccer match When I began work on a book about my mother and her friends I had only a vague notion of what I wished to do, much less how to go about doing it. My only thought was to resurrect the sounds of words,
- [France upholds law singling out Holocaust-denial as crime](https://motl.org/france-upholds-law-singling-out-holocaust-denial-as-crime/) - PARIS – A French high court has upheld the law singling out Holocaust denial as a crime, ruling that the World War II genocide is of a "different nature" than other crimes against humanity. A math teacher fired after being convicted of Holocaust denial had challenged the law, saying it unfairly punished only those disputing
- [Young Thespians Learn About Holocaust](https://motl.org/young-thespians-learn-about-holocaust/) - A group of young thespians is tackling the tough topic of the Holocaust. The Lafayette Theatre Academy in LaGrange is putting on “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” There are hundreds of beautifully colored butterflies at the Square in downtown LaGrange – 1,000 of them. Only 100 of these are white. It’s a way to help
- [Holocaust survivor's story ultimately lifts the spirit](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-story-ultimately-lifts-the-spirit/) - "Earlier this week, we were honored to publish a front-page story marking the 101st birthday of Ray Gawendo, a resident of the Norwichtown Rehabilitation and Care Center and a Holocaust survivor whose story is nothing less than awe-inspiring — heartbreakingly tragic, and yet ultimately uplifting. Gawendo’s early life was marked by tribulations of the sort
- [Novominsker Rebbe Condemns ‘In Strongest Possible Terms’ Rabbi Mizrachi’s Outrageous Holocaust Comments](https://motl.org/novominsker-rebbe-condemns-in-strongest-possible-terms-rabbi-mizrachis-outrageous-holocaust-comments/) - The Hamodia Newspaper has published an editorial along with a statement by the Novominsker Rebbe Shlita condemning the comments made by Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, who is a well-known Kiruv Rabbi, which were published by YWN last week. The statement by the Novominsker Rebbe reads: “I condemn in the strongest terms possible the outrageous claim that fewer than
- [New ‘Mein Kampf’ publication ‘a slap in the face to Holocaust survivors’](https://motl.org/new-mein-kampf-publication-a-slap-in-the-face-to-holocaust-survivors/) - As scholars mark first German edition since 1944, Jewish community leaders unconvinced by idea of teaching Hitler’s manifesto ‘as a vaccine against extremism’ As Adolf Hitler’s last official residence, the German state of Bavaria has kept the copyright of the genocidal dictator’s “Mein Kampf” under lock and key since the end of World War II.
- [Holocaust survivor and ex-Sutton High School student awarded MBE](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-and-ex-sutton-high-school-student-awarded-mbe/) - A former Sutton High School student who survived the Holocaust has been awarded an MBE for raising awareness of the atrocity and for services to the Jewish community. Agnes Grunwald-Spier, 71, also helped establish the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and has written two books about Holocaust rescuers and how the Jews were betrayed during WWII.
- [Celebrating Aristides de Sousa Mendes, diplomat and Holocaust hero, who saved 10,000 Jews](https://motl.org/celebrating-aristides-de-sousa-mendes-diplomat-and-holocaust-hero-who-saved-10000-jews/) - Los Angeles Jews will celebrate the life and moral courage of a devout Catholic beginning Jan. 22, with the world premiere of an oratorio, an exhibition, film screenings and a memorial service. The honoree is the late diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who in 1940, while serving as Portugal’s consul general in Bordeaux, France, saved
- [Kuwaiti student expelled from French university over anti-Semitic Facebook posts](https://motl.org/kuwaiti-student-expelled-from-french-university-over-anti-semitic-facebook-posts/) - (JTA) — A Kuwaiti student was expelled from the prestigious Sciences Po University in Paris over anti-Semitic comments made on Facebook. Amira Jumaa is the first student to be expelled from the institution since it was founded in 1872, according to Haaretz. She reportedly was expelled in December in a decision by the university’s disciplinary
- [Center Field: Celebrate Martin Luther King Day by saying Gaza isn't Ferguson](https://motl.org/center-field-celebrate-martin-luther-king-day-by-saying-gaza-isnt-ferguson/) - Over the last week, many American Jews celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday at their synagogues, in community centers, or in African-American churches. Most American Jews, from Left to Right, embrace King’s message of racial equality, personal dignity, constitutional justice and aspirational democracy. I am making a personal plea to every rabbi, every community leader, every citizen,
- [Knesset Speaker to UN'S Ban: Condemn Iran's Holocaust denial cartoon contest](https://motl.org/httpwww-thv11-comstorynewslocal20160115vilonia-penny-project-honor-lives-lost-holocaust78866746/) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must publicly condem and directly address Iran’s Holocaust denial, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein wrote in a letter to Ban on Wednesday. The letter came in light of an international Holocaust cartoon contest, sponsored by the Tehran Municipality. The winner of the competition will receive a $50,000 cash prize. The event is
- [Israel urges Italy to bar Iran president over Holocaust cartoon contest](https://motl.org/israel-urges-italy-to-bar-iran-president-over-holocaust-cartoon-contest/) - Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein met Friday with his Italian counterpart and told her to prevent Iranian President Hassan Rouhani from arriving in Italy on January 25. He asked President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy Laura Boldrini to prevent the visit in light of Iran's decision to hold an exhibition of cartoons ridiculing the Holocaust on International Holocaust
- [(VIDEO) Dershowitz: ‘When I Speak About Israel on Campuses, I Need Armed Guards to Protect Me From Radical Leftist Students’](https://motl.org/video-dershowitz-when-i-speak-about-israel-on-campuses-i-need-armed-guards-to-protect-me-from-radical-leftist-students/) - Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz revealed on Tuesday the extent of the danger in which he sometimes finds himself as a result of his support for the Jewish state. “When I speak on college campuses in favor of Israel I need armed guards protecting me from radical leftist students who use physical intimidation,” the author of The
- [Uncovering Holocaust perpetrators where few have looked](https://motl.org/uncovering-holocaust-perpetrators-where-few-have-looked/) - BOSTON — With new access to archives and other primary sources, historians are supplanting archetypal images of Aryan Nazi men as the Holocaust’s sole perpetrators. Previously obscured perpetrator “sub-groups” are being exposed one portrait at a time, ranging from women who guarded death camps to Dutch bounty hunters of Jews in hiding. And as researchers
- [The National Holocaust Centre uses public cloud for digital preservation project](https://motl.org/the-national-holocaust-centre-uses-public-cloud-for-digital-preservation-project/) - The National Holocaust Centre and Museum (NHCM) in Nottinghamshire is using the public cloud to digitally preserve the voices and stories of World War II genocide survivors for future generations. The NHCM serves as a memorial site for the millions of victims who lost their lives under Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, and also aims to
- [U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Facebook and Stanford officials discuss online terrorist propaganda](https://motl.org/u-s-holocaust-memorial-museum-facebook-and-stanford-officials-discuss-online-terrorist-propaganda/) - PALO ALTO -- The Nazis harnessed the power of radio in the 1930s to reach the masses, but with social media sites rising in popularity, terrorists today have raised the bar when it comes to spreading propaganda, panelists said Tuesday night at a talk hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "ISIL is much
- [Vilonia penny project to honor lives lost in Holocaust](https://motl.org/vilonia-penny-project-to-honor-lives-lost-in-holocaust/) - Seventh graders at Vilonia Middle School are doing more than just learning about the Holocaust--they're making change. Thousands and thousands of shiny copper coins are pouring into containers at Vilonia Middle School. It was 7th grader Grace Shannon who came up with the idea. "I thought because every penny has a value, like everyone's life
- [Israeli Holocaust survivor wins literary award for 1st children’s book](https://motl.org/israeli-holocaust-survivor-wins-literary-award-for-1st-childrens-book/) - BOSTON (JTA) — A celebrated Israeli novelist is among the winners of this year’s Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children’s books. The Association of Jewish Libraries on Thursday announced the selection of Aharon Applefeld, a Holocaust survivor who has written about the genocide extensively. He won the award for older readers for “Adam and
- [Turkish synagogue vandalized following first prayer service held in 65 years](https://motl.org/turkish-synagogue-vandalized-following-first-prayer-service-held-in-65-years/) - Vandals wrote "Terrorist Israel, there is Allah," on the external walls of the synagogue structure. Vandals spray-painted hate graffiti on the Istipol Synagogue in Istanbul just days after a one-time prayer service was held, the first in 65 years, the Turkish publication Today’s Zaman reported on Tuesday. Vandals wrote “Terrorist Israel, there is Allah,” on
- [Remembering the Holocaust is 'as urgent as ever', says Lincoln group who pledge not to stand by](https://motl.org/remembering-the-holocaust-is-as-urgent-as-ever-says-lincoln-group-who-pledge-not-to-stand-by/) - Holocaust Memorial Day is being commemorated in Lincoln with a commitment not to stand by and do nothing. The Lincoln branch of the Council of Christians and Jews, the Lincoln Independent Jewish Minyan and St John the Baptist Parish Church, Ermine, will be hosting the event at the church on Wednesday, January 27. The aim
- [Holocaust Remembrance Day: A New Generation of Rescuers?](https://motl.org/holocaust-remembrance-day-a-new-generation-of-rescuers/) - On January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, people throughout the world will remember victims of the Holocaust. In Lithuania, teachers and students will join this day of commemoration by launching a project called "The Rescue of Another is the Highest Human Virtue." The new project aims to "encourage the younger generation to understand that everyone
- [Complaint Filed Against Belgian Daily That Published Holocaust Denier's Claims](https://motl.org/complaint-filed-against-belgian-daily-that-published-holocaust-deniers-claims/) - A Belgian Jewish newspaper filed an official complaint last week with the country’s watchdog on journalism about a daily that published a Holocaust denier’s claim that no one died in Nazi gas chambers. The Antwerp-based Joods Actueel monthly filed the complaint against the De Morgen daily, the monthly’s editor-in-chief, Michael Freilich, told JTA Monday. In its
- [Outpouring of antisemitism in Hungary after Hungarian Holocaust drama wins Golden Globe](https://motl.org/outpouring-of-antisemitism-in-hungary-after-hungarian-holocaust-drama-wins-golden-globe/) - Following the award of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film to Hungarian Holocaust drama Son of Saulyesterday, Hungary has witnessed an outpouring of antisemitism. Hungary’s largest online newspaper, Index, published some of the worst examples. It includes a flood of comments denying the Holocaust and also blaming the Hungarian Prime Minister for congratulating the film’s creators, claiming that
- [Auschwitz Continues to Draw Visitors, in Poland and on Facebook](https://motl.org/auschwitz-continues-to-draw-visitors-in-poland-and-on-facebook/) - Record number of people visited the Nazi extermination camp in 2015, including over 60,000 Israelis.
- [Merkel: Anti-Semitism in Germany More Widespread Than We Thought](https://motl.org/merkel-anti-semitism-in-germany-more-widespread-than-we-thought/) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says anti-Semitism is "more widespread" in Germany than some believe and that action is needed to "deal with it - especially among young people… from countries where hatred of Israel and the hatred of Jews is widespread." Merkel said on her weekly podcast that anti-Semitism is more "widespread than we imagine, and
- [VIDEO: 'It's not clear if the Holocaust is a reality or not,' Iran's supreme leader says](https://motl.org/video-its-not-clear-if-the-holocaust-is-a-reality-or-not-irans-supreme-leader-says/) - Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday once again repeated provocative assertions about the Holocaust, defying the world on a day that it paused to remember the victims of the Nazi genocide in Europe. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a video in which he said America “assists the fake Zionist regime” and that when “they say in their
- [New search engine to target anti-Semitism](https://motl.org/new-search-engine-to-target-anti-semitism/) - Meet the Sniper, an app that will scan the net using a new algorithm, looking for anti-Jewish content. Individuals will be able to check the content and take action as needed. The World Zionist Organization (WZO) is expected to launch its Sniper app, which it says is a search engine for anti-Semitic content. The Sniper
- [Do we need to rethink how we teach the Holocaust?](https://motl.org/do-we-need-to-rethink-how-we-teach-the-holocaust/) - While the focus has been on teaching the dangers of racism, many students are left in the dark about the history and motivations for this troubling period Many people argue that it is crucially important for young people to learn about the Holocaust to prevent racism and prejudice in the present day. But in a
- [Israel, Don't Exclude Poland From the Holocaust Reconciliation Process](https://motl.org/israel-dont-exclude-poland-from-the-holocaust-reconciliation-process/) - A young Israeli I once met at a bar in Berlin told me that she lived in Germany thanks to her Polish passport and enjoyed life thanks to a German scholarship. When I asked if she had considered doing the same thing in Warsaw, she made a face and said she couldn’t imagine herself living
- [FOR HISTORIANS, THE HOLOCAUST PRESENTS A CONUNDRUM](https://motl.org/for-historians-the-holocaust-presents-a-conundrum/) - In an excerpt from his new book, Lessons of the Holocaust, Michael Marrus argues that the Holocaust may not direct us how to solve the problems of our time Just over half a century ago, in family libraries throughout the English-speaking world, one could probably find, alongside the Bible, a dictionary, and a few other books, an 11-volume
- [Farber & Rudner: The coward of Auschwitz](https://motl.org/farber-rudner-the-coward-of-auschwitz/) - In July 2015, the Regional Court of Luneburg, Germany rendered a significant verdict, finding Oskar Groening, the so-called “Accountant of Auschwitz” guilty of aiding and abetting the murder of 300,000 Jews in that Nazi concentration camp. Groening, 91, was sentenced to four years in prison. The finding and sentence were in accord with German law. As International
- [The Secret of the Kovno Ghetto Orchestra Discovered](https://motl.org/the-secret-of-the-kovno-ghetto-orchestra-discovered/) - On the night of March 27-28, 1944, at the height of the “Kinder Aktion” in which 1,200 children and elderly men and women from the Kovno Ghetto were murdered and the commanders of the local Jewish police force executed, three prisoners from the ghetto were sent on a special mission. They snuck into the empty
- [A Drone Flew Over Auschwitz, What It Recorded Will Chill You to the Bone](https://motl.org/a-drone-flew-over-auschwitz-what-it-recorded-will-chill-you-to-the-bone/) - This Drone video was shot by the BBC and shows the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp as it is today – 70 years after it was liberated by Soviet soldiers. The camp in Poland is now maintained as a World Heritage Site and is visited by thousands of tourists and survivors every year. Auschwitz was the largest
- [Pardon Plea by Adolf Eichmann, Nazi War Criminal, Is Made Public](https://motl.org/pardon-plea-by-adolf-eichmann-nazi-war-criminal-is-made-public/) - JERUSALEM — After he was convicted and sentenced to death in Israel for his role in the annihilation of millions of Jews by Nazi Germany, Adolf Eichmann pleaded for his own life. “There is a need to draw a line between the leaders responsible and the people like me forced to serve as mere instruments
- [Wiesenthal Center reports worst global anti-Semitism incidents from past year](https://motl.org/wiesenthal-center-reports-worst-global-anti-semitism-incidents-from-past-year/) - Anti-Semitism sadly reared its ugly head numerous times throughout the world in 2015. "2015 was a disastrous year for anti-Semitism, across Europe, on our nation's campuses, online and beyond," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a human rights organization. Cooper and Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the organization,
- [Oscar Hopeful Reveals the 'Unmaking' of Claude Lanzmann by His Holocaust Masterpiece](https://motl.org/oscar-hopeful-reveals-the-unmaking-of-claude-lanzmann-by-his-holocaust-masterpiece/) - TORONTO – Claude Lanzmann’s epic Holocaust film “Shoah” was never nominated for an Academy Award. But 30 years after its release, a new documentary about the French-Jewish filmmaker and his experiences making the nine-and-a-half-hour long masterpiece has a good shot at clinching the much-sought-after honor. “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” is one of five
- [Jewish cemeteries, Holocaust memorials vandalized across Germany](https://motl.org/jewish-cemeteries-holocaust-memorials-vandalized-across-germany/) - Acts of vandalism were reported at several German Jewish cemeteries and memorials in recent weeks. Unidentified individuals defaced dozens of “stumbling block” memorials in the Tempelhof-Schöneberg district of Berlin, covering them with gray paint on Tuesday, according to police, who are investigating the incident. The small, brass blocks set into sidewalks note the last dwelling
- [Why Auschwitz? Israeli Students Should Go to Where the Holocaust Really Began](https://motl.org/why-auschwitz-israeli-students-should-go-to-where-the-holocaust-really-began/) - The main ceremony to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls tomorrow, will be held once again in Poland. The March of the Living excursions and the regular trips by high-school students – an obligatory experience for virtually every young Israeli – go only to Poland. One can argue about the contents of these trips.
- [The Jew Who Silenced America’s Earliest Anti-Semites](https://motl.org/the-jew-who-silenced-americas-earliest-anti-semites/) - Americans besieged by today’s hateful rhetoric would be wise to look up Jacob Henry, whose seminal defense of his own faith—and others’—was once memorized by schoolchildren everywhere. The story of the Jews in America shows how a people persecuted by Christians and Muslims in the Old World were welcomed, not just tolerated, in the New
- [Horror of Nazi Medical Experiments Emerges in Holocaust Survivor's Account](https://motl.org/horror-of-nazi-medical-experiments-emerges-in-holocaust-survivors-account/) - The chilling testimony of a survivor of Nazi medical experiments has emerged in a three-page deposition recently unearthed at the Central Zionist Archive in Jerusalem. The deposition, which carries no date, was submitted by Heinz Reimer, a Jewish survivor of several concentration camps, among them Dachau and Mauthausen. His testimony was discovered by an archivist
- [Lithuania pledges to publish names of 1,000 suspected Holocaust perpetrators](https://motl.org/lithuania-pledges-to-publish-names-of-1000-suspected-holocaust-perpetrators/) - Following the publication in Lithuania of a groundbreaking book on local complicity during the Holocaust, a state museum on genocide said it would publish a list of 1,000 suspected perpetrators. Terese Birute Burauskaite, who heads the Vilnius-based Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania, said her institution would “this year try to publish a book”
- [Serbia lawmakers pass Holocaust restitution law](https://motl.org/serbia-lawmakers-pass-holocaust-restitution-law/) - [JURIST] Serbian lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that will allow restitution of heirless and unclaimed Jewish property taken during the Holocaust. The World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) [advocacy website], which aggressively campaigned for the bill to be passed,said [AP report] that Serbia is leading the way as one of the first countries in Europe
- [Israel illiteracy rampant among young Jews, US Jewish leader warns](https://motl.org/israel-illiteracy-rampant-among-young-jews-us-jewish-leader-warns/) - Forty-five years ago in New York, a 20-something Malcolm Hoenlein had a remarkable meeting with Israeli deputy prime minister Yigal Alon, who chose Hoenlein, already a proven leader, to deliver a message to American Jewry. Back then, Alon’s message was clear: “Tell American Jews, keep your money here [in the US], if you’ll invest it
- [Israel Decries Facebook, YouTube Policy Allowing Anti-Jewish Incitement, Holocaust Denial on Pages](https://motl.org/israel-decries-facebook-youtube-policy-allowing-anti-jewish-incitement-holocaust-denial-on-pages/) - An official in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed Facebook and YouTube for rejecting repeated requests to automatically intercept content that could lead to assaults against Jews, the Hebrew news site nrgreported on Monday. Akiva Tor, head of the Foreign Ministry’s World Jewish Affairs and World Religions Bureau, expressed his dismay during a speech before a gathering of
- [Merkel to open Shoah exhibit with warning on migrant anti-Semitism](https://motl.org/merkel-to-open-shoah-exhibit-with-warning-on-migrant-anti-semitism/) - BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel will open Monday the exhibition “The Art of the Holocaust,” featuring works created by concentration camp prisoners, as the German leader pledged to combat the threat of rising anti-Semitism. The show brings together 100 works on loan from Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial by 50 artists created in secret between
- [Auschwitz trial: three survivors describe horrors of Holocaust](https://motl.org/auschwitz-trial-three-survivors-describe-horrors-of-holocaust/) - Youngest witness, now 90, recalls terror of selection days, when SS men decided who was still fit to work and who should be killed Associated Press in Detmold Friday 12 February 201610.16 ESTLast modified on Friday 12 February 201620.00 EST Three Holocaust survivors have testified about the horrors they experienced at Auschwitz, on the second day of
- [Rap star B.o.B.’s latest track promotes Holocaust denier](https://motl.org/rap-star-b-o-b-s-latest-track-promotes-holocaust-denier/) - (JTA) — The Grammy-nominated rap star B.o.B. in his new song offers support for Holocaust denier David Irving, along with reiterating a claim made on Twitter that the earth is flat. The track, released Monday two days ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day in response to a Twitter argument with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about the
- [Nazi commandant's granddaughter to speak on uncovering her family's history at Atlanta synagogue](https://motl.org/nazi-commandants-granddaughter-to-speak-on-uncovering-her-familys-history-at-atlanta-synagogue/) - During a seemingly ordinary trip to the library a Nigerian-German woman stumbled upon a piece of her familial history that would connect her to the Holocaust. As a child Jennifer Teege watched Steven Spielberg'sfilm “Schindler's List.” She remembered the scene in which commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp Amon Goeth (played by Ralph Fiennes) stood
- [Jesse Owens, a Film Hero Once Again](https://motl.org/jesse-owens-a-film-hero-once-again/) - More than any other athlete of his era, Jesse Owens’s image on film has determined his fate. It all began with those few seconds of the 100-meter dash that Leni Riefenstahl enshrined in her film “Olympia, Part 1”: the close-up on Owens’s face, the white flare of the starting gun, Owens’s lurch, and then his
- [Sacred scrolls that survived Holocaust reunited after more than 50 years](https://motl.org/sacred-scrolls-that-survived-holocaust-reunited-after-more-than-50-years/) - The last time they were all together was more than five decades ago, shortly after they were rescued from a damp, dark warehouse in Prague. The group ended up at Westminster Synagogue in London, where they were given a new lease on life. After a short stay, most of them ended up somewhere else —
- [Students at Canada's McGill University Reject BDS Motion](https://motl.org/students-at-canadas-mcgill-university-reject-bds-motion/) - Students at Montreal’s McGill University failed to ratify a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions motion against Israel. In online voting last week by undergraduates, the motion was rejected 2,819-2,119 (57 percent to 43 percent), with 440 abstentions. It had passed in the university’s student society on February 22 by a vote of 512-357, and was seen
- [Oberlin Professor's anti-Semitic Posts Are 'Personal Views,' Says College](https://motl.org/oberlin-professors-anti-semitic-posts-are-personal-views-says-college/) - In response to an article revealing that an Oberlin College professor made numerous postings about Jews and Israel to Facebook, the liberal arts college’s president said the college “respects the right of its faculty, students, staff and alumni to express their personal views.” Marvin Krislov’s statement came after The Tower on Thursday published an article
- [Film Alone in Berlin: How Ordinary Germans Defied Hitler](https://motl.org/film-alone-in-berlin-how-ordinary-germans-defied-hitler/) - It’s very strange to be at the Berlin Film Festival, watching a film that is set in Berlin, which has Berlin in its title... and to hear all of the actors speaking in English. What makes it even stranger is that Alone in Berlin is all about someone writing postcards, so we keep seeing shots
- [Holocaust Denier and Nazi Sympathizer Buried in Arlington National Cemetery](https://motl.org/holocaust-denier-and-nazi-sympathizer-buried-in-arlington-national-cemetery/) - A U.S. soldier wounded in World War II who later became an outspoken Nazi sympathizer and Holocaust denier was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Willis Carto, who died at 89 in October, was interred at the military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday, the Huffington Post reported. He founded the Liberty Lobby, a white supremacist
- [We owe it to the victims to convict elderly Nazis](https://motl.org/we-owe-it-to-the-victims-to-convict-elderly-nazis/) - OPINION: Karl du Fresne's recent op-ed (What is gained from convicting elderly Nazis?, February 19) is hardly pleasant reading for a person like myself who has devoted the last 35 years to facilitating the prosecution of Nazi war criminals, but he does raise several legitimate points that deserve to be answered. In a perfect world,
- [Duchess Camilla Expresses ‘Pride’ Over UK’s Treatment of Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/duchess-camilla-expresses-pride-over-uks-treatment-of-holocaust-survivors/) - Britain’s Duchess of Cornwall said on Tuesday she is proud of how the country has taken care of Holocaust survivors and refugees who escaped Nazi persecution, Britain’s Jewish News reported. Camilla, 68 — the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales (who was first married to the late Lady Diana) — visited the Holocaust Survivors Centre (HSC) in London and met some 100 survivors
- [Austrian parliament nixes event honoring pro-Hamas, anti-Israel Jew who fled Nazis](https://motl.org/austrian-parliament-nixes-event-honoring-pro-hamas-anti-israel-jew-who-fled-nazis/) - The spokeswoman for the president of the Austrian parliament informed The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that an event slated to honor Hedy Epstein - an anti-Zionist Jew and defender of Hamas - has been canceled. "In consideration for the concerns against some of the participants, the Austrian Parliament has cancelled the event 'In Grandmother’s Words…The
- [Anne Frank's father Otto's lost letters reveal Holocaust survivor's 'other Anne'](https://motl.org/anne-franks-father-ottos-lost-letters-reveal-holocaust-survivors-other-anne/) - A worldwide quest to find the letters of Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, has revealed that an Australian woman became his unlikely confidante after he survived the Holocaust.Young people from all over the world who had been touched by his daughter's plight wrote to Otto Frank after the publication of his daughter's remarkable diary in
- [University of Oklahoma Will Return Camille Pissarro Painting to Holocaust Survivor](https://motl.org/university-of-oklahoma-will-return-camille-pissarro-painting-to-holocaust-survivor/) - Camille Pissarro, Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep (1886). Photo: Courtesy the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma. After a three-year legal dispute, the University of Oklahoma (OU) has agreed to return Camille Pissarro's 1886 painting La Bergère Rentrant des Moutons (Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep) to French Holocaust survivor Léone Meyer. The terms of the settlement
- [US Holocaust museum to collect items for time capsule](https://motl.org/us-holocaust-museum-to-collect-items-for-time-capsule/) - WASHINGTON – The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is seeking messages and personal artifacts from Holocaust survivors for a time capsule to be opened on the museum’s 50th anniversary in 2043. The capsule will be on display in the museum’s David and Fela Shapell Family Collections and Conservation Center in Bowie, Maryland, which is scheduled to
- [Oving Architecten shrouds concentration camp house in glass as a memorial to the holocaust](https://motl.org/oving-architecten-shrouds-concentration-camp-house-in-glass-as-a-memorial-to-the-holocaust/) - The former home of an SS commander at Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, the Netherlands, has been enclosed within a giant glass vitrine by Dutch studio Oving Architecten. Intended as a memorial to the second world war, the large glass box creates a vitrine-like enclosure around the clapboard residence of SS commander Albert Konrad Gemmeker. According to
- [Cyprus unveils holocaust monument (PICTURES)](https://motl.org/cyprus-unveils-holocaust-monument-pictures/) - Cyprus and Israel’s defence ministers unveiled a monument on Wednesday, honouring children of Holocaust survivors whose passage to Israel went through the island more than half a century ago. Israeli minister Moshe Ya’alon arrived in the morning in what was a historic first official visit by an Israeli Minister of Defence to the Cyprus, as
- [SET Architects installs towering steel Holocaust memorial in a Bologna square](https://motl.org/set-architects-installs-towering-steel-holocaust-memorial-in-a-bologna-square/) - The space at the heart of this rusting steel memorial narrows to a width of just 80 centimetres, designed to make visitors empathise with the "feeling of oppression" experienced by Holocaust victims (+ slideshow). Designed by Rome-based office SET Architects, the Bologna Shoah Memorial is located on a city square in Bologna, Italy, close to the newly installed high-speed train station.
- [Museum Honors Poles Who Saved Jews During The Holocaust](https://motl.org/museum-honors-poles-who-saved-jews-during-the-holocaust/) - Seventy-two years ago, the Holocaust banged on the door of the Ulma family, knocked it down, dragged them all away and ended the lives of 16 people. Eight Polish Jews and eight ethnic Poles died in March 1944 – members of the Diner, Grunfeld and Goldman families, along with Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma, their six
- [Assemblyman Cymbrowitz Announces Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest](https://motl.org/assemblyman-cymbrowitz-announces-holocaust-memorial-creative-arts-contest/) - Last week, Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) invited students in grades three through 12 to participate in his 2016 Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest. According to a press release, the annual contest provides students with an opportunity to “reflect on the Holocaust, examine how its lessons continue to impact our lives, and express their feelings using
- [Pope Francis Schedules Auschwitz Visit for July](https://motl.org/pope-francis-schedules-auschwitz-visit-for-july/) - The pope will visit the former Nazi death camp as part of a five-day trip to Poland to mark the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day. Pope Francis will visit Auschwitz during a trip to Poland in late July. According to a schedule released over the weekend, the pontiff will visit the former Nazi death camp
- [The Holocaust and Jewish identity](https://motl.org/the-holocaust-and-jewish-identity/) - Bernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish candidate for the presidency ever. It’s a rare sign of the health of our republic that no one seems to much care or even notice. Least of all, Sanders himself. Which prompted Anderson Cooper in a recent Democratic debate to ask Sanders whether he was intentionally keeping his
- [New museum honors Poles killed for helping Jews in Holocaust](https://motl.org/new-museum-honors-poles-killed-for-helping-jews-in-holocaust/) - Jews and Catholics offered prayers Thursday at the graves of Jews hunted by the Nazis and a Polish family killed for trying to save them, a solemn prelude to the opening of a museum honoring Poles who died for offering refuge. Polish President Andrzej Duda was to lead the formal opening of the Ulma Family
- [Meir Dagan: From the shadow of the Holocaust to the top of the Mossad](https://motl.org/meir-dagan-from-the-shadow-of-the-holocaust-to-the-top-of-the-mossad/) - When news of Meir Dagan's death broke, Mossad chief Yossi Cohen expressed on behalf of the organization's employees and its past chiefs deep sorrow at the news of his death and sent condolences to the Dagan family. Dagan, the tenth Mossad chief, was appointed by his close friend Ariel Sharon and served atop the organization
- [Teacher Uses Skype To Teach Students about the Holocaust](https://motl.org/teacher-uses-skype-to-teach-students-about-the-holocaust/) - With the help of Skype, a Virginia history teacher is passing on the story of his family's escape from the Holocaust during World War II. For 33 years, George Cassutto, a teacher at Harmony Middle School near Hamilton, VA, has been telling the personal story of how his parents, Ernest and Elizabeth Cassuto, Jews from
- [Nassau Holocaust Center Gives Voice To Genocidal Rape Survivors](https://motl.org/nassau-holocaust-center-gives-voice-to-genocidal-rape-survivors/) - Consolee Nishimwe knows how important it is to speak out. Nishimwe was only 14 years old when on April 6, 1994 Rwanda exploded into a state of chaos. That day also marked the beginning of the 100-day Rwandan genocide, which claimed upwards of 800,000 lives. Her family did what most would do when hate-filled perpetrators
- [Israeli Cycle Team to Honor Italian Tour De France Champ Turned Holocaust Hero](https://motl.org/israeli-cycle-team-to-honor-italian-tour-de-france-champ-turned-holocaust-hero/) - Israel’s only professional cycling team will pay homage to two-time Tour de France champion Gino Bartali, riding the route that he secretly traveled to help Jews escape Nazi rule in Italy. Bartali, who passed away in 2000, rode as a courier to help the Jewish resistance against the Nazis. He is believed to have helped
- [Henry Winkler’s Symbol Of Holocaust Survival Lives On In Hollywood](https://motl.org/henry-winklers-symbol-of-holocaust-survival-lives-on-in-hollywood/) - Henry Winkler, the Jewish actor best known as tough-talking Arthur Fonzarelli — aka, “The Fonz” — on the 1970s-80s TV show “Happy Days,” is earning a new reputation. As a protector of a unique Holocaust legacy. Now 70 and a graying grandfather, the son of refugees from Nazi Germany, he keeps in his Hollywood home
- [Filmmaker Atom Egoyan's Remember Captures Rage of Holocaust Victims](https://motl.org/filmmaker-atom-egoyans-remember-captures-rage-of-holocaust-victims/) - The Holocaust film Remember is set in the present. The thriller contains no flashbacks. It takes place entirely in North America. And yet Remember is also one of the most powerful and unique Nazi revenge films to come around in a long time. At the movie’s center are two Holocaust survivors Max (Martin Landau) and Zev
- [48 years since expulsion of Poland’s Jews](https://motl.org/48-years-since-expulsion-of-polands-jews/) - By Daniel Schatz This month marks the 48th anniversary of the state-sponsored anti-Semitic campaign of March 1968 in communist Poland. The last remaining survivors of the Holocaust – in a country that, prior to the war, had more than three million Jewish citizens – were declared to be “foreigners,” “Zionists,” “cosmopolitans” and the ultimate enemies
- [Personal experiences, lessons of Holocaust focus of discussion](https://motl.org/personal-experiences-lessons-of-holocaust-focus-of-discussion/) - In 1905, a Spanish philosopher wrote words that have been repeated often during the past 111 years: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Other philosophers and world leaders have borrowed George Santayana’s thought through the years, but the notion is the same: Learn from past atrocities and make sure they
- [THOUSANDS OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS WERE DENIED COMPENSATION BY BRITAIN, RECORDS REVEAL](https://motl.org/thousands-of-holocaust-victims-were-denied-compensation-by-britain-records-reveal/) - U.K. government officials forced victims of Nazi persecution to relive their harrowing experiences for years as they questioned their rights to compensation, newly released records have revealed. In 1964, the German government agreed to contribute a total of £1 million ($1.4 million) to a fund to compensate British victims or their dependants, and more than
- [Art From The Holocaust: The Stories Behind The Images](https://motl.org/art-from-the-holocaust-the-stories-behind-the-images/) - A historic new exhibit, Art from the Holocaust, opened in the rear wing of the German Historical Museum in Berlin last week. For the first time ever, art from the collection of Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Museum is being shown outside in Germany. The exhibit features 100 works, mostly drawings and paintings, by Jewish inmates of
- [500 Years Later The Mysterious Origin of the Word 'Ghetto'](https://motl.org/500-years-later-the-mysterious-origin-of-the-word-ghetto/) - Five hundred years ago, in the year 1516, the first official ghetto was established, in Venice. It isn't that Jews hadn't lived in isolation in Europe's cities before. They had, by choice. The nature of their religious observance requires Jews to live near a synagogue, a Jewish butcher, and Jewish ritual baths, among other specialized
- [The Polish hipster who inherited a Warsaw building after discovering he's Jewish](https://motl.org/the-polish-hipster-who-inherited-a-warsaw-building-after-discovering-hes-jewish/) - Two years ago, the serenity of the residents at 62 Zlota Street was disturbed. Krzysztof Gutkowski and Ida Zagrzejewska, a thirty-something Polish couple, entered the large building in the Polish capital with unusual news. “Nice to meet you, we are your new landlords,” they told the dozens of speechless tenants. “They were afraid we had
- [Why Did Adolf Hitler Hate the Jews?](https://motl.org/why-did-adolf-hitler-hate-the-jews/) - One can’t consider the Holocaust without wondering about the source of Adolf Hitler’s hatred for the Jews. Although much of his political manifesto, “Mein Kampf,” was devoted to explaining that hatred, which was clearly shared by an enthusiastic German nation, the actions taken against Europe’s Jews were so monstrous in both nature and scale that
- [The Human Spirit: Death in the forests](https://motl.org/the-human-spirit-death-in-the-forests/) - You discover that your grandfather had a role, even a relatively small one, in the mass murder of Jews. You’re a public figure, a journalist, your country’s best-selling author, a mother of two. What do you do? If you are Ruta Vanagaite, you engage in what we Jews call tshuva, a process best translated as
- [Federal grants to assist Holocaust survivors draw praise, concern](https://motl.org/federal-grants-to-assist-holocaust-survivors-draw-praise-concern/) - In the past month, it was announced by the U.S. federal government that $2.8 million in federal grants has been released to 23 Jewish social-service agencies around the country to help caregivers and medical professionals give support to aging Holocaust survivors. Locally, the Jewish social-service agencies involved include the Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family
- [Hoenlein evokes Holocaust in UN address on Rwanda genocide](https://motl.org/hoenlein-evokes-holocaust-in-un-address-on-rwanda-genocide/) - The head of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organization evoked the Holocaust and Passover at a UN ceremony marking the 22nd anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman and CEO of the umbrella group, spoke Monday in General Assembly Hall in New York on the International Day of Reflection
- [A History of the Holocaust for the Tucson Community](https://motl.org/a-history-of-the-holocaust-for-the-tucson-community/) - “When you walk in, you walk in something that is very much like a cattle car door,” said Samuel Cohon, Senior Rabbi at Temple Emanu-El, as he described the experience of visiting the newly expanded Holocaust History Center. To enter the exhibit, visitors must walk through a barn-sized wooden door framed by stripped steel rods.
- [April 20: Hillel hosts historian](https://motl.org/april-20-hillel-hosts-historian/) - 7:57 a.m., April 15, 2016--University of Delaware Hillel will bring world-renowned professor, historian and author Deborah Lipstadt to campus for its annual Holocaust Education Week. Lipstadt will present a lecture at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, in Loudis Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. The event is free and open to the
- [Greece unveils monument to lawmakers killed in Holocaust](https://motl.org/greece-unveils-monument-to-lawmakers-killed-in-holocaust/) - The Greek Parliament has erected a monument to eight Greek Jewish lawmakers who were killed by the Nazis during the Second World War. The white marble tablet engraved with the eight names was unveiled on Wednesday by Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament Nikos Voutsis. Six of the parliament members were among the tens of thousands
- [Poster on Uni Campus Claims Jews Invented Holocaust for Financial Gain](https://motl.org/poster-on-uni-campus-claims-jews-invented-holocaust-for-financial-gain/) - Students at the University of Edinburgh have condemned a poster found on campus which claims that the Holocaust was a Jewish invention designed for financial gain. The University has opened an investigation into who placed the poster there. The poster quotes the renowned Israel hater Norman Finkelstein, whose own parents survived the Auschwitz and Lublin/Majdanek
- [Interfaith march to remember Holocaust](https://motl.org/interfaith-march-to-remember-holocaust/) - According to Jill Rose — co-chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County — the March of Remembrance is a unique opportunity for the entire community — Jewish and non-Jewish — to come together to remember the atrocities of the Holocaust. Rose said in a recent Federation
- [How Much Did Small-town America Know About the Holocaust?](https://motl.org/how-much-did-small-town-america-know-about-the-holocaust/) - The same week the Dachau concentration camp opened, Maine’s Bangor Daily News also had some good tidings for its readers. “Mistreatment of Jewish Race in Germany Ends” was the headline of a story that ran on its front page in March 1933. Not all coverage of events leading up to the Holocaust was as misguided,
- [U.S. Congress Calls on Germany to Increase Support for Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/u-s-congress-calls-on-germany-to-increase-support-for-holocaust-survivors/) - A bipartisan group of Congress members introduced a resolution calling on the German government to provide additional financial aid to Holocaust survivors in their waning years. The resolution, which was introduced in the House and the Senate on Friday, aims to ensure “that all Holocaust victims live with dignity, comfort, and security in their remaining years.”
- [Romania to Speed Up Property Restitution Claims of Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/romania-to-speed-up-property-restitution-claims-of-holocaust-survivors/) - REUTERS - Romania is to fast-track property restitution claims from Holocaust survivors under an amended law that is expected to be passed by parliament next week, legislators said on Tuesday. Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany during World War Two until it changed sides in August 1944, and much of the property seized during
- [Teaching the Holocaust can change students' views, speaker at UND says](https://motl.org/teaching-the-holocaust-can-change-students-views-speaker-at-und-says/) - At some point in nearly everyone's lives, there's a "black swan" that comes along and shatters their worldview, just as it did when Europeans at one point assumed all swans were white. For Doyle Stevick, that "black swan" was a student of his who seemed lost. The student recently had failed his class and didn't
- [Netanyahu Condemns Iranian Holocaust Cartoon Contest](https://motl.org/netanyahu-condemns-iranian-holocaust-cartoon-contest/) - Netanyahu said the contest reveals the true nature of the Iranian regime. "It's not only the subversive and aggressive policy in the area. The values on which it [Iran] is based on are denying the Holocaust, ridiculing the Holocaust and also preparing another Holocaust. I think that all the countries in the world need to
- [First national Holocaust museum slated to open in the Netherlands](https://motl.org/first-national-holocaust-museum-slated-to-open-in-the-netherlands/) - Dutch actor and artist Jeroen Krabbe poses with two of his paintings at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam. (Peter Dejong, The Associated Press) AMSTERDAM — More than 70 years after tens of thousands of Dutch Jews were deported and killed by the Nazis, the Netherlands is finally getting a national Holocaust museum. It will
- [Never forget: Holocaust horrors collected at USC Shoah Foundation](https://motl.org/never-forget-holocaust-horrors-collected-at-usc-shoah-foundation/) - More than 900 Holocaust testimonies recorded over four decades by the Jewish Family and Children Services Holocaust Center of San Francisco are now part of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive, it was announced Monday. In a two-year partnership, the USC Shoah Foundation digitized, archived and catalogued Holocaust testimonies taken by JFCS in the Greater
- [Polish museum shows pre-Holocaust life in color](https://motl.org/polish-museum-shows-pre-holocaust-life-in-color/) - A new museum opened in Krakow, Poland this week showcasing artwork from the pre-Holocaust Polish Jewish community. The "I Remember" museum includes hundreds of paintings by Haim Goldberg and many other Jewish artists. Goldberg, who was born in 1917 and grew up in the Jewish shtetl of Kazimierz Dolny in eastern Poland, is known as
- [Japanese Diplomat’s Act of Mercy Is Enduring Legacy for Holocaust Descendants](https://motl.org/japanese-diplomats-act-of-mercy-is-enduring-legacy-for-holocaust-descendants/) - Amid preparations for the end of a semester at Northwestern University – where Arielle Salomon is pursuing a master's degree in business administration – the 28-year-old is taking time out of her busy schedule to pause and appreciate what she says has been her fortunate life. “Everyone has their story about why they are here,
- [Vandals deface Holocaust monuments in Poland and Italy](https://motl.org/vandals-deface-holocaust-monuments-in-poland-and-italy/) - Newly-erected Holocaust monuments in Poland and Italy were vandalized by individuals who wrote on them far-right and far-left slogans, respectively. The Polish monument, which was unveiled in 2014 in the country’s northeast, was hit for the second time in a little over a year by unidentified culprits who broke off part of its surface and
- [Amsterdam to Give Back $11m in Taxes Paid by Holocaust Survivors Upon Return](https://motl.org/amsterdam-to-give-back-11m-in-taxes-paid-by-holocaust-survivors-upon-return/) - The Amsterdam municipality will donate 10 million euros ($11.3 million) to the city's Jewish community to compensate for back taxes that Amsterdam's Jews who survived the Holocaust were forced to pay on their return to the city. As reported by the DutchNews.nl website, the announcement of the donation, which is to go Jewish community projects,
- [UK rabbi meets family murdered in the Holocaust through cache of WWII letters](https://motl.org/ukrabbi/) - Inside a particularly large trunk left on the Jerusalem balcony of Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg’s deceased aunt’s apartment was another smaller case containing an off-white linen bag. In it lay a bundle of papers. The dates on the delicate pages jumped out at Wittenberg — 1937, 1938, 1947 — and their faint, inked German words immediately
- [10,000 clips recall Holocaust's children](https://motl.org/10000-clips-recall-holocausts-children/) - With yardsticks and tape, Tatyanna Russell and her friends spent two months building a star and hanging 10,000 paper clips on it. It would be another kids craft project if not for the meaning behind it: the star represents the Jewish Star of David, and each paper clip stands for 150 children who died during
- [Record attendance overwhelms organizers of Auschwitz bike ride](https://motl.org/record-attendance-auschwitz-bike/) - A record 150 cyclists or more are scheduled to participate in the third Holocaust commemorative Ride for the Living in Poland. Participants aged 16-81 from eight countries are scheduled to join the 55-mile trek from the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in southern Poland to the Jewish community center in Krakow that begins on Friday. The solidarity
- [The Stolpersteine: Memory of Holocaust victims marks path along European streets](https://motl.org/the-stolpersteine-memory-of-holocaust-victims-marks-path-along-european-streets/) - The Stolpersteine, or “Stumbling Stone” memorials – handmade plaques that memorialize the Jews who once lived in Juri’s neighborhood – are found in front of every other house on the tree-lined Guntzelstrasse, a main street in what was a heavily Jewish area of Berlin before World War II. Many Jewish intellectuals, including Albert Einstein, lived
- [Martin L. Mattei seventh grade students present projects on the Holocaust in reading classes](https://motl.org/martin-l-mattei-seventh-grade-students-present-holocaust-projects/) - Editor’s note: This story has been updated with clarifications. HUGHESTOWN — For 12-year-old Justin Bryk, his latest school project seemed like a typical assignment until his research hit close to home. While learning about Anne Frank and the Holocaust in hisreading class, Bryk presented a series of paintings that were created from
- [US House passes measure calling on Germany to increase Holocaust](https://motl.org/house-passes-measure-on-germany/) - The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a resolution calling on Germany to increase restitution support for Holocaust survivors. The resolution, sponsored by U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), will “fulfill its moral responsibility to Holocaust survivors and urgently provide the financial resources necessary to ensure that Survivors live in dignity and
- [This Day In Jewish History 1940: Auschwitz Gets Its First Big Shipment of Prisoners](https://motl.org/this-day-in-jewish-history-1940-auschwitz-gets-its-first-big-shipment-of-prisoners/) - On June 14, 1940, the Auschwitz concentration camp received its first large shipment of prisoners – 728 political detainees transferred from both Dachau, in Germany, and a Nazi prison in Tarnow, in occupied Poland. Twenty of them are believed to have been Jews, with the majority Roman Catholics, resistance members and others. These early arrivals
- [After almost half a century, thousands of personal items of the victims of Auschwitz, are returning to the Memorial](https://motl.org/after-almost-half-a-century-thousands-of-personal-items-of-the-victims-of-auschwitz-are-returning-to-the-memorial/) - More than 16 thousand personal items belonging to the victims of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, originating from archaeological works carried out in the area of gas chamber and crematorium III in 1967, returned to the Memorial after many months of searching. The objects found during the works are not only a
- [U.S. Holocaust Museum gets a treasured Auschwitz manuscript by Primo Levi](https://motl.org/u-s-holocaust-museum-gets-treasured-auschwitz-manuscript/) - Manuela Paul had the precious documents in a plastic folder, inside an artist’s satchel, inside a Whole Foods shopping bag, which she kept at her side the entire bus ride from New York to Washington. The package in her custody was a rare 1946 draft of one of the most revered books to come out
- [Comparing Israel to Nazis Is anti-Semitic, Says International Body](https://motl.org/comparing-israel-to-nazis-is-anti-semitic-says-international-body/) - An intergovernmental body devoted to commemorating the Holocaust adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that includes some hate speech against Israel. The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, adopted the definition on May 26, according to a statement posted earlier this week on its website. The organization was launched in 1998 and has 31member states, all of them Western
- [Michigan requires public schools to teach about Holocaust](https://motl.org/michigan-requires-public-schools-to-teach-about-holocaust/) - The Holocaust during World War II and the 1915 to 1920 massacre of Armenians must be taught in Michigan public schools under a law signed by Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday. The new law recommends a combined six hours of genocide lessons be taught at some point between grades 8-12, and requires Snyder to make
- [Auschwitz guard jailed for five years in Holocaust murder trial](https://motl.org/auschwitz-guard-jailed-for-five-years-in-holocaust-murder-trial/) - A 94-year-old former Auschwitz death camp guard has been convicted of being an accessory to the murder of 170,000 people at the end of a four-month trial – which is likely to be the last of its kind. Reinhold Hanning was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison for his role in facilitating the
- [Lohmann: His mother's sweater was 'our lifeline' during WWII](https://motl.org/lohmann-his-mothers-sweater-was-our-lifeline-during-wwii/) - Holocaust survivor Jay Ipson celebrated his 81st birthday by showing off a gift he’s wanted for a long time: his mother’s sweater. Or, in actuality, a very close reproduction. “It was our lifeline,” Ipson said of the sweater. And he wants others to see the sweater and know the story. The original sweater is long
- [Holocaust survivors can genetically pass trauma down to their children](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-can-genetically-pass-trauma-down-to-their-children/) - http://mynorthwest.com/318684/holocaust-survivors-can-genetically-pass-trauma-down-to-their-children/ A few weeks ago I was sitting in my therapist’s office and talking about struggles I have with my father and some of his behavior. I told her that both of my dad’s parents were holocaust survivors. He grew up as an only child with a mother and a father who never recovered from
- [The virtual Holocaust survivor: how history gained new dimensions](https://motl.org/the-virtual-holocaust-survivor-how-history-gained-new-dimensions/) - Pinchas Gutter goes out of his way to find me biscuits. In a sun-baked living room in his north London home, he opens a packet of Rich Tea, sits down and tells me about the Holocaust. Gutter was seven years old when the second world war broke out. He lived in the Warsaw ghetto for
- [Teachers receive Holocaust education](https://motl.org/teachers-receive-holocaust-education/) - 90 teachers from throughout Miami-Dade County recently received a Holocaust lesson. The teachers learned different ways to incorporateShoah studies into their teachings from a variety of speakers during the annual week-long University of Miami Holocaust Teacher Institute. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, director for the institute, noted "I say it ever year, but this particular group is
- [NSU to open Holocaust room at library](https://motl.org/nsu-to-open-holocaust-room-at-library/) - Beginning in September, Nova Southeastern University in Davie will open its new Holocaust Reflection and Resource Room at its Alvin Sherman Library on campus. The room will be created as a result of a gift from Craig and Barbara Weiner presented to the University at the Alvin Sherman Library Circle of Friends gala event that
- [Memorial of the Lviv Ghetto Defaced by anti-Semitic Vandals](https://motl.org/memorial-of-the-lviv-ghetto-defaced-by-anti-semitic-vandals/) - A monument to the victims of the Holocaust-era ghetto of Lviv in western Ukraine was vandalized in what police suspect is an anti-Semitic incident. Unidentified vandals on Friday through several gallons of green paint on the memorial, which was erected in 1992 in memory of tens of thousands of Jews who were kept in the
- [Inspired by grandfather, boxer heads to Israel](https://motl.org/inspired-by-grandfather-boxer-heads-to-israel/) - When he makes his first trip to Israel this summer, Dustin Fleischer is anticipating “a great cultural journey.” He will be part of an Aug. 10-21 Birthright Israel trip sponsored by the Jewish Federation in the Heart of NJ. In a June 20 interview with NJ Jewish News, the professional boxer from Monmouth Beach said
- [New law requires lessons on Holocaust in R.I. public schools](https://motl.org/new-law-requires-lessons-on-holocaust-in-r-i-public-schools/) - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island schools will have to teach students about genocide and the Holocaust under a new law signed by the governor. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo announced last week that she signed the bill. Beginning in fall 2017, school districts will have to educate middle or high school students about the subject
- [Leading Polish Lawmaker Honors Victims of 1941 Synagogue Burning](https://motl.org/leading-polish-lawmaker-honors-victims-of-1941-synagogue-burning/) - The leader of the largest political party in Poland took part in ceremonies commemorating the burning of a synagogue in Bialystok during the Holocaust. In his speech Monday at the Great Synagogue of Bialystok, Jaroslaw Kaczynski of the Law and Justice Party stressed German responsibility for the Holocaust, the dangers of anti-Semitism and the need for cooperation
- [Justice for Holocaust Survivors Before It's Too Late](https://motl.org/justice-for-holocaust-survivors-before-its-too-late/) - June brought two developments of note to the Australian Holocaust survivor community. First, we express our deep sadness at the passing of Masha Zeleznikow, the 89-year-old Holocaust survivor and founder of Café Scheherazade in Melbourne, known for helping Holocaust survivors and other refugees. The second development is the conviction of Reinhold Hanning, a former Auschwitz
- [YJP’s Play Ping-Pong To Help Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/yjps-play-ping-pong-to-help-holocaust-survivors/) - On Tuesday night, hundreds of young Jewish professionals filled up the Prince George Ballroom on East 27th Street to play Ping-Pong, mingle and, above all, help Holocaust survivors. The nonprofit organization The Blue Card hosted its fifth annual Ping-Pong social to raise funds and awareness for Holocaust survivors in need. Helping over 2,400 survivors every
- [Lessons from Elie Wiesel's Classroom](https://motl.org/lessons-from-elie-wiesels-classroom/) - Some people get recharged from a visit to a spa, a vacation far away or a pulse pounding rock concert. I admit, I enjoy all of those things, but what really lifts me up and opens my heart and mind is a visit to Elie Wiesel’s classroom. Each year I try to attend at least
- [Escape Tunnel, Dug by Hand, Is Found at Holocaust Massacre Site](https://motl.org/escape-tunnel-dug-by-hand-is-found-at-holocaust-massacre-site/) - A team of archaeologists and mapmakers say they have uncovered a forgotten tunnel that 80 Jews dug largely by hand as they tried to escape from a Nazi extermination site in Lithuania about 70 years ago. The Lithuanian site, Ponar, holds mass burial pits and graves where up to 100,000 people were killed and their
- [In Elie Wiesel’s Work, Many Found Words That Seared, and Soared](https://motl.org/in-elie-wiesels-work-many-found-words-that-seared-and-soared/) - Elie Wiesel was mourned Saturday by politicians, artists and others who were touched by his emotionally searing writing about the Holocaust and the questions he raised about the nature of humanity and God. Mr. Wiesel came to prominence in 1960 with the English translation of “Night,” a memoir chronicling the brutalities and degradations of life
- [Lucky Star](https://motl.org/lucky-star/) - My mother kept the yellow star she had to wear during the war. She never showed it to me. It must have been in the back of a drawer in a dusty envelope. At some point in the mid 70’s she donated it to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford (JHSGH). What she remembers
- [Publishing house to donate proceeds from 'Mein Kampf' sales to Holocaust survivors](https://motl.org/publishing-house-to-donate-proceeds-from-mein-kampf-sales-to-holocaust-survivors/) - (CNN) - Its title is known the world over, and its hateful contents have made it both a best-seller and arguably the most scorned book in history. Now, a Boston-based publisher is making sure Adolf Hitler's infamous manifesto "Mein Kampf" actually does some good in the world. According to the Boston Globe, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has
- [Polish Foreign Minister: There's more to us than the Holocaust](https://motl.org/polish-foreign-minister-theres-more-to-us-than-the-holocaust/) - Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski arrived in Israel for an official visit on Tuesday. While the continent at large is in the midst of several crises, Waszczykowski's young conservative government has drawn internal criticism by taking several steps seen as attempts to seize control of the country's legal system and media. Tens of thousands took
- [80 Years After Hitler’s Berlin Summer Olympics: Athletes Murdered In The Holocaust Are Not Forgotten](https://motl.org/80-years-after-hitlers-berlin-summer-olympics-athletes-murdered-in-the-holocaust-are-not-forgotten/) - In Berlin, fans rushing to soccer matches at the Olympic Stadium, where African-American sprinter Jesse Owens famously won four gold medals in the 1936 Summer Games, could easily miss some stone monuments along a perimeter fence that honor Germany’s early sports heroes. But these fans thus miss one pillar—dedicated to the first modern Olympics, held
- [Victims tell their Holocaust stories through exhibit](https://motl.org/victims-tell-their-holocaust-stories-through-exhibit/) - From 1941 to 1944, the Nazis rounded up Jews and Roma in villages across the countries of the former Soviet Union and systematically killed them in mass shootings, a genocide that began before the infamous gassings at extermination camps. During that period, the Nazis wiped out nearly every Jew in the region — in all,
- [Poland Among Safest European Countries for Jews Today, Says Holocaust Foundation Director](https://motl.org/poland-among-safest-european-countries-for-jews-today-says-holocaust-foundation-director/) - The Polish president’s condemnation of antisemitism on Monday illustrates how Poland has shifted its attitude to such an extent that it has become one of the safest European countries for Jews, the head of a European Holocaust foundation told The Algemeiner on Monday. Jonny Daniels, founder and executive director of From the Depths — which works with
- [Elie Wiesel's voice can never be stilled - keep stories of Holocaust survivors alive](https://motl.org/elie-wiesels-voice-can-never-be-stilled-keep-stories-of-holocaust-survivors-alive/)
- [Latvians commemorate Holocaust victims](https://motl.org/latvians-commemorate-holocaust-victims/) - Latvia commemorated victims of the Holocaust on Monday, the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Riga Choral Synagogue on July 4, 1941, which burned down with dozens still inside. Persecution of Latvia's Jews began immediately after Nazi Germany invaded the country in June 1941. Historians estimate that 70,000 or 90% of Latvian Jews perished
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- [Hatred, the Holocaust and the new refugee crisis](https://motl.org/hatred-the-holocaust-and-the-new-refugee-crisis/) - OSWIECIM, POLAND—Bill Glied leads a block of paraders, arm in arm with his daughter Tammy. The landscape bursts with joy around them — chestnut trees wave their delicate blooms, lilacs perfume the air, birds sing and pirouette overhead. Nature’s beauty is a stark contrast to their march’s purpose: to retrace the Shoah — the Hebrew
- [Elie Wiesel’s legacy went beyond Holocaust: Porter](https://motl.org/elie-wiesels-legacy-went-beyond-holocaust-porter/) - May Elie Wiesel rest in peace. The Nobel Peace Prize winner who died last weekend at 87 was an incredible human being. Anyone who has read his switchblade of a book, Night, will know that. Published in French in 1958, it was among the first Holocaust memoirs, recounting Wiesel’s time as a Nazi prisoner primarily
- [Adults can join BBYO March of the Living](https://motl.org/adults-can-join-bbyo-march-of-the-living/) - I recently returned from my first trip on the March of the Living. It is something I’d thought about doing for some time, but wasn’t sure such a deep immersion in the Holocaust was right for me. However when presented with the opportunity to join the BBYO North America delegation comprised of 120 Jewish teens
- [Rabbinic Reflections: Wiesel and Jewish remembering](https://motl.org/rabbinic-reflections-wiesel-and-jewish-remembering/) - I was there. I was in the Birkenau death camp with Elie Wiesel in 1990. I had just marched from Auschwitz with thousands of Jews from around the world, mostly youths like myself at the time, as part of The March of the Living. The March of the Living commemorates Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
- [THE DAY WORDS FAILED ELIE WIESEL](https://motl.org/the-day-words-failed-elie-wiesel/) - It was the 1990 March of the Living. Thousands of young people from around the world had gathered on Holocaust Remembrance Day in the ruins of Auschwitz-Birkenau for our closing ceremony. Elie Wiesel began to speak. The crowd hung on his every word. As he approached the end of his remarks, his voice filled with
- [Rivlin to Yad Vashem officials: Israel is not compensation for the Holocaust](https://motl.org/rivlin-to-yad-vashem-officials-israel-is-not-compensation-for-the-holocaust/) - In a somewhat shocking opening statement to the Yad Vashem International Leadership mission that had just arrived from Poland to Israel, President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday said, “The State of Israel is not by any means a compensation to the Jewish people for the atrocities carried out against them in the Holocaust. Israel was not
- [How Many Neighbors Were Complicit in the Holocaust?](https://motl.org/how-many-neighbors-were-complicit-in-the-holocaust/) - Facing deportation to Auschwitz, 13-year-old Steven Fenves watched as neighbors in Hungarian-occupied Yugoslavia lined the stairs, “waiting to ransack whatever we left behind, cursing at us, yelling at us, spitting at us as we left.” Choking up, he also recalled in an oral history that the family’s cook rushed into the apartment to salvage artwork
- [How A Mass. Woman Learned Her Family's Full Holocaust Story](https://motl.org/how-a-mass-woman-learned-her-familys-full-holocaust-story/) - When Severin Fayerman died last year, his daughter Kris Fayerman-Piatt, a Milton native, thought she knew all there was to know about her father’s Holocaust story. But it turned out she knew only a part of it. The pain of the Holocaust apparently caused her father to keep his true identity buried deep inside until
- [Canadian PM visits Auschwitz with Holocaust survivor](https://motl.org/canadian-pm-visits-auschwitz-with-holocaust-survivor/) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday toured the German built Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp following the conclusion of a two-day NATO summit held in Warsaw, Poland. Trudeau was accompanied by Holocaust survivor and Toronto resident Nate Leipciger. Leipciger, who was born in Poland in 1928, immigrated to Toronto with his father after their liberation from
- [Donors give $11,000 so Holocaust Survivor Band can take music to Auschwitz](https://motl.org/donors-give-11000-so-holocaust-survivor-band-can-take-music-to-auschwitz/) - Saul Dreier and Ruby Sosnowicz are Holocaust survivors. They came together to start the Holocaust Survivor Band. They are returning to the birthplace of their most haunting memories — and dozens of sympathetic strangers are helping pay their way. Two musically inclined Holocaust survivors are heading to Poland on July 21 to play their favorite
- [‘Taste of Hope’ focuses on food during the Holocaust](https://motl.org/taste-of-hope-focuses-on-food-during-the-holocaust/) - When prisoners in Nazi concentration camps cooked traditional meals together, it restored the hope that one day their lives could return to normal. Now, one Sacramento playwright has dramatized that idea, and is inviting audiences to dine with her. Sarah Acrich’s “Taste of Hope: A Play in Three Courses” was inspired by stories from family
- [Nazi Germany's Jewish champion: the mystery of Helene Mayer endures](https://motl.org/nazi-germanys-jewish-champion-the-mystery-of-helene-mayer-endures/) - The photograph is at once both beautiful and revolting. Snapped in the fading sun of an August afternoon during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, this picture is of a German woman standing regal on the medal stand, dressed in white, her posture perfect, her face locked in the stoic gaze of determination. Her arm is
- [El Paso Holocaust Museum youth education program](https://motl.org/el-paso-holocaust-museum-youth-education-program/) - Children only above sixth grade should attend the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center because they will understand the Holocaust better than youngsters, the Holocaust education director said.“The gallery here is geared toward sixth graders and above,” Education Director Jamie Flores said. “So below that, we believe the maturity level of a young child
- [German University's course claims Israel harvests Palestinian organs](https://motl.org/german-universitys-course-claims-israel-harvests-palestinian-organs/) - BERLIN – An academic seminar at a German university claims Israel’s military harvests organs from Palestinians and the Jewish state is responsible for a genocide. “Our sons were robbed of their organs,” was the title of a part of the seminar’s course material, Rebecca Seidler, an academic who blew the whistle on the anti-Israel
- [Heinrich Himmler’s Lost Diaries Reveal Everyday Horrors of the Holocaust](https://motl.org/heinrich-himmlers-lost-diaries-reveal-everyday-horrors-of-the-holocaust/) - Extracts from Heinrich Himmler‘s newly-discovered diaries have revealed the grisly everyday routine of the mastermind of the Holocaust in the depths of World War 2. The diaries were thought to have been lost after they were seized by the Red Army, The London Timesreports. They document the horrific activities of the Nazi head of the
- [Beyond Anne Frank: Dutch tell their full Holocaust story](https://motl.org/beyond-anne-frank-dutch-tell-their-full-holocaust-story/) - AMSTERDAM — Anne Frank is only part of the story. The diary of the young Jewish girl who came of age hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam has long been the dominant narrative of the Netherlands’ experience during World War II. Hers is a story of inspiration and resistance that in many ways the Dutch
- [Amsterdam rejects restitution, settles with survivors for $11M](https://motl.org/amsterdam-rejects-restitution-settles-with-survivors-for-11m/) - JTA - The City of Amsterdam approved an $11 million payment to Jewish causes as compensation for money it wrongfully collected from individual Holocaust survivors. Four of the five factions represented at city hall last week voted in favor of transferring the funds to a nonprofit that would distribute the money among various Jewish groups.
- [Wisconsin Researcher Talks About Major Holocaust Discovery](https://motl.org/wisconsin-researcher-talks-about-major-holocaust-discovery/) - An international research team of geoscientists and geographers recently made a remarkable find in Lithuania. It’s a 100-foot tunnel, dug mostly by hand at night by Jewish prisoners who were anticipating execution during the Holocaust 72 years ago. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire geography professor Harry Jol and four of his students used ground penetrating radar
- [Rescued violins bring back Holocaust memories](https://motl.org/rescued-violins-bring-back-holocaust-memories/) - AFP — Tucking the violin beneath his chin, the instrument’s wood glistening under the packed auditorium’s spotlights, Guy Braunstein’s hand trembled from the weight of history. “I have done thousands of concerts, but I have never been as emotional and trembled the way I did when I took that violin from Auschwitz in my hand,”
- [Florida Holocaust survivors back in Warsaw to perform in former ghetto](https://motl.org/florida-holocaust-survivors-back-in-warsaw-to-perform-in-former-ghetto/) - A musical duo of Holocaust survivors from Florida who have toured the United States returned to their native Poland to perform there for the first time, at an outdoor concert in Warsaw. Polish television and radio stations will be broadcasting their concert live to millions of people, according to From the Depths, an organization which
- [Grandson of Holocaust Survivor Wins Silver Medal for France at Rio Olympics](https://motl.org/grandson-of-holocaust-survivor-wins-silver-medal-for-france-at-rio-olympics/) - A French Olympian who is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor won a silver medal with his team on Monday in the men’s freestyle relay finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The swimmer, Fabien Gilot, — who, as Tablet reported, sports a Hebrew tattoo that says, “Without them, I am nothing” — explained that the
- [MY VISIT TO AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU WITH PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU](https://motl.org/my-visit-to-auschwitz-birkenau-with-prime-minister-justin-trudeau/) - On July 10, I walked with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau through the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau where, at age 15, I confronted death for the first but not for the last time. It all started three days earlier when Eli Rubenstein, the Canadian director of the March of the Living, asked me if
- [Beyond Anne Frank: The Dutch Tell Their Full Holocaust Story](https://motl.org/beyond-anne-frank-the-dutch-tell-their-full-holocaust-story/) - AMSTERDAM — Anne Frank is only part of the story. The diary of the young Jewish girl, who came of age hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam, has long been the dominant narrative of the Netherlands’ experience during World War II. Hers is a story of inspiration and resistance that in many ways the Dutch
- [How to teach the Holocaust](https://motl.org/how-to-teach-the-holocaust/) - “Names, Not Numbers” is a copyrighted curriculum that teaches Jewish middle-schoolers about the Holocaust with an emphasis on the oral testimony of survivors, which the children immortalize on film. Focusing on individuals rather than numbers also is the approach encouraged by the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center
- [Bialik’s Button Mission](https://motl.org/bialiks-button-mission/) - BIALIK College is on a mission to collect 600,000 buttons, searching all corners of the community, and the country, for those that have fallen off, been forgotten or are simply lying around. This is no ordinary sewing project, as the students have a very noble aim – to unite the community in collecting 1.5 million
- [BIALIK College is on a mission to collect 600,000 buttons, searching all corners of the community, and the country, for those that have fallen off, been forgotten or are simply lying around.](https://motl.org/bialik-college-is-on-a-mission-to-collect-600000-buttons-searching-all-corners-of-the-community-and-the-country-for-those-that-have-fallen-off-been-forgotten-or-are-simply-lying-around/) - Last year, on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, New York City approved its 2016 fiscal year budget, which, for the very first time, included a $1.5-million-dollar allocation to assist Holocaust survivors living in poverty. The landmark decision to pass the New York City Council Survivor Initiative was a result of long term
- [AZRIELI FOUNDATION BOOSTS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS](https://motl.org/azrieli-foundation-boosts-funds-available-for-holocaust-survivors/) - Holocaust survivors who are in financial distress are getting a $457,500 boost thanks to an allocation from the Azrieli Foundation. The funds will go to four Canadian organizations that provide services to an estimated 3,000 elderly survivors in communities across the country. Many are in dire financial straits and find it difficult to afford the
- [Holocaust hero was executed on Stalin's orders, KGB chief's diary says](https://motl.org/holocaust-hero-was-executed-on-stalins-orders-kgb-chiefs-diary-says/) - Newly published diaries written by the first head of the KGB clearly state that Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews in the Holocaust, was executed in a Soviet prison, the New York Times reported on Saturday – providing the first solid evidence about the Swede's mysterious 1945 disappearance. Wallenberg was
- [This Day in Jewish History // 1933: Jews Make a Travel Agreement With Nazi Germany](https://motl.org/this-day-in-jewish-history-1933-jews-make-a-travel-agreement-with-nazi-germany/) - Fearing Jewish-led boycotts, Germany signed the Transfer Agreement, letting 60,000 beleaguered German Jews to reach Palestine, with their money no less. August 25, 1933, is the date of the signing of the Transfer Agreement, which enabled 60,000 German Jews to leave for Palestine while taking some of their money with them. It is a deal
- [From Auschwitz To Treblinka: ‘Never Again’ Is The Unmistakable Lesson Of Holocaust](https://motl.org/from-auschwitz-to-treblinka-never-again-is-the-unmistakable-lesson-of-holocaust/) - Arbeit Macht Frei! Passing through the arch bearing the inscription meaning “Work Will Set You Free”, one is engulfed with diverse thoughts and emotions. The sea of diverse and youthful faces at the main entrance might give the impression that one was about to enter a monument of past glory. But the remains of the
- [Our Responsibility As Third Generation Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/our-responsibility-as-third-generation-holocaust-survivors/) - The passing of Elie Wiesel serves as a timely reminder that one day soon Holocaust survivors will no longer be able to tell their own stories. In a world where Holocaust denial is rampant, Generation Y and Z prefer videogames to reading books, and sensationalist culture has inspired apathy to the horrors of mass murder,
- [Actor makes documentary on Japanese who helped Jews escape Holocaust](https://motl.org/actor-makes-documentary-on-japanese-who-helped-jews-escape-holocaust/) - TOKYO — A London-based Japanese actor has created a short documentary film that sheds light on individuals who helped Jews escape from Nazi persecution as well as those who have worked to see that this history is passed on. “There was a Japanese diplomat who issued visas in defiance of the Japanese government to allow thousands
- [Just remembering is not enough in this climate](https://motl.org/just-remembering-is-not-enough-in-this-climate/) - R eremembering is not enough, when people today are rejected because of their ethnicity, gender or belief. This is my view as I sit reflecting on the National Holocaust Centre and Museum’s 20th anniversary and the continuing need for Holocaust education today. I could not have imagined 20 years ago when the National Holocaust Centre was
- [The Poles Are Friends to Israel, Not Holocaust Deniers](https://motl.org/the-poles-are-friends-to-israel-not-holocaust-deniers/) - It was with disquietude and disbelief that I read Ofer Aderet’s report, “Yad Vashem Officials Slam Polish Government: ‘New Bill Is Very Close to Holocaust Denial’" (Haaretz, Aug. 24). It is unfortunate that the complex draft law approved by the Polish Council of Ministers on August 16 — which does not refer exclusively to the
- [German lawyers expand Holocaust survivor outreach](https://motl.org/german-lawyers-expand-holocaust-survivor-outreach/) - Even if German authorities track down all surviving Nazi operatives and convict them as accessories to the murder of Jews in World War II, such work will not be done, German lawyers involved in such trials told a small gathering in Highland Hills Aug. 24. In fact, said Christoph Rueckel, the impulses that gave rise
- [Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor donates $1M to US Holocaust museum](https://motl.org/last-surviving-nuremberg-prosecutor-donates-1m-to-us-holocaust-museum/) - (JTA) — The last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg war crimes trials has donated $1 million to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington D.C. Benjamin Ferencz will donate the sum on an annual renewable basis, up to $10 million, to the museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, according to a statement by the museum.
- [Hungary blocks websites that deny the Holocaust](https://motl.org/hungary-blocks-websites-that-deny-the-holocaust/) - Court in Budapest orders temporary blocking of 20 websites that carry Holocaust denial material. A court in Budapest has ordered the temporary blocking of about 20 websites that carry Holocaust denial material, JTA reported on Wednesday. The websites in question sell the Hungarian edition of a book by a Swedish author that denies that the Nazis committed
- [Website launched to inform country’s Holocaust survivors of their rights](https://motl.org/website-launched-to-inform-countrys-holocaust-survivors-of-their-rights/) - Initiative could benefit the tens of thousands living here in poverty. A s the world’s last living Holocaust survivors reach the twilight of their lives, frequently alone and impoverished, an Israeli NGO is hoping that a website designed to inform them of their rights to aid and compensation will help lessen their burden. Noting that
- [Canadian team signs player who called Jews ‘devils’](https://motl.org/canadian-team-signs-player-who-called-jews-devils/) - On his twitter account, Khalif Mitchell also posted a link to a YouTube video calling the Holocaust ‘the greatest lie ever told’ A Canadian football team has signed a player who tweeted anti-Semitic messages even after being fined in 2015 for doing so. The Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League signed lineman Khalif Mitchell
- [Gruesome discovery in Germany raises questions about Holocaust-era experiments](https://motl.org/gruesome-discovery-in-germany-raises-questions-about-holocaust-era-experiments/) - Investigation launched into discovery at German research institute of dozens of anatomical remains believe to be from victims of Nazis, according to Army Radio. Amid recent construction efforts at a branch of a German research institute in Munich, dozens of anatomical parts were uncovered dating back to the WWII era, Army Radio reported Wednesday.
- [Lithuanian towns mark Holocaust massacres of Jews](https://motl.org/lithuanian-towns-mark-holocaust-massacres-of-jews/) - Lithuanian president leads ceremony marking 1941 slaughter of Jewish community. JTA - Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė called the Holocaust a tragedy of all of Lithuanua during a commemoration ceremony at the site of 1941 massacre of Jewish residents in the town of Molėtai in eastern Lithuania. “Their memory is an uncompromising obligation for all Lithuanian
- [The Holocaust told from the perspective of a teddy bear](https://motl.org/the-holocaust-told-from-the-perspective-of-a-teddy-bear/) - A teddy bear accompanied Fred Lessing in his wanderings from one hiding place to another during World War II and became a symbol after being loaned to Yad Vashem. Now the subject of a children’s book, Lessing reveals how he was persuaded to let someone else tell his story. Fred’s teddy bear is not the
- [German Teachers Union Calls For Total Boycott Of Israel](https://motl.org/german-teachers-union-calls-for-total-boycott-of-israel/) - TEL AVIV – Israel’s embassy in Berlin lambasted the city of Oldenburg teachers union over a call to completely boycott the Jewish state in the first such incident since the Holocaust, the Jerusalem Post reported. The damning two-page article was published in the September magazine of the Education and Science Workers’ Union (GEW). The paper, entitled “Palestine/Israel: Documenting injustice
- [Holocaust denial fliers circulate on Australian campuses](https://motl.org/holocaust-denial-fliers-circulate-on-australian-campuses/) - Material linking to conspiracy theory website asserts that the field of Holocaust studies is ‘replete with nonsense’ A nti-Semitic pamphlets claiming that the Holocaust is a hoax have been distributed at several Australian universities The leaflets turned up in Monash University, the University of Melbourne, the Australian National University, and the University of NSW
- [Israeli war hero orphaned in Holocaust remembered in Russia](https://motl.org/israeli-war-hero-orphaned-in-holocaust-remembered-in-russia/) - KAZAN, Russia (JTA) — Russia’s chief rabbi and several Israel Defense Forces generals commemorated a late war hero in a city he passed through while fleeing Europe during the Holocaust. Avigdor Ben-Gal, better known as Yanush, died in February in Israel, a country he reached in 1943 at the age of 6 together with hundreds
- [U.S. Holocaust museum urges world leaders to press Iran on Holocaust denial](https://motl.org/u-s-holocaust-museum-urges-world-leaders-to-press-iran-on-holocaust-denial/) - WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum urged world leaders to press Iran’s leadership on its Holocaust denial during the U.N. General Assembly. “We want to make sure that the upcoming discussion at the United Nations is informed by facts about official Iranian efforts to promote racism and extremism in the form of Holocaust
- [German court jails 87-year-old Holocaust denier](https://motl.org/german-court-jails-87-year-old-holocaust-denier/) - An 87-year old German woman dubbed the 'Nazi granny" by German media has been convicted of Holocaust denial and sentenced to eight months in prison for incitement to hatred. Ursula Haverbeck wrote a letter in February to the mayor of Detmold, the city where former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning was going on trial, in which she said that the Nazi death
- [Keeping the Legacy of the Holocaust Alive](https://motl.org/keeping-the-legacy-of-the-holocaust-alive/) - “How does one take on the memories of another person, let alone the collective memories of millions?” That was a question posed by Andrea Bolender at a tribute dinner last night to benefit the Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. The question is a conundrum, but one that must be answered by all
- [Rivlin Meets Daughter of Greek Mayor Who Saved Jews in Holocaust](https://motl.org/rivlin-meets-daughter-of-greek-mayor-who-saved-jews-in-holocaust/) - YERUSHALAYIM - President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday met in his office with Lana Karrer, daughter of Loukas Karrer who served as Mayor of the Greek island of Zakynthos during the Nazi occupation of the island. Mayor Karrer, together with the local bishop, was responsible for saving the nearly 300 Jews who lived on the
- [Hungarian Neo-Nazis Vandalize Holocaust Protest ‘Living Memorial’](https://motl.org/hungarian-neo-nazis-vandalize-holocaust-protest-living-memorial/) - The Living Memorial, a monument in Budapest’s Liberty Square, was vandalized over the weekend, after a call by the neo-Nazi website Kuruc.info to destroy it, the website Hungarian Free Press reported Sunday. The Living Memorial was erected back in 2014 in protest against the monument to the German occupation erected by the government, which deflects
- [The True Tale of the Woman Who Took Down the Holocaust Denier](https://motl.org/the-true-tale-of-the-woman-who-took-down-the-holocaust-denier/) - Denial' is a new film based on the real-life legal battle between Deborah Lipstadt and the man who claimed the Holocaust never happened. In the fall of 1994, Deborah Lipstadt walked into an auditorium at DeKalb Community College in Atlanta, prepared to give a lecture on Holocaust denial. Little did she know that the events
- [New Ken Burns film spotlights little-known Holocaust rescuers](https://motl.org/new-ken-burns-film-spotlights-little-known-holocaust-rescuers/) - (JTA) — In 1940, as he was being transported to safety in the lower deck of a ship, the Jewish author Lion Feuchtwanger asked Waitstill Sharp why the American Unitarian minister had bothered to rescue him from the Nazis. Sharp and his wife, Martha, had spent much of the previous two years smuggling Jews out of
- [From Warsaw Ghetto to the Alt-right: The Women Fighting Holocaust Denial](https://motl.org/from-warsaw-ghetto-to-the-alt-right-the-women-fighting-holocaust-denial/) - Rokhl Oyerbakh and Deborah Lipstadt disrupted the male-dominated study of the Shoah. The re-energized Holocaust denial on show this election season gives the two upcoming films about them a depressing relevance. In April 1946, a memorial was held in Warsaw marking the third anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The only woman to appear on
- [95-Year-Old Auschwitz Paramedic Charged in 3,681 Murders](https://motl.org/95-year-old-auschwitz-paramedic-charged-in-3681-murders/) - A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz was charged in a German court on Monday with being an accessory to the murder of at least 3,681 people in a trial that is likely to be one of Germany’s last linked to the Holocaust. Hubert Zafke worked as a paramedic in Auschwitz from
- [French Holocaust survivor seeks honors for his Rosh Hashanah rescuers](https://motl.org/french-holocaust-survivor-seeks-honors-for-his-rosh-hashanah-rescuers/) - Jacques Stuzalft teams up with local historian in bid to recognize French railway workers who saved dozens of children from Nazis on eve of Jewish New Year in 1942 JTA — For Jews all over the world, the High Holidays are a time for closure and new beginnings. Not for Jacques Stuzalft, an 84-year-old Holocaust
- [Irena Sendler: The Holocaust heroine who saved 2500 Jewish children from Nazi evil](https://motl.org/irena-sendler-the-holocaust-heroine-who-saved-2500-jewish-children-from-nazi-evil/) - A VIDEO paying tribute to an astonishing nurse who “declared war on Hitler” and saved more than 2,500 Jewish children from the grasp of the evil Nazi regime has gone viral. Irena Sendler, who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1910, has been hailed as one of the Second World War’s great heroes for her
- [Dolls snatched from Jewish sisters during Holocaust preserved by three generations of French family](https://motl.org/dolls-snatched-from-jewish-sisters-during-holocaust-preserved-by-three-generations-of-french-family/) - PARIS — On a bleak February day in 1944, a French gendarme snatched a pair of dolls from two Jewish sisters about to be deported to Auschwitz, and flung them to the ground. Denise and Micheline Levy were 10 and nine when they were bundled out of their school in the eastern village of Gemeaux,
- [‘If I Sleep for an Hour, 30 People Will Die’](https://motl.org/if-i-sleep-for-an-hour-30-people-will-die/) - The Forger: Video As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of lives by forging passports to help children flee the Nazis. He spent his life helping others escape atrocities around the world. PARIS — It’s 1944, in occupied Paris. Four friends spend their days in a narrow room atop a Left Bank apartment building. The
- [Seeking Holocaust reconciliation in Lithuania, from Los Angeles](https://motl.org/seeking-holocaust-reconciliation-in-lithuania-from-los-angeles/) - The Museum of Genocide Victims in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, occupies a stately stone building on a large, forested park in the city’s center. It is notably not a Holocaust museum. To find the Holocaust Exposition, look for a small, clapboard wooden building on a narrow side street. Instead, the museum commemorates atrocities more
- [U.S. begins paying out reparations from France to Holocaust survivors and their heirs](https://motl.org/u-s-begins-paying-out-reparations-from-france-to-holocaust-survivors-and-their-heirs/) - The State Department has paid or approved 90 claims for a total $11 million in reparations from France to former World War II prisoners who were carried to Nazi death camps in French trains — the first French reparations paid to Holocaust survivors living in the United States, officials said Thursday. The payments apply to Holocaust
- [Holocaust Survivors’ Needs Grow, and Aid Is Slow to Catch Up](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-needs-grow-and-aid-is-slow-to-catch-up/) - BUDAPEST — Agnes Galgoczi, 84, can no longer make it to the toilet on her own. It sits in the kitchen of her apartment in Budapest, just three feet from the bed, where she sings to herself to fight loneliness. Several blocks away, Vera Varga, 78, slides decades-old movies into her videocassette player. The images
- [The Strange Case of a Nazi Who Became an Israeli Hitman](https://motl.org/the-strange-case-of-a-nazi-who-became-an-israeli-hitman/) - Otto Skorzeny, one of the Mossad’s most valuable assets, was a former lieutenant colonel in Nazi Germany’s Waffen-SS and one of Adolf Hitler’s favorites. On September 11, 1962, a German scientist vanished. The basic facts were simple: Heinz Krug had been at his office, and he never came home. The only other salient detail known
- ['Second Generation' leader tells of need to keep Shoah memory](https://motl.org/second-generation-leader-tells-of-need-to-keep-shoah-memory/) - One of the most prominent leaders of the children of Holocaust survivors has attacked people who attempt to "pervert the memory of the Holocaust". Menachem Rosensaft described as "obscene" those who "wish to twist and distort" the Shoah for political purposes. Mr Rosensaft, a lawyer, who was the guest of the Holocaust Educational Trust at
- [A room in the ECB's basement held thousands of Jews during the Holocaust](https://motl.org/a-room-in-the-ecbs-basement-held-thousands-of-jews-during-the-holocaust/) - FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank's new headquarters towers over the Main River in Frankfurt, a gleaming symbol of modern Europe. At its base stands a searing reminder of the continent's dark history. Below the newly built skyscraper, a concrete ramp stretches down into a dark basement. Ten-thousand Jews awaited expulsion to concentration camps from
- [Project to Build Visual Memory of Places & People Before, During the Holocaust](https://motl.org/project-to-build-visual-memory-of-places-people-before-during-the-holocaust/) - The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure project convened 30 historians and researchers at Yad Vashem to provide tools to improve access to Holocaust documentation. Films from the Holocaust period are filled with haunting images, providing a rare opportunity for researchers to piece together the stories of lives cut brutally short. In today’s digital age, such film
- [Marching toward a world without genocide](https://motl.org/marching-toward-a-world-without-genocide/) - “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness,” Elie Wiesel often said. Those words are the driving force behind the March of the Living, an event that brings thousands of young people from around the world to Poland every spring. There they visit the places where crimes against humanity took place. The name
- [Facebook exec, Rwanda survivor among 5 tapped for Holocaust memorial council](https://motl.org/facebook-exec-rwanda-survivor-among-5-tapped-for-holocaust-memorial-council/) - (JTA) — A Facebook vice president and a human rights advocate who survived the Rwandan genocide are among five people appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Elliot Schrage, the vice president of communications and public policy at Facebook, and Clemantine Wamariya, also a student career consultant, will be returning to the council, the president announced in
- [This Day in Jewish History // 1946: Nazi Doctors Are Indicted](https://motl.org/this-day-in-jewish-history-1946-nazi-doctors-are-indicted/) - Human experimentation by Nazi Germany would embarrass the global medical community and ultimately change the history of ethics and medical research. On October 25, 1946, twenty German physicians and three administrators were charged by the U.S. military occupation authorities in Nuremberg with war crimes and crimes against humanity, for their role in human experimentations in
- [Raoul Wallenberg Officially Declared Dead by Sweden, 71 Years After Disappearance](https://motl.org/raoul-wallenberg-officially-declared-dead-by-sweden-71-years-after-disappearance/) - Swedish authorities have formally pronounced World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg dead, 71 years after he disappeared in Hungary. The Swedish diplomat, credited with helping at least 20,000 Hungarian Jews escape the Holocaust, is believed to have died in Soviet captivity, though the time and circumstances of his death remain unresolved. The Swedish Tax Authority,
- [The photo that alerted the world](https://motl.org/the-photo-that-alerted-the-world/) - Dr Michael Siegel, an eminent 50-year-old German Jewish lawyer, is shown in the photo, bruised, barefoot, trousers ripped, being marched by Nazi ‘brown-shirt’ auxiliary police. The sign hanging from his neck was scrawled with the message, ‘Ich bin Jude, aber ich werde mich nie mehr bei der Polizei beschweren’ – ‘I am a Jew, but
- [Yad Vashem Locks Horns With Israeli Lawmakers Over Jewish Holocaust Heroes](https://motl.org/yad-vashem-locks-horns-with-israeli-lawmakers-over-jewish-holocaust-heroes/) - The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will consider a bill Sunday that is the focus of a dispute between Yad Vashem and a group of Knesset members. The MKs want the Holocaust museum and memorial to give the same recognition to Jews who saved other Jews during the Holocaust as it does to non-Jews who did
- [Historian May Face Charges in Poland for Writing That Poles Killed Jews in World War II](https://motl.org/historian-may-face-charges-in-poland-for-writing-that-poles-killed-jews-in-world-war-ii/) - The prominent Polish-born American historian Jan Tomasz Gross, who revealed the crimes committed by Poles against the Jews during the Holocaust, is gearing up for a legal battle over the “historical truth” against Polish authorities who, it now turns out, are still considering putting him on trial for harming Poland’s reputation. In a surprise move
- [Organizers Of Holocaust March In Germany Ban Israeli Flag](https://motl.org/organizers-of-holocaust-march-in-germany-ban-israeli-flag/) - Organizers of a Holocaust remembrance ceremony in Germany reportedly attempted to “remove with physical violence” a Jewish man for marching with the Israeli flag while allowing anti-Israel activists and those sporting the Palestinian scarf, or keffiyeh, to participate. Rolf Woltersdorf joined Thursday’s “Walk In Remembrance” in the northern German city of Oldenburg carrying an Israeli
- [Schindler’s Factory Will Be Restored Into a Holocaust Museum](https://motl.org/schindlers-factory-will-be-restored-into-a-holocaust-museum/) - A Czech foundation plans to restore the disused factorywhere German industrialist Oskar Schindler saved more than a thousand Jews, giving it new life as a Holocaust Museum. “Our aim is to restore the building to its original condition, including the watchtower,” said Jaroslav Novak, head of the Shoah and Oskar Schindler Foundation, Agence France-Presse reports.
- [Lost Anne Frank Poem to Be Auctioned](https://motl.org/lost-anne-frank-poem-to-be-auctioned/) - A poem written by Anne Frank shortly before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis will be going on auction in Holland shortly, according to the Mail Online. Frank wrote the poem at the age of 12 in the album of the older sister of her closest school friend Jacqueline Van Maarsen.
- [Posthumous honor for US officer who saved 200 Jewish GIs from the Nazis — and never told a soul](https://motl.org/posthumous-honor-for-us-officer-who-saved-200-jewish-gis-from-the-nazis-and-never-told-a-soul/) - NEW YORK — In a singular act of humanity and defiance, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds stood up to a German commandant and saved 200 American Jewish GIs from transportation to a slave labor camp. It was 1945 and Edmonds had been a prisoner of war in Stalag IX-A, a German POW camp for less than
- [France Returns Nazi-looted Art to Holocaust Survivor's Grandson](https://motl.org/france-returns-nazi-looted-art-to-holocaust-survivors-grandson/) - France has returned a 16th century work of Nazi-looted art to heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it in Paris during Nazi occupation in World War II. French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay handed the painting attributed to Flemish artists Joos van Cleve or his son back to its rightful owners, at
- [Jews of Aden recall the pogrom sparked by UN vote on Palestine partition plan](https://motl.org/jews-of-aden-recall-the-pogrom-sparked-by-un-vote-on-palestine-partition-plan/) - Shimon Sasson, 84, of Tel Aviv, was 15 when the riots broke out in the port city of Aden. It happened just after November 29, 1947, the date on which the United Nations approved the partition plan for Palestine, paving the way for the founding of the State of Israel. “I heard the report on
- [Police: Stolen Nazi Camp Gate Probe Could Be Complicated](https://motl.org/police-stolen-nazi-camp-gate-probe-could-be-complicated/) - The investigation into how an iron gate stolen from the Nazis' Dachau concentration camp in southern Germany ended up in western Norwaymay be complicated because "no useable evidence" has been found, police said Saturday. Police spokeswoman Kari Bjoerkhaug Trones says the gate with the cynical slogan "Arbeit macht frei" — "Work sets you free" —
- [Is It Time to Recognize the Jewish Oskar Schindlers?](https://motl.org/is-it-time-to-recognize-the-jewish-oskar-schindlers/) - This summer, the Jewish Rescuers Citation was awarded posthumously to Wilfrid Israel, a long-forgotten German Jew. He saved the lives of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, but lost his life in 1943 when, for reasons unknown, the plane he was on was shot down by the German air force. His citation was initiated by
- [Holocaust survivors rush to beat deadline on Poland claims](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-rush-to-beat-deadline-on-poland-claims/) - WARSAW, Poland — A Jewish organization launched a database to help thousands of Holocaust survivors or their heirs regain property lost in Warsaw due to World War II and communism, after the Polish government issued a six-month deadline on claims. The World Jewish Restitution Organization, or WJRO, announced the new tool Monday, three months after
- [Marking the Ghosts in Poland’s Old Jewish Cemeteries](https://motl.org/marking-the-ghosts-in-polands-old-jewish-cemeteries/) - How do you alert people to an absence? Across Poland, different communities come together to clean up and restore Jewish cemeteries. But in some places, those cemeteries have been not just neglected, but replaced — with sites ranging from stadiums to parking lots to playgrounds. That’s where Katarzyna Kopecka, Piotr Pawlak, and Jan Janiak come
- [Warsaw museum to offer high-tech posthumous talks with Poles who saved Jews](https://motl.org/warsaw-museum-to-offer-high-tech-posthumous-talks-with-poles-who-saved-jews/) - Polish and Israeli officials announced the future opening of an innovative museum honoring non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust. The museum, which will feature interactive 3D videos of saviors of Jews, is slated to open in 2018 in the center of Warsaw under the auspices of the TSKZ cultural association
- [How Hitler won Germans over with his 'scientific religion'](https://motl.org/how-hitler-won-germans-over-with-his-scientific-religion/) - The Nazis conducted experiments on her mother and nailed her father's tongue to a wall. And yet, Israeli lecturer Tamar Ketko still managed to be shocked by what she found in Nazi textbooks she discovered in a Zurich library cellar. Talking to: Dr. Tamar Ketko, lecturer in philosophy of history and of education at Kibbutzim
- [Holocaust deniers able to rise to top of Google search results](https://motl.org/holocaust-deniers-able-to-rise-to-top-of-google-search-results/) - Stormfront has the dubious distinction, via the Southern Poverty Law Center, of being "the first major hate site on the Internet." That online longevity has also helped it earn the top spot in Google's search results when users type "Did the Holocaust happen" into the search field, but it's Google's reaction to the outcry over
- [Holocaust Scholar: International community must stop Syria atrocities](https://motl.org/holocaust-scholar-international-community-must-stop-syria-atrocities/) - Shalev was speaking at the opening of the International Institute for Holocaust Research's conference titled "The Jewish Refugee Problem During the Shoah (1933-1945) Reconsidered." World leaders and the global community must implement in Syria the principles they enacted after World War II, the chairman of Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, Avner Shalev, said Sunday at a
- [Insiders at Google are 'disturbed' by its Holocaust search results, and now they're doing something about it](https://motl.org/insiders-at-google-are-disturbed-by-its-holocaust-search-results-and-now-theyre-doing-something-about-it/) - Google engineers and executives are disturbed by how its algorithm promotes offensive and fake content on the web — such as a Holocaust denial site reaching the top result for certain searches about the Holocaust — and they are doing something about it, search expert and editor of Search Engine Land Danny Sullivan reports. After
- [Holocaust Survivors Score Victory in Reclaiming Stolen Art](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-score-victory-in-reclaiming-stolen-art/) - A group of Holocaust survivors and their families notched a crucial victory on Friday, as Congress approved legislation that would make it easier to reclaim art confiscated during World War II. The unanimous vote — which came during a late-night session as the Senate worked to pass a spending bill to avert a government shutdown
- [The road from perdition: former neo-Nazis find a way out](https://motl.org/the-road-from-perdition-former-neo-nazis-find-a-way-out/) - After years of believing conspiracy theories that explained the perceived injustice they saw around them, as well as their own loneliness, past neo-Nazis are finding the support they need to change their lives and leave their hatred in the past. Felix Benneckenstein was a rising star on Germany's far-right scene, a young songwriter whose rousing
- [Remembering Holocaust Hero Marion Pritchard](https://motl.org/remembering-holocaust-hero-marion-pritchard/) - TRANSCRIPT AILSA CHANG, HOST: We take time now to remember Marion van Binsbergen Pritchard who died this month at the age of 96. During the second world war in her native Holland, she helped more than 150 Jews evade the Nazis. Her son Ivor Pritchard told us how she became a rescuer. IVOR PRITCHARD:
- [Neo-Nazi Calls for Armed White Supremacists to March Against Montana Jews](https://motl.org/neo-nazi-calls-for-armed-white-supremacists-to-march-against-montana-jews/) - The man who runs the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has announced an armed march by white supremacists in an effort to harass a Montana Jewish community. The graphic announcing the march in Whitefish, Montana, that went online Thursday was published over a photograph of the entrance to Auschwitz and includes a yellow Star of
- [This Day in Jewish History 1945: The Nazis Murder a Former Mayor of Berlin](https://motl.org/this-day-in-jewish-history-1945-the-nazis-murder-a-former-mayor-of-berlin/) - Jewish only in origin, Fritz Elsas had been a good German, but was arrested after the attempt to kill Hitler and died in a concentration camp. On January 4, 1945, Fritz Elsas, a former mayor of Berlin and part of a resistance group planning for a post-Nazi Germany, was executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
- [YAFFE ELIACH, HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR, REMEMBERED](https://motl.org/yaffe-eliach-holocaust-scholar-remembered/) - We sat together, both students of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) in the early 1970s. Even then, Yaffe Eliach, distinguished scholar in Holocaust studies and creator of the Tower of Faces, an exhibit of photographs on permanent display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,
- [Non-Jewish Poles don yarmulkes to protest anti-Semitism](https://motl.org/non-jewish-poles-don-yarmulkes-to-protest-anti-semitism/) - On a quiet Thursday evening, Café Foksal in central Warsaw suddenly filled up with about 50 people wearing kippahs. The event was unusual for a city with very few observant Jews and an insignificant number of Israeli tourists. What made it exceptional is that almost none of the yarmulke wearers were Jewish. It was the
- [Tackling the Holocaust in 140 Characters: The Man Behind Auschwitz Museum's Twitter Account](https://motl.org/tackling-the-holocaust-in-140-characters-the-man-behind-auschwitz-museums-twitter-account/) - Long before he moved to Oswiecim to become the spokesman for the Auschwitz museum and lead its social media effort, Pawel Sawicki’s life was intricately connected to this sleepy Polish town near Krakow. A Warsaw-area journalist for Polish Radio 2, Sawicki used to visit Oswiecim as a boy on holidays to stay with his grandparents
- [Berlin's Brandenburg Gate lights up in solidarity with Israeli terror victims](https://motl.org/berlins-brandenburg-gate-lights-up-in-solidarity-with-israeli-terror-victims/) - Israeli ambassador welcomes gesture, says Israel and Germany will face evil together Berlin's Brandenburg Gate lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag on Monday, in a show of solidarity with the victims of Sunday's Jerusalem truck-ramming attack. Four Israeli soldiers aged 20 to 22 were killed in the attack when East Jerusalem resident
- [Steven Sotloff, Beheaded Journalist, Grandson of Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/steven-sotloff-beheaded-journalist-grandson-of-holocaust-survivors/) - 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl interviews the parents of Steven Sotloff, the American-Israeli journalist who was kidnapped in Aleppo, Syria in August 2013. Sotloff, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, was held captive by members of ISIS/ISIL including Mohammed Emwazi (aka Jihadi John), who demanded a $100 million ransom from the U.S. government (and for all
- [Exclusive: Facebook post helps posthumously honor Dutch couple for Holocaust heroism](https://motl.org/exclusive-facebook-post-helps-posthumously-honor-dutch-couple-for-holocaust-heroism/) - Nadine Wojak tells the incredible story of finding the relatives of those who saved her mother during WWII - Holocaust Nadine Wojakovski tells the incredible story of tracing relatives of those who saved her mother during WWII In 2015 I published a memoir, based on the true story of my mother Renata Bitterman’s life in
- [The bones of the Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ have become a teaching tool in Brazil](https://motl.org/the-bones-of-the-nazi-angel-of-death-have-become-a-teaching-tool-in-brazil/) - For more than 30 years, the bones of Josef Mengele, a German doctor who conducted horrific experiments on thousands of Jews at Auschwitz, lay unclaimed inside a blue plastic bag in Sao Paulo’s Legal Medical Institute. Dr. Daniel Romero Munoz, who led the team that identified Mengele’s remains in 1985, saw an opportunity to put
- [New online generation takes up Holocaust denial](https://motl.org/new-online-generation-takes-up-holocaust-denial/) - A new generation of Holocaust deniers is emerging through a clutch of popular “gateway” conspiracy theories, according to one of the UK’s leading experts on the subject. As Denial, a film about the disgraced historian and notorious Holocaust denier David Irving, hits cinemas later this month, attention is focusing on the ageing generation of deniers
- [Famed French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy: Anti-Zionism Is the New Dressing for the Old Passion of Antisemitism](https://motl.org/famed-french-philosopher-bernard-henri-levy-anti-zionism-is-the-new-dressing-for-the-old-passion-of-antisemitism/) - “Anti-Zionism is the new dressing for the old passion of antisemitism,” famed French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy told a New York City gathering on Wednesday. In a conversation at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan moderated by Charlie Rose, Lévy — author of the new book The Genius of Judaism — said, “If you are anti-Zionist,
- [Nazis, racism, hatred: Why is Google still failing to police its own autocomplete function?](https://motl.org/nazis-racism-hatred-why-is-google-still-failing-to-police-its-own-autocomplete-function/) - Google, one of the most powerful technology companies in the world, is facing renewed criticism for displaying shockingly offensive auto-complete results in its search engine, including "the KKK is not racist", "Black Lives Matter is cancer" and "Nazis are cool". Last December, Google was steeped in controversy after The Guardian investigated its autocomplete algorithms and
- [Poll: 85% of Jews Worldwide Have Experienced or Witnessed Antisemitism](https://motl.org/poll-85-of-jews-worldwide-have-experienced-or-witnessed-antisemitism/) - Eighty-five percent of Jews around the world have witnessed or experienced antisemitism at some point in their lives, a survey by the World Zionist Organization’s International Center for Countering Anti-Semitism found. 50 percent of respondents from Europe and North America said they had either witnessed or experienced antisemitism in the past year, according to the
- [STILL NO ARREST AS AMAZON FIRES EMPLOYEE WHO PUT “GREETINGS FROM UNCLE ADOLF” NOTE IN JEWISH CUSTOMER’S PARCEL](https://motl.org/still-no-arrest-as-amazon-fires-employee-who-put-greetings-from-uncle-adolf-note-in-jewish-customers-parcel/) - Amazon employee was fired after allegedly leaving a note in a package for a Jewish customer that read: “Greetings from Uncle Adolf.” The Amazon employee correctly guessed that the woman, who purchased a toy for her niece, was Jewish based on her last name, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. The customer was not named
- [Sixteen violins, recovered from Holocaust, will talk again](https://motl.org/sixteen-violins-recovered-from-holocaust-will-talk-again/) - When asked what it will feel like to play a different violin in an upcoming concert, Jonathan Kuo prefaces his thoughts with an interesting choice of verbs. “I haven’t met the violin yet,” he says. For professional violinists, their instruments aren’t just objects made of wood and string. They are lifelike extensions of themselves. So
- [Expert: Anti-Semitism is a global problem](https://motl.org/expert-anti-semitism-is-a-global-problem/) - Bar Ilan University will held a conference titled, "The Challenge of Fighting Anti-Semitism." The conference is in memory of Chaim Herzog, who tore up the UN document claiming "Zionism is racism." Coalition Chairman David Bitan (Likud), Opposition Head Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) and other MKs will participate in the conference, which is run by the Dahan
- [Rome road race to commemorate the Holocaust](https://motl.org/rome-road-race-to-commemorate-the-holocaust/) - A road race passing sites of Holocaust and Jewish remembrance in Rome will highlight events in Italy marking International Holocaust Memorial Day. The “Run for Mem” — short for Run for Remembrance: Looking Ahead — is scheduled for Jan. 22, five days before the observance of International Holocaust Memorial Day marking the anniversary of the 1945
- [Researchers uncover vast numbers of unknown Nazi killing fields](https://motl.org/researchers-uncover-vast-numbers-of-unknown-nazi-killing-fields/) - In 2000, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, tasked researchers with creating a comprehensive, single-source record that would accurately document the thousands of persecution sites the Nazis had established. The USHMM estimated that the team would uncover about 5,000 persecution sites, which would include forced labor camps, military brothels, ghettos, POW camps,
- [Steven Spielberg’s Jewish Roots](https://motl.org/steven-spielbergs-jewish-roots/) - Aish - The newly released biography, Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films by Molly Haskell, delves into the Jewish life of the iconic director and the impact of his childhood on his countless award-winning films. Years ago, right before the release of Schindler’s List, Spielberg spoke openly about his Jewish roots and about his hopes for his
- [Polish Historians Publish Detailed List of Auschwitz Nazi Guards](https://motl.org/polish-historians-publish-detailed-list-of-auschwitz-nazi-guards/) - Haaretz - Polish historians put online what they describe as the most complete list of Nazi SS commanders and guards at the former German death camp of Auschwitz. The Institute of National Remembrance said Monday that the SS KL Auschwitz Garrison list is based on data from archives in Poland, Germany, Austria, the United States
- [Worst year on record as antisemitism soars in Britain](https://motl.org/worst-year-on-record-as-antisemitism-soars-in-britain/) - The Jewish Chronicle - The number of antisemitic incidents in Britain reached the highest level on record in 2016, according to new figures published by the Community Security Trust. The CST’s annual statistics show there were 1,309 incidents of Jew hatred last year — a 36 per cent increase on the previous 12 months. While
- [A whole new Jew: The antisemite who turned out to be one of the Jews he despised](https://motl.org/a-whole-new-jew-the-antisemite-who-turned-out-to-be-one-of-the-jews-he-despised/) - WHAT IF, Csanád Szegedi wants to know, pondering the subtleties of halacha, a Jewish man gets circumcised only as an adult and, being under anesthesia during the procedure, can’t recite the requisite blessing? Is his circumcision still halachically valid? And what if, he inquires next, exhibiting restless curiosity, the surgeon isn’t Jewish? Oh, and can
- [The untold story of the Jews forced to work in Nazi death factories](https://motl.org/the-untold-story-of-the-jews-forced-to-work-in-nazi-death-factories/) - Haaretz - Talking to: Dr. Gideon Greif, 65, expert on the history of Auschwitz and chief historian of Shem Olam: The Holocaust Faith Institute for Education, Documentation and Research. Where: A Tel Aviv café. When: Thursday at 7 P.M. You returned from Germany today. What was the purpose of your visit? I gave a series
- [Amazon removes Holocaust denial books from sale](https://motl.org/amazon-removes-holocaust-denial-books-from-sale/) - Titles which question or reject the Holocaust have been taken off the site, following discussions with the Board of Deputies Amazon UK has removed four books from sale which question or deny the Holocaust, following discussions with the Board of Deputies. The titles, including ‘Holocaust: The Greatest Lie Ever Told’ and ‘The Case Against the
- [Rabbi Sacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign](https://motl.org/rabbi-sacks-on-the-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-bds-campaign/) - The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel is dangerously wrong because beneath the surface it's an attempt to delegtimize Israel as a prelude to its elimination. No Jew and no humanitarian can stand by and see that happen. Let me explain why. (Learn more from Rabbi Sacks visit www.RabbiSacks.org. Video produced by www.WhiteAnimation.com.)
- [Purim - Rejoicing the Holocaust that was diverted](https://motl.org/purim-rejoicing-the-holocaust-that-was-diverted/) - Jerusalem Post - Purim has a special significance for me. My parents barely survived the Holocaust, and the rest of my extended family didn’t. This special significance reawakens every time I read the Megillah, and in my mind’s eye I try to translate the words of the Megillah into a realistic, historical picture. Purim in
- [Holocaust survivor Eva Kor to receive Indiana's top honor](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-eva-kor-to-receive-indianas-top-honor/) - IndyStar - Eva Mozes Kor, a Holocaust survivor who endured Nazi death camp experiments and founded a museum in Terre Haute to preserve that history, is being awarded one of Indiana’s highest honors. Kor, who lost much of her family at the Auschwitz death camp but went on to be an advocate for forgiveness, will
- [Holocaust Ghetto Photographs Survived Buried in the Ground – Gardeners 1940-1944](https://motl.org/holocaust-ghetto-photographs-survived-buried-in-the-ground-gardeners-1940-1944/) - “The scarecrow too has to carry the yellow star.” Henryk Ross, Polish, 1910 – 1991. Boy searching for food. Photojournalist Henryk Ross was forced to work by the Nazi regime as a bureaucratic photographer for the Jewish Administration’s statistics department. He was one of at least 160,000 people held in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland.
- [Edgerton math class collects pennies for Holocaust fundraiser](https://motl.org/edgerton-math-class-collects-pennies-for-holocaust-fundraiser/) - GazettExtra—Eighth-grade math students at Edgerton Middle School recently were given an unusual assignment that went beyond their normal classroom lessons: Try to collect 1 million pennies. The fundraiser is part of an interdisciplinary unit where all subjects have lessons related to the Holocaust and World War II. For the past month, Dean Wanless' math classes
- [Should Mel Gibson Be Forgiven Because He Helps Holocaust Survivors?](https://motl.org/should-mel-gibson-be-forgiven-because-he-helps-holocaust-survivors/) - Haaretz - Before his star rapidly plunged to earth following a series of image-destroying events — racist and anti-Semitic remarks, crude and drunken behavior and alleged domestic violence — Mel Gibson was a Hollywood power player, a wealthy, successful actor, director and producer. Now, more than a decade after his downward spiral began in 2006,
- [Jessica Chastain on playing a Holocaust heroine in ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’](https://motl.org/jessica-chastain-on-playing-a-holocaust-heroine-in-the-zookeepers-wife/) - JTA - Strong women are right in actor Jessica Chastain’s wheelhouse. There’s Maya, the fictional CIA agent in “Zero Dark Thirty,” whose work led Seal Team Six to Osama bin Laden; Melissa Lewis, the heroic mission commander who refuses to abandon a teammate in “The Martian,” and Elizabeth Sloan, the accept-no-prisoners Washington lobbyist who takes on
- [SLAIN IDF SOLDIER’S LETTER TO HIS PARENTS TO BE READ IN AUSCHWITZ](https://motl.org/slain-idf-soldiers-letter-to-his-parents-to-be-read-in-auschwitz/) - "I am going to the State of Israel. My country and ours. And I understand, thanks to you, what my country gives me, but mainly - what I need to give of myself to the country." 19 JPost - The parents of missing IDF soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin will read a letter written by their son
- [How These Teachers Learned To Teach The Holocaust](https://motl.org/how-these-teachers-learned-to-teach-the-holocaust/) - Forward (JTA) — When Megan Corbin was in school, she learned about the Holocaust as an optimistic story. Her grade school, she said, “highlighted Anne Frank as the voice of hope, and that really wasn’t the reality.” Now, as an eighth-grade language arts teacher outside of Seattle, she teaches about victims, perpetrators and civilians who were
- [Holocaust Survivor Has Her Story Preserved, Thanks to LA Students](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-has-her-story-preserved-thanks-to-la-students/) - Los Angeles Daily News - World War II. Eva Trenk was a young girl growing up in Czechoslovakia. Adolf Hitler already had invaded neighboring Poland and the situation in Trenk’s country was deteriorating when she and her family were forced from their home. “We had to pack some suitcases, and the buses took us to a
- [Anti-Semitic Crime At Highest Recorded Level In British History, Study Finds](https://motl.org/anti-semitic-crime-at-highest-recorded-level-in-british-history-study-finds/) - Forward - (JTA) — Anti-Semitic crime has risen to its highest level in the United Kingdom, according to a new audit released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism. According to the National Antisemitic Crime Audit released on Sunday, anti-Semitic crime in 2016 rose 44 percent from 2014. The audit for 2016 registered a total of 1,078 anti-Semitic
- [She Keeps Memory Of The Holocaust Alive — One Tchotchke At A Time](https://motl.org/she-keeps-memory-of-the-holocaust-alive-one-tchotchke-at-a-time/) - The Forward - For the past 26 years, Susan Goldstein Snyder, a curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, has traveled across the U.S. and Europe meeting with survivors (and, increasingly, their children and grandchildren), listening to their stories, and persuading them to donate their artifacts to the museum. Over the course of her
- [Auschwitz Artifacts to Go on Tour, Very Carefully](https://motl.org/auschwitz-artifacts-to-go-on-tour-very-carefully/) - WARSAW — More than 72 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the first traveling exhibition about the Nazi death camp will begin a journey later this year to 14 cities across Europe and North America, bringing heartbreaking artifacts to multitudes who have never seen such horror up close. The endeavor is one of the most
- [Three Italian Brothers Try to Find the Cave They Lived in During the Holocaust](https://motl.org/three-italian-brothers-try-to-find-the-cave-they-lived-in-during-the-holocaust/) - JTA — Renting a house in the Italian countryside and eating loads of pasta is about as blissful a vacation as they come. For the three Anati brothers, however, such a trip is a reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust. Yet the brothers — Bubi, 77; Andrea, 85; and Emmanuel, 88 — did just
- [Remembrance Wall connects B’nai Mitzvah kids to Holocaust, Israel](https://motl.org/remembrance-wall-connects-bnai-mitzvah-kids-to-holocaust-israel/) - Jewish Journal - Myrtle G. Sitowitz always has had a special place in her heart for Israel. She moved from England to the Holy Land in the 1960s, performed in the theater in Tel Aviv and met her Bronx-born husband there before immigrating with him to Los Angeles. When it was time for the bar
- [How the Nazis Deceived Dutch Jews Before Sending Them to the Death Camps](https://motl.org/how-the-nazis-deceived-dutch-jews-before-sending-them-to-the-death-camps/) - Haaretz- Nothing about the footage that Rudolf Breslauer filmed here on May 30, 1944, suggests that it was taken inside one of Europe’s largest Nazi concentration camps. In the film by Breslauer, a German-Jewish inmate of the Westerbork camp in Holland’s northeast, prisoners are seen playing soccer enthusiastically in team uniforms, complete with a referee in
- [Former Auschwitz guard, 96, found fit to serve prison sentence](https://motl.org/former-auschwitz-guard-96-found-fit-to-serve-prison-sentence/) - Arutz Sheva - Prosecutors in the German state of Hanover say that a 96-year-old former Auschwitz guard is fit to serve a prison sentence. Oskar Groening was convicted and sentenced in July 2015 to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at the camp in Poland. A federal
- [Israeli Grandfather Who Thought Family Perished in Holocaust Discovers 500 New Relatives](https://motl.org/israeli-grandfather-who-thought-family-perished-in-holocaust-discovers-500-new-relatives/) - Haaretz - Growing up in Israel, Alex Kafri had always assumed that aside from his parents and sister, he was alone in this world. His mother’s entire family, he knew for a fact, had been wiped out during the Holocaust. Although his father never discussed the family members left behind in Lithuania, Kafri was given
- [My Aunt Had a Dinner Party, and Then She Took Her Guests to Kill 180 Jews](https://motl.org/my-aunt-had-a-dinner-party-and-then-she-took-her-guests-to-kill-180-jews/) - Haaretz - One morning in April 2007 journalist Sacha Batthyany was approached by an elderly colleague at the Swiss daily where they both worked at the time. The colleague waved a newspaper clipping in front of him. It was an investigative report entitled, “The Hostess from Hell,” published by a German daily. Glancing at the headline,
- [L’Chaim event to honor Cathy Friedman with the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center](https://motl.org/lchaim-event-to-honor-cathy-friedman-with-the-birmingham-holocaust-education-center/) - At age 10, Cathy Friedman learned about the Holocaust at temple. She was shocked and asked her mother how something that horrific could happen. “My mother looked at me with tears streaming down her face and said, ‘I dreaded the day one of my three kids would ask me about that. I knew it would
- [Remembering Senator John McCain](https://motl.org/remembering-senator-john-mccain/) - The International March of the Living is saddened by the passing of Senator John McCain, a staunch advocate for human rights and longtime friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish People. “The Senator’s experience as a Prisoner of War sharpened his understanding of the plight of the victim and deepened his compassion for
- [March of the Living Statement on Holocaust Education in Moroccan School System](https://motl.org/statement-on-holocaust-education-in-moroccan-school-system/) - The International March of the Living applauds the recent announcement of King Mohammed VI to introduce Holocaust education into the school system of Morocco. By incorporating Holocaust studies into the high school curriculum, King Mohammed leads his country in taking a major step toward addressing and combatting antisemitism. We know that by teaching the history
- [Preventing anti-Semitism deserves more than a hashtag](https://motl.org/preventing-anti-semitism-deserves-more-than-a-hashtag/) - Action is critical for progress to be made Denouncing anti-Semitism must go beyond a hashtag to make real change. Within hours of the Oct. 27 shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, my social media channels were flooded with the hashtag #TogetherAgainstAntisemitism, which was prominently trending on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter. I’m incredibly proud
- [First Emerging Leaders International Declaration Against Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance](https://motl.org/first-emerging-leaders-international-declaration-against-anti-semitism-racism-and-intolerance/) - We are the Jewish people. We have always been a small nation with a resonating voice. Our 4000-year old story is rich with love and triumph, though rife with hatred and tragedy. In places near and far, innumerable, uncountable, there…and here, we have known anti-Semitism. Targeted, chased, expelled, isolated, killed, and nearly exterminated. We
- [Kristallnacht Commemoration featuring UN Secretary General](https://motl.org/kristallnacht-commemoration-un-secretary-general/) - On November 7, 2019, International March of the Living was honored to participate in the Museum of Jewish Heritage's Kristallnacht Commemoration with nearly 300 guests in attendance, including members of the diplomatic corps, dignitaries, community officials and organizational leaders. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres delivered the Keynote Address and spoke of the UN’s role in
- [75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz](https://motl.org/75th-anniversary-auschwitz-liberation/)
- [The March Report: Issue 4, Winter 2020](https://motl.org/the-march-report-issue-4-winter-2020/)
- [Coming Soon.... MOTL Alumni Spotlight Series](https://motl.org/coming-soon-motl-alumni-spotlight-series/) - Coming Soon! Keep an eye out for our new Alumni of the Week Spotlight series, debuting soon. Each Monday we will feature a different alumnus/a from around the globe, highlighting the accomplishments they have achieved since attending the March of the Living program.
- [Registration for MOTL 2021 Virtual Programming](https://motl.org/2021-register/) - Please fill out the form below to register for International March of the Living's 2021 Virtual Programming. You will receive more information with links to view in advance of the programs.
- [Coverage of March of the Living Co-Sponsored Visit to Israel by Ambassadors to the U.N. and U.S.](https://motl.org/coverage-visit-to-israel-by-ambassadors-un-us/) - International March of the Living is honored to have co-sponsored a visit to Israel by ambassadors to the United Nations and the United States, led by Ambassador Gilad Erdan, along with the American Zionist Movement and B'nai B'rith International. See how media outlets covered the visit: Crónica (Spanish) https://cronica.gt/lapid-se-reune-con-delegacion-de-embajadores-internacionales-en-ee-uu-y-onu/ Enlace Judio (Spanish) Erdan Guía a
- [Remembering Max Iland Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-max-iland-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Max Iland (1932-2022), Holocaust survivor and educator, who participated in several March of the Living programs with the Canadian delegation. On the 2014 March of the Living, together with other Holocaust survivors, Max helped complete the writing of a Torah in Auschwitz, by filling out one
- [Historic Conservation Effort Brings Shoes of Children Murdered in Auschwitz Back on Display](https://motl.org/conservation-of-childrens-shoes-auschwitz/) - Over 3,000 of 8,000 shoes of children murdered in Auschwitz return to display, following the conservation process The Auschwitz Memorial, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, and the International March of the Living announced today that, following more than a year of conservation work at the Auschwitz Museum Conservation Laboratories, over 3,000 of approximately 8,000 shoes belonging to
- [Yad Vashem Officials Slam Polish Government: 'New Bill Is Very Close to Holocaust Denial'](https://motl.org/yad-vashem-officials-slam-polish-government-new-bill-is-very-close-to-holocaust-denial/) - Israeli research institute says effort to forbid claims that Poles collaborated during Holocaust ‘makes Poland part of the anti-liberal movement picking up speed worldwide.' Yad Vashem officials have harshly criticized the Polish bill that forbids claiming that Poles collaborated during the Holocaust and warned that its approval in parliament would be considered Holocaust denial and
- [Remembering My Father Elie Wiesel On The Eve of Rosh Hashanah](https://motl.org/remembering-my-father-elie-wiesel-on-the-eve-of-rosh-hashanah/) - Forward - This time of year was a difficult time for my father. Did each September, or more precisely - each month of Elul in the Hebrew calendar - did each one get progressively more difficult for him as he got older? Or did I just get more attuned to his feelings as I got
- [Remembering Bill Glied, z”l](https://motl.org/remembering-bill-glied-zl/) - “The future of the Jewish Nation is in its youth. When I see tens of thousands of youth marching together between Auschwitz to Birkenau, my optimism comes back, and I feel again like we have a chance in this world. If I can impact one student each year on the March of the Living to
- [Remembering Ari Fuld, z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-ari-fuld-zl/) - It is with great sadness and an organizational sense of loss that the International March of the Living joins the world Jewish Community in mourning the untimely and cruel death of Ari Fuld in Gush Etzion at the hands of a heartless murderer this past weekend. Ari was a living role model for all that
- [Remembering Isaac Goldstein z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-isaac-goldstein-zl/) - ISAAC GOLDSTEIN z'l (October 9, 1925 – October 9, 2018), was born in Bialystok Poland and was the only person in his family to survive the Holocaust, spoke about living through a death march, only because a friend gave him a pair of shoes at the last minute. At the age of 14, Mr. Goldstein’s
- [Remembering Joseph Eckstein, z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-joseph-eckstein-zl/) - We mourn the loss of holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Joseph Eckstein, z"l, who travelled with our Southern Region for many years. Joseph was 15 when Germany occupied Hungary. He was the only person in his family to survive the Holocaust, avoiding work selections and beatings in Birkenau, and overcoming battles with
- [Remembering Ray Fishler, z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-ray-fishler-zl/) - We mourn the loss of holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Ray Fishler, z”l, who travelled with our New York/New Jersey Region for many years. Ray was born in Kazimierza Wielka, Poland, a small town near Krakow, in 1925. His family included 3 brothers and 2 sisters, as well as his mother and
- [Remembering Noah Klieger, z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-noah-klieger-zl/) - The International March of the Living mourns the passing of Noah Klieger, z"l, renowned Holocaust survivor. As one of the most well-respected members of the Israeli press corps, Noah dedicated his life to Holocaust education. He was a longtime dedicated member of the March of the Living family. His commitment to our mission and participation
- [Remembering Dorothy Greenstein, z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-dorothy-greenstein-zl/) - "Dorothy Greenstein always told March of the Living participants that they provided her the wings so she could fly and remain young. In truth, though, she was the one who provided us with the wings and insight and strength to become the keepers of memory. She was a teacher who ignited passion in all those
- [Remembering Robert (Bob) Geminder, z'l](https://motl.org/remembering-robert-geminder-zl/) - We mourn the loss of holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Bob Geminder z”l (1935-2019), who travelled with our Los Angeles Region for many years. Bob was planning to again participate in the upcoming 2019 March of the Living. "To my dear family and friends: Live a life that you can be proud
- [Remembering Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, z’l](https://motl.org/remembering-rabbi-yechiel-eckstein-zl/) - The International March of the Living joins the entire Jewish world in mourning the untimely passing of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, z’l, an acclaimed visionary whose tireless devotion to the Jewish People is legendary. His commitment to forging relationships with all the peoples of the world has had enormous impact on Israel, his assistance to Holocaust
- [Remembering Cecile Mosberg z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-cesia-mosberg-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Cecile (née Storch) Mosberg Z”L, beloved wife of Edward Mosberg. A survivor of the Holocaust, Cesia, together with her endlessly devoted husband Edward, rebuilt their lives in America, raised a loving family and contributed enormously to their community and far beyond. Her legacy will forever be
- [Remembering Hank Brodt z”l](https://motl.org/remembering-hank-brodt-zl/) - We mourn the loss of Holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Hank Brodt, z"l, who travelled with our Mid Atlantic Region for many years. In front of the gas chamber in Majdanek...Hank began, “Why was I spared? To tell the story? How long can people tell the story of me telling the story?”
- [Remembering Joe (Israel) Sachs, z”l](https://motl.org/remembering-joe-israel-sachs-zl/) - We mourn the loss of Holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Joe (Israel) Sachs, z”l, who travelled with our Florida delegations for many years. Joe was born and raised in the small town of Przyrow, Poland. At the outbreak of WWII, Joe, a young boy of 12 years old lived with his parents
- [Remembering Howard Kleinberg, z"l](https://motl.org/remembering-howard-kleinberg-zl/) - We mourn the loss of Holocaust survivor and March of the Living educator, Howard Kleinberg, z"l, (1926-2020), a well-known and much beloved Auschwitz survivor from Toronto, passed away on December 9, 2020 at 94 years of age. Howard, together with his wife Nancy, attended the March of the Living on a number of occasions, passing
- [Remembering Irving Roth, z”l](https://motl.org/remembering-irving-roth-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator, our teacher and mentor, Irving Roth, z”l. Irving Roth educated countless students and adults from all over the world about the history and lessons of the Holocaust through the March of the Living and many other worthy educational organizations. A dedicated advocate for
- [Remembering Avraham Hirchson](https://motl.org/remembering-avraham-hirchson/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Avraham Hirchson, former Member of Knesset and Israeli Cabinet Minister who initiated the first International March of the Living in 1988 and continued to play a central role for many years. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have participated in the March of the
- [Remembering Max Glauben, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-max-glauben-zl/) - International March of the Living deeply mourns the loss of Max Glauben, beloved Holocaust survivor and educator who passed away on April 28, 2022, Holocaust Remembrance Day. We will miss his warmth, wisdom and kindness, but will always remember and transmit the profound life lessons he left us with. During his time as a Holocaust
- [Remembering Max Eisen Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-max-eisen-zl/) - The International March of the Living expresses deep sorrow over the passing of Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen z”l. Max, a native of Slovakia, took part in two death marches during the Holocaust, and participated in 18 March of the Living journeys where he retold his story as a young boy in Auschwitz to thousands of
- [Remembering Irene Mermelstein Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-irene-mermelstein-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Irene Hershkowitz Mermelstein Z"L, a Holocaust survivor who participated in several March of the Living trips over the years, along with her beloved husband David Mermelstein Z"L. Irene had great impact on countless students and adults in our community. After suffering through the horrors of the Shoah, she
- [Remembering Sarah Singer-Nourie Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-sarah-singer-nourie-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the recent passing of Sarah Singer-Nourie. Sarah led the March of the Living delegation from Cincinnati, Ohio for several years. Her passion, enthusiasm and dedication were felt by all - and will live on in the memory of the many students whose lives she so deeply touched. Please see
- [Marching to Ponary – Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish community (2022)](https://motl.org/marching-to-ponary-remembering-the-lithuanian-jewish-community/) - The Lithuanian government, the International Commission for the investigation of Nazi crimes in Lithuania, the Jewish community and the International March of the Living held the annual commemoration ceremony at Vilnius former Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust, followed by a march in Vilnius and to the mass graves in Ponary Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė: 
- [Remembering Sidonia Lax Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-sidonia-lax-zl/) - International March of the Living deeply mourns the loss of Sidonia Lax, Z"L, beloved Holocaust survivor and educator who passed away on Dec. 13, 2022. Sidonia first joined the Los Angeles BJE March of the Living journey in 2007 and participated almost yearly since then, sharing her positivity and endless energy with countless students who
- [Remembering Martin Baranek, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-martin-baranek-zl/) - International March of the Living deeply mourns the loss of Martin Baranek, beloved Holocaust survivor and educator. Martin Baranek shared his moving story on multiple journeys with participants in the March of the Living from Toronto and Florida and through his moving biography, “Determined: A Memoir”, co-written with Lisa B. Cicero. Through his efforts, he
- [Remembering Pawel Lichter, z”l](https://motl.org/remembering-pawel-lichter-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the loss of Holocaust Survivor and Educator Pawel Lichter, Z"L, who passed away on February 9, 2023. Pawel participated in the 2017 March of the Living with the Western USA Delegation. Pawel was born on July 5th, 1931, in Rypin, Poland. In November 1939, his family was forced to
- [Remembering Chaim Topol, Z”L](https://motl.org/remembering-chaim-topol-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the loss of Chaim Topol, internationally acclaimed actor, artist and humanitarian.Chaim Topol attended the March of the Living on several occasions, serving as an eloquent MC for the central memorial ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau on Yom Hashoah at the conclusion of the March. His stirring narration and evocative singing will
- [Remembering William (Bill) Kugelman, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-william-bill-kugelman-zl/) - International March of the Living deeply mourns the loss of William (Bill) Kugelman, beloved Holocaust survivor and educator who travelled with Western Region in 2012. Bill was born in 1924 in Sosniwice, Poland. Memories of his teenage years are now more than a half-century old, but they have not dimmed. At age 15 or so,
- [Remembering Ben Ferencz, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-ben-ferencz-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Benjamin B. Ferencz, the lead prosecutor of the SS-Einsatzgruppen Trial, and the last living last living prosecutor of the historic Nuremberg Trials. A leading human rights advocate for most of his life, he dedicated his considerable energy to the establishment of an international criminal court, and
- [Remembering David "Dudi" Abadi Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-david-dudi-abadi-zl/) - International March of the Living announces with deep sorrow the untimely passing of our dear friend David (Dudi) Abadi, Z"L, the late Director of the March of the Living in Poland. Dudi was one of the pillars of our organization and selflessly devoted his time and considerable energy to our mission of preserving the memory
- [Remembering Alex Buckman, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-alex-buckman-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Alex Buckman z’l, Holocaust survivor and educator. He passed away in Warsaw on the 2023 March of the Living program, toward the end of the week in Poland, as he was accompanying the Coast to Coast Canada March of the Living delegation. Alex was only 4
- [Remembering Sara Rus Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-sara-rus-zl/) - 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 her family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. "I survived to tell what hatred can cause in humanity" - Sara Rus z'l I
- [Let There Be Light 2022: Remembering Kristallnacht Around the World](https://motl.org/let-there-be-light-2022-remembering-kristallnacht-around-the-world/) - International March of the Living presents highlights of 2022 Kristallnacht commemorations from around the world.Moving moments will includes portions of memorial programs held in the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Austria.In a history making moment, Dubai hosted its first ever Holocaust commemoration on the eve of Kristallnacht, a powerful symbol of reconciliation and important step
- [Can Holocaust education combat antisemitism?](https://motl.org/can-holocaust-education-combat-antisemitism/) - At the annual European Jewish Association conference in Brussels, Arutz Sheva interviews Michel Gourary, Director of the European March of the Living Network, as to the efficacy of Holocaust education as a tool for battling antisemitism. When asked about whether learning about the Holocaust and knowing the story really help Gourary responded; "Absolutely. Our
- [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on 2017 March of the Living](https://motl.org/international-holocaust-remembrance-alliance-ihra-on-2017-march-of-the-living/) - From 23-25 April the Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Ambassador Benno Bättig, and the IHRA Executive Secretary, Dr Kathrin Meyer, attended the International March of the Living in Poland at the invitation of Austrian Minister of Education, Sonja Hammerschmid. On 23 April, the IHRA Chair was invited to address the audience at
- [The Last Transport from the Lodz Ghetto: Marking A Sombre Anniversary](https://motl.org/the-last-transport-from-the-lodz-ghetto-marking-a-sombre-anniversary/) - On August, 29, 1944, 80 years ago, the last transport of Jews from the Lodz Ghetto left for Auschwitz Birkenau. During WWII, approximately 210,000 Jews were forced to live in the Lodz Ghetto, under the most inhumane conditions, most of whom were murdered in the nearby Chelmno death camp. On August 29, 2024, the Radegast
- [80 years to the Final Solution in Eastern Europe – Marching to Ponar](https://motl.org/80-years-to-the-final-solution-in-eastern-europe-marching-to-ponar/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Lithuanian government, Jewish community and International March of the Living conducted a commemoration ceremony at the city square, which served as the Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust, ending with a march to the mass grave in Ponar. * Additional remembrance ceremonies took place nationwide, commemorating 200 Jewish communities annihilated during the
- [Jewish leaders take park in March of the Living initiative commemorating Kristallnacht](https://motl.org/jewish-leaders-take-park-in-march-of-the-living-initiative-commemorating-kristallnacht/) - This initiative continues against the backdrop of rising antisemitism already witnessed throughout 2021. On the night of November 9th-10th 1938, the Nazis organized the murder of Jews and the burning of 1,400 synagogues and Jewish institutions in Germany and Austria as part of the Kristallnacht pogrom. This event is one of the seminal moments that
- [The International March of the Living's 35th anniversary - interview](https://motl.org/the-international-march-of-the-livings-35th-anniversary-interview/) - Today, the International March of the Living is a well-known and established event on the world calendar of Jewish events. Each year, on Yom HaShoah, thousands flock to the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to walk the three-kilometer path from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Since its inception thirty-five years ago in 1988, some
- [5,000 marchers at the Hungarian March of the Living in the streets of Budapest](https://motl.org/5000-marchers-at-the-hungarian-march-of-the-living-in-the-streets-of-budapest/) - 5,000 Marchers Join Budapest March of the Living on Hungarian National Holocaust Remembrance Day Hundreds will join the March of the Living in Poland together with some 10,000 participants from around the world The 19th March of the Living in the streets of Budapest took place on the Hungarian National Holocaust Remembrance Day, with
- [March in Thessaloniki commemorates deportation of Greek Jewry](https://motl.org/march-in-thessaloniki-commemorates-deportation-of-greek-jewry/) - Hundreds of people marched through the port city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, marking 80 years since the deportation of Greek Jews during the Holocaust. The commemoration comes at a time of burgeoning relations between Israel and Greece, and amid increasing awareness of what happened to the latter country’s once vibrant Jewish population when it came
- [2024 March of the Living Hungary followed by Train of the Living to Auschwitz](https://motl.org/2024-march-of-the-living-hungary-followed-by-train-of-the-living-to-auschwitz/) - Marking 80 years since the destruction of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust, a March of the Living was held in Budapest today, on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. It ended at the Keleti train station from which the first transports embarked to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. Some 565,000 Hungarian Jews were murdered
- [March of the Living participation at the Holocaust Commemoration Official Ceremonies at the European Parliament in Brussels](https://motl.org/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
- [Greek President and European Commission Vice President Lead 2,000 Person “Never again, Thessaloniki – Auschwitz” March](https://motl.org/greek-president-and-european-commission-vice-president-lead-2000-person-never-again-thessaloniki-auschwitz-march/) - 21st March, 2022, THESSALONIKI – To commemorate the first deportation train with 2,800 Jews from Thessaloniki, 79 years ago, the Jewish Community together with the Municipality, the European March of the Living Network and three local universities organized this Sunday, a joint silent memorial march. More than 2,000 people led by the Greek President Katerina
- [60 Holocaust Survivors Marched Alongside 5,000 Participants in the March of the Living in Hungary, Marking 80 Years Since the Liberation of Europe from Nazi Rule](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-hungary-2025/) - Holocaust survivor Israel Shaked, a native of Hungary who lost 120 family members in the Holocaust, participated in a death march to Austria and was liberated from the Mauthausen camp said: "I Was a Witness to the Darkness. I Choose Hope. Do Not Let Hatred Win. Never Again—For Anyone, Anywhere, at Any Time.” Budapest, Hungary
- [March of Remembrance Commemorates Tragic Deportation of Warsaw’s Jews 80 Years Ago](https://motl.org/march-of-remembrance-commemorates-tragic-deportation-of-warsaws-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,
- [Marching across Europe to commemorate 80 years since the onset of the murder European Jewry during the Holocaust](https://motl.org/marching-across-europe/) - In July 2022, International March of the Living participated in three Marches and official ceremonies to commemorate the 80th anniversary of start of the murder of millions of Jews across Europe, in Latvia, France and Poland. Since its inception in 1988, the International March of the Living, has become one of the most prominent organizations
- [There is neither Greek or Jew](https://motl.org/there-is-neither-greek-or-jew/) - Benjamin Albalas, Greek Holocaust survivor, is a Jewish leader and one of the key pillars on the Greek Jewish community. Among his many titles, he is the Chair of the European March of the Living (EMOTL). Born in Athens in 1937, Benjanim Albalas was a child at the Holocaust. His family was managed to
- [Joint March of Remembrance and March of the Living Thessaloniki](https://motl.org/joint-march-of-remembrance-and-march-of-the-living-thessaloniki/) - The Joint March of Remembrance, 81 years after the departure of the first deportation train from Thessaloniki to the death camp Auschwitz – Birkenau, took place on Sunday, March 17, 2024 with 1,200 marchers from Eleftherias Square to the Old Railway Station. This Joint March of Remembrance was organized by the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the
- [March of the Living Marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-marks-national-memorial-day-for-the-genocide-of-lithuanian-jews/) - March of the Living Marks National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė: "The hatred that destroyed millions of lives in the past is still alive. We cannot allow the shadows of the dark past to return to our daily lives" VILNIUS, Lithuania – September 24, 2024 – The International
- [An Embrace Across Generations](https://motl.org/an-embrace-across-generations/) - When Holocaust survivors and survivors of October 7 walked together at the March of the Living, a bridge was formed between past and present At this year’s March of the Living, Holocaust survivors walked side by side with survivors of captivity and survivors of the October 7 massacre — a shared march of generations, linking
- [Reflection from Ori Megidish, who returned from captivity in Gaza and took part in the 2025 March of the Living](https://motl.org/reflection-from-ori-megidish-who-returned-from-captivity-in-gaza-and-took-part-in-the-2025-march-of-the-living/) - “Hearing Holocaust survivor Sarah Weinstein say the words ‘I am a happy woman’ brought me to tears — tears of pain and hope.” Reflection from Ori Megidish, who returned from captivity in Gaza and took part in the 2025 March of the Living. I joined this year’s March of the Living knowing it would be a deeply meaningful journey — as
- [Remembering Ben Lesser Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-ben-lesser-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator, Ben Lesser. Ben passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at the age of 96, on the first day of, Rosh Hashanah. Born in Krakow Poland in 1928, the second youngest of five children, Ben survived the Holocaust, including four concentration camps
- [84 Years Since Babyn Yar Massacre: Unidentified Victims Names Revealed](https://motl.org/84-years-since-babyn-yar-massacre-unidentified-victims-names-revealed/) - On September 29–30, 1941, on the eve of Yom Kippur, 33,771 Jews were murdered in just two days in Babyn Yar, a ravine in the capital city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It was the first of many massacres to be perpetrated there by Nazi Germany against the local population. Over the two years of German occupation,
- [Marching to Ponary: Remembering the Lithuanian Jewish Community](https://motl.org/marching-to-ponary/) - Hundreds of students, ambassadors, members of the Jewish community and Lithuanian officials took part in the March of the Living in Lithuania, commemorating the Holocaust of Lithuanian Jewry. The event began with a ceremony at the site of the former Vilnius Ghetto and continued with a solemn march to the mass graves of Ponary. The
- [Shana Tova U'Metukah](https://motl.org/shana-tova-umetukah/) - The International March of the Living wishes all of its survivor educators, alumni, staff, supporters and friends around the world a joyous New Year. We hope it is a year of health, prosperity and happiness. We pray for the return of the hostages, peace for the State of Israel and the global Jewish community, and blessings to
- [Marking 90 Years Since Nuremberg Laws: The Lessons and Legacy](https://motl.org/marking-90-years-since-nuremberg-laws-the-lessons-and-legacy/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gN5GcFeEY Special Broadcast: Monday, September 15, 2025, 9:0AM EST September 15, 2025, marks 90 years since the passage of the infamous Nuremberg Laws in Germany on Sep 15, 1935. The laws, which virtually excluded Jews from all aspects of civic life in Germany, was a critical step in a path that culminated with the murder
- [Holocaust Survivor and Educator, David Schaecter, Passes Away at 96, Leaving a Legacy of Witnesses to Carry the Torch of Memory](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-and-educator-david-schaecter-passes-away-at-96-leaving-a-legacy-of-witnesses-to-carry-the-torch-of-memory/) - David participated in several March of the Living journeys in Poland & Israel The International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator David Schaecter, who died at the age of 96. David participated in several March of the Living journeys in Poland and Israel, where his story deeply touched the
- [Let There Be Light: Kristallnacht Initiative](https://motl.org/kristallnacht/) - Global Campaign of unity in solidarity against antisemitism, racism, hatred and intolerance Despite the fact that Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 83 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship
- [Booklet Featuring Biographies of 80 Holocaust Survivors Participating in the 2025 March of the Living](https://motl.org/2025survivors/) - A special booklet was published featuring the personal stories of 80 Holocaust survivors who participated in the 2025 March of the Living.The publication serves both as a tribute and a tool for education, ensuring the survivors’ stories endure long after they are gone. It was distributed to the survivors and many of the participants who
- [International March of the Living Condemns Ongoing Violence Against Syria’s Druze Population](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-condemns-ongoing-violence-against-syrias-druze-population/) - International March of the Living expresses its deepest concern over the recent outbreak of violence in Syria affecting its Druze population. Many of the scenes reported in the media are all too reminiscent of the attacks and pogroms that defenceless Jewish populations have faced over the centuries. According to the New York Times, one resident
- [Nate Leipciger, Holocaust Survivor and March of the Living Educator, Appointed to the Order of Canada](https://motl.org/nate-leipciger-holocaust-survivor-and-march-of-the-living-educator-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada/) - Nate Leipciger, Holocaust Survivor and March of the Living Educator, Appointed to the Order of Canada International March of the Living congratulates Nate Leipciger on his recent appointment as a member of the Order of Canada, recognizing his exceptionalcontributions to Canada and humanity. In honoring his achievements, the office of the Governor of General of
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- [We stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel during these critical days](https://motl.org/we-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-with-israel-during-these-critical-days/) - 80 years after the end of World War II and the liberation of Europe from Nazi tyranny and hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors from Hitler’s rule, we watch with grave concern in the face of the threat of an evil regime bent on the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. As Israel defends
- [Canadian Holocaust Survivors Condemn the Antisemitic Attack of Canada’s National Holocaust Monument](https://motl.org/canadian-holocaust-survivors-condemn-the-antisemitic-attack-of-canadas-national-holocaust-monument/) - "I don't feel safe in Canada; I am afraid to go out" The International March of the Living strongly condemns the disgraceful act of antisemitism at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. This was a vile attempt to defile a sacred space dedicated to the memory of six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. It
- [Film: Heroes of the Holocaust: 80 Years Since Liberation](https://motl.org/film-heroes-of-the-holocaust-80-years-since-liberation/) - INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR DAY International March of the Living Presents Heroes of the Holocaust: 80 Years Since Liberation Premiere Broadcast: I24 News Wednesday | June 4, 2025 11:00AM LA | 2:00PM NY | 9:00PM IL Film will be preceded by interviews with Michel Gourary Director of the European March of the Living and Holocaust Survivor
- [Memorial Day 2025: Remembering The Heroic Actions Of American Forces In Liberating Europe And Hitler’s Camps 80 Years Ago](https://motl.org/memorial-day-2025-remembering-the-heroic-actions-of-american-forces-in-liberating-europe-and-hitlers-camps-80-years-ago/) - In the United States, Memorial Day is being observed today throughout the country honoring the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in battle. This includes the over 400,000 American soldiers who died serving in World War II, of the over 16 million American soldiers who enlisted. During World War II, 550,000 Jewish soldiers also
- [80 Years Since Nazi Germany's Defeat: From Victims to Defenders](https://motl.org/80-years-since-nazi-germanys-defeat-from-victims-to-defenders/) - Eighty years ago, on May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, marking the end of World War II in Europe. For most, it was a day of triumph. For Jews, it was the end of the greatest catastrophe in our history: the Holocaust, in which six million of our people—including one and
- [March of the Living welcomes Cardinal Robert Prevost as the next Pope](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-welcomes-cardinal-robert-prevost-as-the-next-pope/) - International March of the Living warmly greets the news of Cardinal Robert Prevost being selected to serve as the next Pope, the first American pope to assume this position. We trust that Pope Leo XIV will continue the holy work of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who exemplified the values of compassion, humility and commitment to
- [2025 March of the Living: Honoring Their Legacy](https://motl.org/honor-their-legacy/) - 2025 MARCH OF THE LIVING SALUTING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & HEROIC WWII LIBERATORS 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe WATCH IT AGAIN The 2025 March of the Living from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz II-Birkenau is dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the end
- [“Keep an Open Heart”  International March of the Living Mourns the Passing of Pope Francis](https://motl.org/keep-an-open-heart-international-march-of-the-living-mourns-the-passing-of-pope-francis/) - "Together with people of many different faiths around the world, International March of the Living Mourns the passing of Pope Francis at 88 years of age. Pope Francis, the fourth pontiff to visit Israel in 2014, was a strong supporter of the goals of the March of the Living. He sent the following letter to
- [Yom Ha’atzmaut 2025](https://motl.org/yom-haatzmaut-2025/)
- [Remembering Eve Kugler BEM, z'l](https://motl.org/remembering-eve-kugler-bem-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator Eve Kugler at 94 years of age. Born in 1931 in Halle, Germany, Eve Kugler experienced the horrors of Kristallnacht, before fleeing to France on a forged visa on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Eve was sent to
- [In Their Footsteps: Survivors Rescued by Righteous Among the Nations Walk in Memory and Hope](https://motl.org/in-their-footsteps-survivors-rescued-by-righteous-among-the-nations-walk-in-memory-and-hope/) - On April 24, 2025— On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, as thousands of participants prepare to walk the solemn path from Auschwitz to Birkenau during the 2025 March of the Living, a remarkable group of individuals will join them—men and women who survived the Holocaust because of the rare, extraordinary courage of strangers. These are
- [Rutgers and UVA Lead Largest Global Law Enforcement Delegation to March of the Living to Mark 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation](https://motl.org/rutgers-and-uva-lead-largest-global-law-enforcement-delegation-to-march-of-the-living-to-mark-80th-anniversary-of-auschwitz-liberation/) - Rutgers Miller Center and UVA Center for Public Safety and Justice launch global initiative to train law enforcement in ethical leadership, community protection, and genocide prevention New Brunswick, N.J. & Charlottesville, Va. – Rutgers University’s Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience and the University of Virginia’s (UVA) Center for Public Safety and Justice
- [University Presidents’ Mission to Poland | March of the Living 2025](https://motl.org/university-presidents-mission-to-poland-march-of-the-living-2025/) - This April, an esteemed group of university presidents from across the US will gather in Poland for the 2025 University Presidents’ Mission to Poland, an intensive and emotionally powerful journey held in conjunction with the March of the Living. Taking place from April 22 to April 27, this special delegation will bring academic leaders face-to-face
- [“We Kept Walking”: Death March Survivors Join 2025 March of the Living](https://motl.org/we-kept-walking-death-march-survivors-join-2025-march-of-the-living/) - In the final, brutal months of World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jewish prisoners were forced on death marches—long, punishing treks across freezing terrain, with little food, no shelter, and the constant threat of execution. These forced evacuations from concentration camps like Auschwitz, Stutthof, and Gross-Rosen were designed to leave no witnesses behind. Eighty
- [Freed Hostage Agam Berger and Daniel Weiss to Perform Together at the Main March of the Living Ceremony](https://motl.org/freed-hostage-agam-berger-and-daniel-weiss-to-perform-together-at-the-main-march-of-the-living-ceremony/) - The October 7 Delegation will include Holocaust survivors and their families, freed hostages released from Hamas captivity, bereaved families, and residents of the Gaza Envelope communities The Menomadin Foundation will lead a special delegation of October 7 survivors and bereaved families to the 37th global March of the Living, marking 80 years since the liberation
- [Echoes of Warsaw: A Testament to Resilience](https://motl.org/echoes-of-warsaw-a-testament-to-resilience/) - Survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto from across the globe will meet at the 2025 March of the Living to honor those lost and share their stories of survival. Warsaw, a city steeped in history, stands as a silent witness to one of humanity’s darkest chapters. Its cobblestone streets whisper of suffering, tales that continue to
- [A Life of Survival and Remembrance](https://motl.org/a-life-of-survival-and-remembrance/) - After years of silence, 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Mark Schonwetter embarks on his first March of the Living to honor his fallen family: “We must participate to reinforce the fact that we survived and are not going anywhere.” At 91 years old, Holocaust Survivor Mark Schonwetter is preparing for his first March of the Living, a
- [Marking 80 Years Since Liberation, President Isaac Herzog and President Andrzej Duda to Lead This Year’s March of the Living Alongside 80 Holocaust Survivors from Israel and Around the World](https://motl.org/80-years-since-liberation-presidents-herzog-and-duda-to-lead-march-along-80-survivors/) - Marking 80 Years Since Liberation, President Isaac Herzog and President Andrzej Duda to Lead This Year’s March of the Living Alongside 80 Holocaust Survivors from Israel and Around the World Holocaust survivors will march together with a delegation from Israel’s high-tech sector in a shared journey of remembrance, resilience, and mutual responsibility—bridging past, present, and
- [The March of the Living in Argentina: A Tradition of Marching for Over Three Decades](https://motl.org/the-march-of-the-living-in-argentina-a-tradition-of-marching-for-over-three-decades/) - The Argentine Delegation has participated in the March of the Living program since 1992. It began with a single group of participants of various ages and grew year after year, until 2018, when the delegation numbered almost 800 people, including high school groups and adult groups. In 2025, approx. 300 participants, including high school students,
- ["Seeing Is Believing" - A Call to Action for the 2025 March of the Living](https://motl.org/seeing-is-believing-a-call-to-action-for-the-2025-march-of-the-living/) - 2025 March of the Living: Survivor Spotlight "Seeing Is Believing" - A Call to Action for the 2025 March of the Living By Susanne M Reyto, Holocaust Survivor I was born in Budapest, just six days before the Nazis invaded Hungary in March 1944. My father, a successful businessman, was imprisoned early on, and my
- [Remembering Marian Turski, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-marian-turski/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor, historian, co-founder of the Polin Museum and President of the International Auschwitz Committee. A survivor of the Łódź Ghetto, Turski was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944, where his father and brother were murdered. Turski then survived two death marches before being transferred
- [“Your Great Grandfather Saved My Life”](https://motl.org/your-great-grandfather-saved-my-life/) - 80 Years On, Mauthausen Survivor Unites with Eisenhower Family in Powerful Tribute to Liberation and Holocaust Remembrance Eva Clarke, liberated as an infant by the American army, met President Eisenhower’s great-grandson at Washington event launching collaboration between the International March of the Living and the Eisenhower family The two will march together at Auschwitz on
- [Nova Survivor and March of the Living Alumna Meets Students Preparing to March This Year](https://motl.org/nova-survivor-and-march-of-the-living-alumna-meets-students-preparing-to-march-this-year/) - Natalie Sanandaji: “The students understand that antisemitism is still very much present today, just as it was during the Holocaust, and that it’s up to them to help combat it.”Uriel Berman: “I am so beyond excited to March with Natalie and hear more from her.”Natalie Sanandaji, the daughter of an Israeli mother and an Iranian
- [Mourning the Passing of Marion Wiesel Z”L](https://motl.org/mourning-the-passing-of-marion-wiesel-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Marion Wiesel. Marion Wiesel was the wife and driving force behind Elie Wiesel Z”L, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Holocaust Survivor, celebrated author, and moral conscience of the world. Marion Wiesel, herself a Holocaust Survivor from Vienna, translated her husband’s writing from French to English, and encouraged
- [Holocaust Survivor Marianne Miller Addresses UN General Assembly on International Holocaust Remembrance Day [FULL SPEECH]](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-marianne-miller-addresses-un-general-assembly-on-international-holocaust-remembrance-day-full-speech/) - “I represent today the six million Holocaust victims who were murdered just because they were Jewish. I demand the world remember what happened only 80 years ago” New York, NY – January 27, 2025 – Holocaust survivor and educator Marianne Miller delivered a speech today at the United Nations General Assembly, marking International Holocaust Remembrance
- ["Sabotage" Film Presentation](https://motl.org/sabotage/) - INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU MONDAY JANUARY 27, 7:30PM EST SPECIAL MARCH OF THE LIVING FILM PRESENTATION SABOTAGE On Jan. 5, 1945, less than two weeks before the evacuation of Auschwitz, 4 female Jewish prisoners were publicly hanged for their courageous role in the historic revolt at the camp.
- [Holocaust Survivor Marianne Miller to Address the UN](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-marianne-miller-to-address-the-un/) - President Herzog, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon and Holocaust survivor Marianne Miller will represent the State of Israel at UN events this coming week. Marianne Miller: “I speak not only in my name, but in the name of the six million Jews who were murdered and who are watching us from the
- [80 Years Since the Liberation of Auschwitz: Holocaust Survivor Nate Leipciger: "We Managed to Survive the Impossible – The Jewish world was saved".](https://motl.org/80-years-since-the-liberation-of-auschwitz-holocaust-survivor-nate-leipciger-we-managed-to-survive-the-impossible-the-jewish-world-was-saved/) - Nate Leipciger, born in Poland in 1928, endured the horrors of Auschwitz at just 15 years old. He was sent there with his family; his mother and sister were murdered. He and his father survived Auschwitz' participated in a death march, and was liberated with his father, in a subcamp of Dachau by American soldiers
- [Hope & Legacy: Holocaust Survivor Finds Hope in the Next Generation Through March of the Living](https://motl.org/hope-legacy-holocaust-survivor-finds-hope-in-the-next-generation-through-march-of-the-living/) - Holocaust survivor Hershel Greenblat's journey from war-torn Europe to finding hope with young people on the March of the Living is a testament to resilience and the importance of remembrance. Born near Krimitchuk, Russia, in 1941, Greenblat's family endured hardship during the German invasion. His father was imprisoned, leaving his injured mother to care for
- [80 Years Since Liberation: Holocaust Survivor Marie Doduck Finds Hope in the Next Generation on the March of the Living.](https://motl.org/80-years-since-liberation-holocaust-survivor-marie-doduck-finds-hope-in-the-next-generation-on-the-march-of-the-living/) - "Holocaust Memory Will Not Die With Our Generation" Marie (Mariette) Rozen Doduck was five when the Nazis invaded Brussels in 1940. Hiding with non-Jews during the war, she served in the resistance as a messenger. She lost her mother and two brothers in Auschwitz. After liberation, she immigrated to Canada in 1947. A co-founder of
- [A Scream in Auschwitz:  How One Survivor's Grief Transformed a Student's Understanding of the Holocaust](https://motl.org/a-scream-in-auschwitz-how-one-survivors-grief-transformed-a-students-understanding-of-the-holocaust/) - During the 2023 March of the Living, Florida student Adam Sobel experienced a defining moment in Auschwitz alongside Holocaust survivor Mary Eckstein Adam: "I was walking through the camp and past a section with a pile of baby's shoes. Suddenly, Mary was letting out a scream and began to cry. ‘One of these shoes belongs to
- [The Jewish boy who had to flee Germany after Kristallnacht received the Federal Order of Merit from the German President](https://motl.org/the-jewish-boy-who-had-to-flee-germany-after-kristallnacht-received-the-federal-order-of-merit-from-the-german-president/) - Award presented to George Shefi by German Ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert Holocaust survivor George Shefi, who had to flee Germany at the age of 7 on the Kindertransport to Britain after the "Kristallnacht" pogrom just before the outbreak of the WWII, received the Federal Order of Merit from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier by the
- [Friends of the March of the Living Holds 20th Annual Golf Tournament to Raise Funds for South Florida Students](https://motl.org/friends-of-the-march-of-the-living-holds-20th-annual-golf-tournament-to-raise-funds-for-south-florida-students/) - Earlier this month, Friends of the March of the Living, a charity based in Miami, Florida, raise significant scholarship funds for March of the Living students in South Florida. The annual golf tournament, which has been held since 2024, took place at the historic Miami Beach Golf Club (frequented by celebrities such as Jackie Gleason),
- [Congratulations to Holocaust Survivors and Educators Mariette Doduck and Pinchas Gutter for being awarded the Order of Canada](https://motl.org/congratulations-to-holocaust-survivors-and-educators-mariette-doduck-and-pinchas-gutter-for-being-awarded-the-order-of-canada/) - International March of the Living congratulates Holocaust Survivors and Educators Mariette Doduck and Pinchas Gutter on being awarded the Order of Canada. These two exceptional Holocaust survivors have dedicated their lives to Holocaust education through their eloquent testimony and unwavering advocacy for the preservation of the memory and lessons of the Shoah. In the last
- [March of the Living Alumni Perform Songs Celebrating Chanukah & in Solidarity with the Hostages](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-alumni-perform-songs-celebrating-chanukah-in-solidarity-with-the-hostages/) - On December 15, 2024 at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Site in Toronto’s Earl Bales Park, community members assembled for an early Hanukkah gathering to shine a light on the plight of the hostages still being held captive in Gaza. See https://youtu.be/HqS_QMEmu6Y?si=0XofB8HEqQmEmkXz Singing three songs live at the event were Aviva Rajsky and Kim Kowarsky
- [Jewish Heroism On December 7, 1941, During The Attack On Pearl Harbour](https://motl.org/jewish-heroism-on-december-7-1941-during-the-attack-on-pearl-harbour/) - JEWISH HEROISM ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOUR Sherman Levine, a 17-year-old student from Chicago who volunteered in the U.S. Army. Assigned to the Hawaiian division, he served as a weather observer at Hickam Air Force base on the island of Oahu. Levine and five other servicemen died when an 800-pound
- [December 7, 1941 - A Date Which Will Live In Infamy](https://motl.org/december-7-1941-a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy/) - “Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking to a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941. Those historic words launched the full might
- [Marcha Por La Vida Holds Special 2024 Kristallnacht Commemoration In Argentina](https://motl.org/marcha-por-la-vida-holds-special-2024-kristallnacht-commemoration-in-argentina/) - To commemorate the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom in German and Austria, in November 2024 Marcha por la Vida Argentina (the local March of the Living organization in Argentina) offered Jewish youth and youth from diverse backgrounds a joint activity designed to warn about the dangers of past and present anti-Semitism. The event sought to raise awareness
- [79 Years Since the Start of the Nuremberg Trials](https://motl.org/79-years-since-the-start-of-the-nuremberg-trials/) - On November 20, 1945, the surviving leaders of Nazi Germany were put on trial for crimes against humanity committed during the Holocaust and World War Two. The trials were held in Nuremberg, Germany, which was also the site of the infamous 1935 Nuremberg Laws - the antisemitic legislation passed by Nazi Germany at a special
- [Spotlight on the March of the Living Southern Region Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/spotlight-southern-region-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - Spotlight on the March of the Living Southern Region who hosted its annual Kristallnacht Commemorative Program this year. The event featured "Jewish Voices," a poignant musical performance by Arnaud Sussmann, a third-generation Holocaust survivor, Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, and violinist. Drawing inspiration from his grandfather’s survival of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Sussmann, alongside
- [Interview: Philipp Doczi, Chairman Of March Of Remembrance And Hope - Austria](https://motl.org/interview-philipp-doczi-chairman-of-march-of-remembrance-and-hope-austria/) - March of Remembrance and Hope - Austria is a non-profit organization, founded in 2005, providing "MoRaH" Holocaust educational programming for predominantly non-Jewish Austrian students. Every spring, MoRaH brings one of the largest delegations of students to participate in the annual March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Since its inception,
- [Marking 80 Years Since the Loss of One of Jewish History’s Greatest Heroines: Hannah Senesh](https://motl.org/marking-80-years-since-the-loss-of-one-of-jewish-historys-greatest-heroines-hannah-senesh/) - Today marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Hannah Senesh ( חנה סנש) who was executed by Hungarian Nazis on November 7 1944. Hannah Senesh was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1921. Embracing Zionism from an early age, Senesh experienced severe antisemitism in high-school, leading her to immigration to the land of Israel in
- [Remembering Yehuda Bauer (1926 – 2024)](https://motl.org/remembering-yehuda-bauer/) - Yehuda Bauer, perhaps the world’s foremost living historian of the Holocaust, and a recipient of the Israel Prize, passed away last week at the age of 98. His achievements in the field of Holocaust scholarship are legendary, authoring over 40 academic works on the subject. According to his obituary in AP, Bauer spoke “Czech, Slovak, German,
- [Marking the Anniversary of the Sobibor Revolt](https://motl.org/marking-the-anniversary-of-the-sobibor-revolt/) - “Those of you who may survive, bear witness. Let the world know what has happened here.” Oct 14th marks the date of one of the most significant moments during the Holocaust that took place in the Sobibor death camp. In the fall of 1941, Nazi Germany implemented a plan to systematically murder Jews living in
- [March of the Living Mourns the Passing of Holocaust Survivor Lily Ebert](https://motl.org/remembering-lily-ebert-zl/) - LONDON, October 9, 2024 — March of the Living is deeply saddened to mourn the passing of Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert, who passed away peacefully this morning at the age of 100. Scott Saunders, Chairman of March of the Living UK and Global CEO, said: "Lily Ebert's incredible resilience and unwavering commitment to Holocaust remembrance
- [October 9th - National Day Commemorating Holocaust in Romania](https://motl.org/october-9th-national-day-commemorating-holocaust-in-romania/) - Date Marks Start of Romanian Deportations of Jews to Transnistria, Oct. 1941 October 9th is the National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust in Romania. This date was chosen as the day that marks the beginning of Romanian deportations of Jews to Transnistria in 1941. In 1930, more than 750,000 Jews lived in Romania, constituting the
- [Remembering the Victims of the October 7th Terror Attack on Israel](https://motl.org/remembering-the-victims-of-the-october-7th-terror-attack-on-israel/) - STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ISRAEL AND THE HOSTAGES Photo Credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv As we commemorate one year since the unprecedented October 7th attacks on Israel, we carry in our hearts the memory of over 1200 victims who were tragically murdered that day and the days that followed. We pray for the well being of
- [Shana Tova U’Metuka to each of you, the Jewish People and All Israel](https://motl.org/shana-tova-umetuka-to-each-of-you-the-jewish-people-and-all-israel/) - We pray for the coming year to be one of peace, unity and security for all. Reflecting on this past year, which has been the most challenging for the Jewish people in over 75 years, the International March of the Living renews its commitment to educate the next generation about the consequences of unchecked hatred,
- [March held in Kyiv commemorating 83 years since Babyn Yar massacre in the Holocaust](https://motl.org/march-held-in-kyiv-commemorating-83-years-since-babyn-yar-massacre-in-the-holocaust/) - On September 29-30, on the 83rd anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre, The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center and the All Ukrainian Association of Jews-Former Prisoners of Ghetto and Nazi Concentration Camps, jointly organized a march and a commemoration event. The Memorial March, joined by over 1500 people, followed the route taken by almost 34,000
- [Message from Holocaust Survivor Elly Gotz to those Marching in Lithuania on National Memorial Day Marking the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews](https://motl.org/message-from-holocaust-survivor-elly-gotz-to-those-marching-in-lithuania-on-national-memorial-day-marking-the-genocide-of-lithuanian-jews/) - Background: 96 year old Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz, now living in Toronto, Canada was born on March 8, 1928, in Kaunas, Lithuania. When Germany occupied Lithuania in 1941, Elly was just 13 years old. He spent the next three years in the Kaunas ghetto and later 10 months in Dachau concentration camp, isolated from the rest of
- [Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Levy, March of the Living alumna who made history with Team USA’s first rugby Olympic medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-sarah-levy-2024-paris-olympics-team-usa/) - Sarah Levy took part in the 2014 March of the Living as part of the March of the Living Western Region Delegation. Eli Rubenstein: congratulations on this incredible achievement. How are you feeling right now? And what was your feeling right after the experience when you received the medal? Sarah Levy: Well, I don't think
- [Remembering the Grim Legacy of Antisemitism at the Olympics](https://motl.org/antisemitism-olympics/) - Remembering the Grim Legacy of Antisemitism at the Olympics International March of the Living calls for Olympics to banish antisemitism, live up to its ideal of building a better world As the world attention turns to the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, International March of the Living, together with the Jewish world, notes the
- [Remembering Alex Danzig, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-alex-danzig-zl/) - The International March of the Living organization mourns the death of historian and educator Alex Danzig, who was kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz on October 7 and murdered by Hamas terrorists in Gaza a few weeks ago. Alex was one of the founders of youth trips to Poland, a person who promoted Israeli-Polish
- [International March of the Living Responds to Worldwide Antisemitic Attacks: 'Jewish Blood is Being Shed with Impunity'](https://motl.org/response-to-worldwide-antisemitic-attacks-jewish-blood-is-being-shed-with-impunity/) - Responding to a spate of serious antisemitic attacks seen in recent days, the International March of the Living released today the following statement: "The attack on the 'Adas Torah' synagogue in Los Angeles and the targeting of Jews there, as well as the attacks on synagogues in Russia, the shocking rape of a Jewish girl
- [International March of the Living Decries Incitement to Violence at McGill University](https://motl.org/incitement-to-violence-mcgill-university/) - Holocaust survivor Angele Orosz, a Montreal resident and educator: "What’s happening today at McGill is so frightening for me. I was born in Auschwitz-Birkenau. I came to Canada to escape antisemitism. It's unbearable that my grandchildren have to go through what I escaped Hungary for". The International March of the Living condemns in the strongest
- [2024 March of the Living: Together We Remember](https://motl.org/together-we-remember/) - 2024 International March of the Living The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jews during the Shoah, the October 7th attack on Israel, and the dramatic rise in antisemitism across the globe.On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a March was held
- [Marking 100 Days Since October 7th Reflections from Eli Rubenstein](https://motl.org/marking-100-days-since-october-7th-reflections-from-eli-rubenstein/) - “I feel horrified by the loss of life that we have witnessed on October 7th and the brutality with which it was conducted. We had mass shootings, we saw children being shot in the arms of the mothers, but the brutality of people being decapitated, women being raped, people being burned alive, that brutality was
- [Marking A Grim Anniversary for the Jewish People & the World](https://motl.org/marking-a-grim-anniversary-for-the-jewish-people-the-world/) - June 14, 2024 – Marking A Grim Anniversary for the Jewish People & the World On Friday, June 14, 1940, 84 years ago, at 3:10 in the afternoon, the first transport of Polish men arrived in the newly created Auschwitz concentration camp. The Germans established the camp in Oświęcim, a town in southern Poland –
- [Highlights from the 2024 March of the Living](https://motl.org/2024-highlights/) - The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jews during the Shoah, the October 7th attack on Israel, and the dramatic rise in antisemitism across the globe.On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a March was held in Budapest followed the next day
- [International March of the Living salutes Holocaust survivors around the world on Holocaust Survivor Day 2024](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-day-2024/) - 55 Holocaust Survivors gather underneath the Arbeit Macht Frei sign at Auschwitz-Birkenau to begin the 2024 International March of the Living on Yom HaShoahIn honor of 2024 Holocaust Survivor Day, International March of the Living salutes our beloved Holocaust survivors around the world for the courage, resilience and faith they exhibited throughout their lifetimes.After the
- [International March of the Living Marks D-Day 80th Anniversary](https://motl.org/d-day-80th-anniversary/) - International March of the Living pays tribute to the heroic allied forces who took part 80 years ago in the historic D-Day operations to free Europe from the hands of Nazi tyranny.Throughout WWII, Jews played an important role, serving with Allied militaries forces as well as in partisan units who fought all across Nazi occupied
- [2023 March of the Living Highlights](https://motl.org/2023-highlights/) - The 35th Anniversary March of the Living took place on April 18, 2023 from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- [Jewish Resilience in the Face of Adversity](https://motl.org/jewish-resilience-in-the-face-of-adversity/) - Remarks by Eli RubensteinDirector of Education, International March of the LivingInternational March of the Living Leadership MeetingThursday, March 28, 2024 Jewish Resilience in the Face of Adversity Good morning, afternoon and evening to all:This week, I received an email from a representative of ANU – The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, (Formerly the Diaspora
- [President Herzog hosts March of the Living Representatives and Kindertransport survivors](https://motl.org/president-herzog-kindertransport-survivors/) - Holocaust survivors honored by the Israeli President Issac Herzog and the first lady Michal Herzog, International March of the Living Chair Dr. Shmuel Rosenman and Wendy Moskowitz (Yossi Zeliger)International Holocaust Memorial DayPresident Herzog hosts March of the Living Representatives and Kindertransport survivorsCeremony included survivors smuggled as children out of Nazi Germany to Britain after the
- [Journey of Hope: Retracing the Kindertransport after 85 Years](https://motl.org/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
- [New Film: Irena's Vow](https://motl.org/new-film-irenas-vow/) - We are pleased to announce the debut of Irena’s Vow, premiering in US theaters April 15 and April 16 and across Canada April 19. The film tells the heroic story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish nurse and a Righteous Among the Nations, who saved Jewish workers during the Holocaust.Our dear friend David (Dudi) Abadi
- [Shmuel Rosenman, 2024 Erev Yom Hashoah Ceremony](https://motl.org/shmuel-rosenman-2024-erev-yom-hashoah/) - I want to begin this evening, this Erev Yom Hashoah program, by making a very short statement:For many years, it has been a common position to state that one should never compare any event, any other tragedy, to the Holocaust.And that statement is still valid today – the Holocaust remains the most unique and unprecedented
- [Bring Him Home by Shai Abramson at MOTL 2024 Erev Yom HaShoah](https://motl.org/bring-him-home-by-shai-abramson-at-motl-2024-erev-yom-hashoah/) - The song “Bring Him Home” from the musical “Les Misérables,” is a moving prayer expressing a deep yearning for the return of our loved ones.As we gather, our hearts are united with those held captive in Gaza and we pray for their release and safe return home.Watch the moving performance of Lt Col Shai Abramson,
- [Remembering Sigmund Rolat, Z"L](https://motl.org/remembering-sigmund-rolat-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Sigmund Rolat, Holocaust Survivor, internationally known philanthropist and one of the founders of Polin: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Sigmund Rolat joined us on the 2015 March of the Living where he delivered his eloquent remarks at the conclusion of the March of
- [International March of the Living Responds to University Student Groups Condemnation of Israel](https://motl.org/response-to-university-student-groups-condemnation-of-israel/) - In recent days, since the tragic events of Oct. 7, 2023, a veritable virus of one-sided condemnations of Israel have swept across university campuses all over the world. In almost all cases, sole blame for the current war in Gaza is assigned to Israel, along with demands by student groups for a boycott of all
- [2024 International March of the Living Photos](https://motl.org/2024-international-march-of-the-living-photos/) - The March of the Living, now entering its 36th year, took place in Poland on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 6th, 2024. The March renewed the call of "Never Again," a vow which was broken on October 7, when the State of Israel endured the most severe Jewish pogrom since the Holocaust, sparking an
- [“It Could Happen Again, Even Here”, Holocaust Survivor, Dr. Martha Greenblatt](https://motl.org/it-could-happen-again-even-here-holocaust-survivor-dr-martha-greenblatt/) - New York Yankees and International March of the Living team up to fight antisemitism and racism on Holocaust Remembrance Day On May 5, 2024, on the afternoon before the onset of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, child Holocaust survivor Dr. Martha Greenblatt was honoured for her courage and resilience in front of some 50,000 fans
- [Wreath laying ceremony in memory of Hanna Szenesh in Budapest](https://motl.org/wreath-laying-ceremony-in-memory-of-hanna-szenesh-in-budapest/) - Jewish heroine Hannah Senesh grew up in Hungary, immigrated to the land of Israel and embarked on a mission to save Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. 80 years after Hannah was captured, tortured and murdered, Rakefet Senesh Shekiler, granddaughter of Giora Senesh, Hannah’s brother, stood by the monument in her name, speaking of the heroine
- [Spotlight on Northeast USA](https://motl.org/spotlight-on-northeast-usa/) - The Jewish Community of Greater MetroWest's involvement with March of the Living began in 1990 with Dr. Howard Chaim Lauer the then director of the Jewish Education Association of MetroWest. I was brought in to help with recruitment and staffing in 1996, however was not able to join the group because I was Director of
- [Spotlight on Argentina](https://motl.org/spotlight-on-argentina/) - Argentina joined the March of the Living in 1992 at the initiative of Gilbert Lewi Z”L, who was president of Hebraica Argentina. Since then, more than 5,000 young people and adults from more than 20 institutions participated from Argentina. The first group of MOTL from Argentina was a large one formed by 80 people from Buenos
- [Shaun, Student, BJE Los Angeles, CA, USA](https://motl.org/shaun-student-bje-los-angeles-ca-usa/) - Shaun Delegation: BJE Los Angeles, CA, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?Both my parents and both of my siblings participated in the March of the Living in past years and always reflected positively back on the experience and pushed me to participate in it when
- [Jonah Fienberg, Student, Broward County, FL, USA](https://motl.org/jonah-fienberg-student-broward-county-fl-usa/) - Jonah Fienberg Delegation: Broward County, FL, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?I am motivated to take part in the March of the Living to serve as a testament to those who suffered at the hands of the Nazi’s during the Holocaust. By going on the
- [Georgine Nash, Holocaust Survivor, Canada](https://motl.org/georgine-nash-holocaust-survivor-canada/) - Georgine Nash DOB: 1937 Country of Origin: Hungary Delegation: Canada 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?The motivation for me to go on the March is to be able to share my experiences and my fears and hopes for the future of our Jewish community.2. After the
- [Millia Shiffman, Student, Canada](https://motl.org/millia-shiffman-student-canada/) - Millia Shiffman Delegation: Canada 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?Each year at my synagogues Holocaust memorial we usually have a few speakers. When I was younger, I remember a couple speakers from Saskatoon talking about the March and how much of a priceless and meaningful experience
- [Logan Midler, Student, South Palm Beach, FL, USA](https://motl.org/logan-midler-student-south-palm-beach-fl-usa/) - Logan Midler Delegation: South Palm Beach, FL, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?I think I have always known I wanted to go on the March since I knew what it was. My mom has always told me how this trip was her “dream trip” and
- [Susan Winter, Holocaust Survivor, Northeast, USA](https://motl.org/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
- [Gabriella Karin, Holocaust Survivor, BJE Los Angeles, CA, USA](https://motl.org/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
- [Hershel Greenblat, Holocaust Survivor, Southern Region, USA](https://motl.org/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
- [Hayden Liberty, Student, Broward County, FL, USA](https://motl.org/hayden-liberty-student-broward-county-fl-usa/) - Hayden Liberty Delegation: Broward County, Florida, USA 1. What is motivating you to take part in the 2024 March of the Living?My motivation to take part in the 2024 March of the Living is to continue my family legacy of Marching. My grandpa and uncle marched in 1998 and my mother marched in 1996! In
- [Susanna Moore, Holocaust Survivor, Broward County, FL, USA](https://motl.org/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
- [REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH THE EYES OF HAREDI VICTIMS](https://motl.org/remembering-the-holocaust-through-the-eyes-of-haredi-victims/) - JPost - Brooklyn’s haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community is set to get a unique Holocaust museum this year that will focus on a theme particularly relevant to them – perspectives of observant Jewish communities during WWII. American businessman and philanthropist Elly Kleinman is the brains behind the new Amud Aish Memorial Museum, which will be located in
- [Australian March of the Living Enters 23rd Year](https://motl.org/australia-23-years/) - A delegation of 30 adults, young adults and Holocaust survivors from Australia will be joining the 2024 March of the Living. Since 2001, the first year Australia sent a delegation to the March, approximately 2,000 participants from Australia have taken part in the March. These include 1200 students; 450 adults; 300 staff – educators, survivors,
- [March of the Living alumni feature prominently in new ad combatting antisemitism](https://motl.org/fcas-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
- [From Budapest to Auschwitz](https://motl.org/from-budapest-to-auschwitz/) - 2024 March of the Living Commemorates 80 Years Since Destruction of Hungarian Jewry in the Shoah At this year’s March of the Living, participants will mark 80 years since the annihilation of Hungarian Jewry during the Holocaust which began in the spring of 1944. Image: Holokauszt Emlékközpont, Budapest Prior to the March of the Living
- [Food, Hope & Resilience: A conversation with the author June Hersh and a Holocaust Survivor](https://motl.org/food-hope/) - Join us on March 14th at 5PM PT | 8PM ET for a conversation with June Hersh, author of Food, Hope & Resilience: Authentic Recipes and Remarkable Stories from Holocaust Survivors. Moderated by International March of the Living President, Phyllis Greenberg Heideman. REGISTER NOW BUY THE BOOK ABOUT THE BOOKThis vital collection of survivor stories
- [Remember Shevach Weiss, Z"L](https://motl.org/remember-shevach-weiss-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the loss of Shevach Weiss beloved Holocaust survivor, former Knesset speaker and Israeli ambassador to Poland. Shevach Weiss, who was hidden by Righteous Poles and Ukrainians during the Shoah, was instrumental in strengthening relations between the State of Israel and Poland, and in encouraging dialogue between Jews and Poles.
- [If We Never See Each Other Again - Premiere on JBS](https://motl.org/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, followed by an historical overview of the Kindertransport from noted Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum (American Jewish University). Directed by Naomi Wise Watch on JBS Sunday, Jan. 21 - 10:30pm Monday, Jan. 22- 4:00am Thursday,
- [Walter Bingham, Kindertransport Survivor, World’s Oldest Active Journalist, Celebrates 100th Birthday](https://motl.org/walter-bingham-100-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 and the terrifying resurgence of antisemitism since. As I celebrate today, I also pray for the future of the State of Israel and the Jewish
- [A Turning Point in the Fight Against Antisemitism: The Price Tag on Hatred](https://motl.org/a-turning-point-in-the-fight-against-antisemitism-the-price-tag-on-hatred/) - In the wake of Hamas’ murderous October 7 terror attack and the subsequent surge in antisemitic incidents worldwide, a paradigm shift is occurring. The tragedy has spurred the pro-Israel movement to attach a tangible cost to supporting antisemitism. The unprecedented momentum against perpetrators of hatred is evident in governmental actions, business decisions, and a groundswell
- [Commemorating 85 Years Since The First Kindertransport, Dec. 1938](https://motl.org/kindertransport/) - Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, 12:00-1:00PM ET FeaturingPremiere of International March of the Living Film, “If We Never See Each Other Again”, with survivor testimony from the USC Shoah Foundation.Remarks – Lilly Maier, Historian and Author, discussing her newly published book, “Arthur and Lilly, the Girl and the Holocaust Survivor”Historical overview on the Kindertransport – Prof.
- [85 years since Kristallnacht, Holocaust Survivors Say They Once Again Feel Unsafe as Jews](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-feel-unsafe-as-jews/) - IN THE SHADOW OF THE OCTOBER 7 HAMAS TERROR ATTACK: In stirring testimonies released on anniversary of Kristallnacht, survivors from around the world call out for help in fighting rising antisemitismMarking 85 years since the Kristallnacht pogrom, today International March of the Living released testimonies of Holocaust survivors expressing expressing their deep concerns and calling
- [March For Israel | November 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C.](https://motl.org/march-for-israel/) - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2023National Mall, Washington, D.C.1:00 – 3:00 PM EST | Gates open 10:00 AM EST BE THERE, BE HEARD. This event will bring together communities from across the country to show strong solidarity with the Israeli people, while demanding the immediate release of the remaining hostages and to condemn the rise of antisemitism.
- [Contrast and Comparison: The Holocaust and The Simchat Torah War](https://motl.org/contrast-comparison/) - 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. SPEAKER Michael Berenbaum is a Rabbi, writer, lecturer and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and development of historical films. He
- [Living Testimony: Commemorating One Month Since October 7th](https://motl.org/living-testimony-one-month-since-october-7th/) - 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 were brutally
- [“The barbarism of Hamas equals and almost surpasses what I experienced in the Holocaust.” Nate Leipciger, Auschwitz Holocaust survivor](https://motl.org/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
- [MOTL Stands with Israel: Today, Tomorrow and Every Day](https://motl.org/motl-stands-with-israel/) - 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 on the happiest
- [Blue Ribbons for Israel](https://motl.org/blue-ribbons-for-israel/) - Blue Ribbons for Israel A global unity symbol in solidarity with hostages and their families #BlueRibbonsforIsrael Why the Blue Ribbon?The blue ribbon symbolizes support and solidarity for the safe return of the hostages taken by Hamas terrorists in Israel. It symbolizes solidarity with the hostages, their families, and all who care about their safety.Wearing a
- [MOTL Stands with Israel](https://motl.org/motl-stands-with-israel-2021/) - This week, Jewish People around the world will read Parshat Bamidbar. Bamidbar which means ‘in the desert”, begins the fourth book of the Torah: The Book of Numbers. Much of Bamidbar deals with the aftermath of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt and the giving of the 10 Commandments on Mt Sinai. In vivid detail, Bamidbar
- [As the school year starts, we must still teach the Holocaust](https://motl.org/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
- [The Nuremberg Laws: A shadow which must never be allowed to return](https://motl.org/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 world marks Jan. 27 commemoration,  Holocaust survivor Angela Orosz supports effort to preserve Auschwitz children’s shoes](https://motl.org/as-world-marks-jan-27-commemoration-holocaust-survivor-angela-orosz-supports-effort-to-preserve-auschwitz-childrens-shoes/) - Angela Orosz was born in Auschwitz on December 21, 1944, weighing only one kilogram, just over a month before the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. “I was too weak to cry, and this saved my life. Nobody thought that I would survive, but here am I, alive”.Angela is a Holocaust survivor and educator
- [Survivor Spotlight: Gabor Kovacs, Hungary](https://motl.org/survivor-spotlight-gabor-kovacs-hungary/) - The March of the Living creates a bridge between the past and the future I am Gabor Kovacs. I was born in Budapest on March 31, 1932. Immediately before the Shoah, I attended high school. It was a difficult time because even among the students, we could feel the antisemitism. The behavior of my teachers
- [Survivor Spotlight: Hedy Bohm](https://motl.org/survivor-spotlight-hedy-bohm/) - Over the last three and a half decades, thousands of Holocaust survivors from around the world have joined the March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day. During this momentous journey, many of these survivors shared their stories with some 300000 participants - mostly students - who have joined the March
- [Survivor Spotlight: Allan Hall](https://motl.org/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](https://motl.org/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
- [35 Years of Marching in Memory](https://motl.org/35-years-of-marching-in-memory/)
- [35 Years of Marching to the Future](https://motl.org/35-years-of-marching-to-the-future/)
- [JPost Special Issue on the 2023 March of the Living](https://motl.org/jpost-motl-2023/) - In partnership with The Jerusalem Post, International March of the Living has produced a special magazine supplement marking 35 years since the first March of the Living was held in 1988.
- [Ode to Poland 2023 from Western and Cincinnati Regions](https://motl.org/ode-to-poland-2023-western-cincinnati/) - Tears enough to fill a well Feeling broken at times, but whole overall A week filled with sadness and overflowing with support Family is not just a word. It’s an emotion and a feeling of love and being secure. Even when scared. Revenge won’t change the past. Revenge can't make it right. The only thing
- [We Survived: Survivor Spotlight on Arek Hersh](https://motl.org/we-survived-survivor-spotlight-on-arek-hersh/) - “I survived the selection. I was saved from the gas chambers. Fate, luck, or both, kept me alive.” Arek Hersh, 95, Prisoner No. B7608, lives in Leeds, England “I was born in Sieradz, Poland in 1928. When the war broke out, we had to flee to Lodz. Shortly thereafter, I was first sent to the
- [We Survived: Survivor Spotlight on Nate Leipciger](https://motl.org/we-survived-survivor-spotlight-on-nate-leipciger-ziv-koren/) - We Survived. The last of the survivors retrace their journeys of survival on the 2023 March of the Living in Poland. Prisoner Number 133628 Nate Leipciger, age 95, lives in Toronto Canada: “This is my bunk in Birkenau. This is my first time coming back here again. This time well dressed and at an excellent
- [A Small Blue Square with a Big Impact](https://motl.org/a-small-blue-square-with-a-big-impact/) - Click on the video players below to view moving short Youtube videos videos presenting everyday instances of antisemitism, encouraging audiences to recognize hatred expressed toward Jews in order to stand up firmly against it.The videos were created by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism’s “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign, to raise awareness about antisemitism and
- [MOTL joins FCAS “Blue Square” campaign - Every participant will be given a 🟦 pin on the day of the March](https://motl.org/motl-joins-fcas-blue-square-campaign-every-participant-will-be-given-a-🟦-pin-on-the-day-of-the-march/) - International March of the Living, together with numerous other organizations, joining the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism’s “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign to raise awareness about antisemitism and hatred against Jews and to encourage all people to post and share , the Blue Square emoji on everyone’s phone, as a symbol of their solidarity against intolerance.
- ["We Survived” - Special International March of the Living Publication in honor of Holocaust Survivor Day](https://motl.org/we-survived_motl_2023_ziv_koren/) - International March of the Living is proud to join organizations around the world commemorating Holocaust Survivor Day, taking place this year on June 4, 2023, a day recognizing and celebrating the lives of our courageous Holocaust Survivors. In honor of this significant commemoration, and in cooperation with Yedioth Ahronoth/Ynet, International March of the Living is
- [The memory of the survivors will not be dimmed](https://motl.org/the-memory-of-the-survivors-will-not-be-dimmed-oped/) - The sand in the hourglass is running low. There are just a few grains left, the final bits of living memory, single candles flickering in the fading light. The number of Holocaust survivors, witnesses to the greatest atrocity in the history of humanity, is dwindling. Each and every one of them represents a historical document,
- [Can we all be Righteous Amongst the Nations?](https://motl.org/can-we-all-be-righteous-amongst-the-nations/) - I write this reflective blog a few days after returning from March of the Living. Despite the wealth of writing, research, and testimony on the Holocaust, I (and I would imagine most people) find understanding and clarity to be elusive. The Holocaust occupies a bizarre space in my head, blurring the lines between historical interest,
- [“It was just the prelude... Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people too.”](https://motl.org/it-was-just-the-prelude-where-they-burn-books-they-will-ultimately-burn-people-too/) - “It was just the prelude... Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people too.” Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) These prophetic words, penned by German Jewish Writer Heinrich Heine in 1821, became a chilling reality during the Nazi regime between 1933-1945. On May 10, 1933, Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda, led the book-burning event
- [2023 March of the Living Mega-Event Latrun](https://motl.org/2023-march-of-the-living-mega-event-latrun/)
- [Chag Pesach Sameach from our President and Chairman](https://motl.org/chag-pesach-sameach-from-our-president-and-chairman/) - On behalf of the International March of the Living Board of Directors, we want to take a moment to wish each of you a happy, healthy, freilich and zissen Pesach filled with an abundance of love and renewed spirit for the future. Passover, one of the three Jewish Festivals celebrated each year, commemorates our liberation
- [Marking 80 years Since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising](https://motl.org/marking-80-years-since-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising/) - Thousands to participate in the 35th International March of the Living under the banner “Honoring Jewish Heroism" 42 Holocaust survivors from all over the world will lead the march, including Halina Birenbaum from Israel, who hid in a bunker during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as other grandchildren of the fighters in the uprising
- [Survivor Spotlight: Rosette Goldstein, Florida, USA](https://motl.org/survivor-spotlight-rosette-goldstein-florida-usa/) - Marching in Auschwitz – Birkenau is vital to show the world that we are still here I was born in Paris in 1938. My parents were born in Poland and moved to France with the rise of Hitler. When the situation for the Jews worsened in Paris, my father decided that he must take steps
- [Survivor Spotlight: Nate Leipciger, Canada](https://motl.org/survivor-spotlight-nate-leipciger-canada/) - There is no more impactful way to tell the story of the Shoah than on the site where it took place As a child survivor who encountered the Nazi occupation at age 11, was deprived of schooling, worked since age 12, survived two ghettos, was incarcerated in Auschwitz at age 15, experienced seven death and
- [The 2023 International March of the Living to be led by United States Ambassadors to Israel](https://motl.org/us-ambassadors-to-israel-nides-friedman/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 2023 International March of the Living to be led by United States Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides and Former United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman Current and Former American Ambassadors to Israel Unite in Support of Israel and Against Antisemitism and Racism New York, November 14th, 2022: International March of
- ["Everything is important. Nothing is unimportant. Write down everything you see." Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum who initiated the secret archives “Oneg Shabbat”](https://motl.org/everything-is-important-nothing-is-unimportant-write-down-everything-you-see-dr-emanuel-ringelblum-who-initiated-the-secret-archives-oneg-shabbat/) - Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum was a historian, politician, social activist, and public figure in Poland during the WWII era. He initiated the secret archives “Oneg Shabbat” which documented, from the start of the war, the fate of the Jews of Warsaw and surrounding areas under the Nazi German regime. The group held secret meetings during Shabbat,
- [“Be Strong and Courageous”, Last Words of Roza Robota, Member of the Jewish Resistance in Auschwitz-Birkenau](https://motl.org/be-strong-and-courageous-last-words-of-roza-robota-member-of-the-jewish-resistance-in-auschwitz-birkenau/) - Roza Robota was born in 1921 in Ciechanów, Poland, a town north of Warsaw. In her teenage years she joined the Hashomer Hatzair Zionist Youth Movement. In November 1942 she was deported with her family to Auschwitz. With the exception of Roza, all were sent to the gas chambers. She was imprisoned in Auschwitz 1
- [Saving the World Entire: Rescuers During the Holocaust](https://motl.org/rescuers/) - “Whoever saves a single life, saves the world entire”– The TalmudPremiered Jan. 27, 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance DayA powerful testament to the courage of the Righteous Among the Nations who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.Moving archival testimony – provided by the USC Shoah Foundation and March of the Living – focuses
- [Holocaust survivor Naftali Furst joins campaign to preserve memory of children murdered in Auschwitz, as world commemorates Jan. 27th liberation day](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-naftali-furst-joins-campaign-to-preserve-memory-of-children-murdered-in-auschwitz/) - Holocaust survivor Naftali Furst: “I was sent to Auschwitz, together with my family, from a prison camp in Slovakia towards the end of the war, in November 1944, when I was 12 years old.The Death March was the hardest thing for us. We marched through hell, we walked for three days in the freezing cold, without
- [SPECIAL PRESENTATION - PART 1: Emergent Threat Roundtable - Houses of Worship Under Siege](https://motl.org/special-presentation-part-1-emergent-threat-roundtable-houses-of-worship-under-siege/)
- [Fundraising Goal Achieved for Restoration of Children's Shoes from Auschwitz](https://motl.org/fundraising-goal-achieved-for-restoration-of-childrens-shoes-from-auschwitz/) - PRESS RELEASE Fundraising Goal Achieved for Restoration of Children's Shoes from Auschwitz International March of the Living proudly announces achieving fundraising goal of its "From Soul to Sole" campaign for the conservation of 8,000 shoes of Jewish children, mainly Jewish, murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. International March of the Living, one of the world’s preeminent Holocaust Education
- [35th Anniversary Gala of the International March of the Living (Photos)](https://motl.org/gala-35-pics/) - The International March of the Living 35th Anniversary Gala was held on January 10, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Ambassador Ron Dermer and his wife Rhoda were recognized for their outstanding service to Israel and the Jewish people. A video interview featured Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, a child survivor of the Holocaust, and former Chief Rabbi
- [Newly appointed Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer stresses focus on Iran in first appearance](https://motl.org/newly-appointed-minister-of-strategic-affairs-ron-dermer-stresses-focus-on-iran-in-first-appearance/) - In first address as minister, Ron Dermer tells gala dinner of Holocaust memorial organization, March of the Living, of the importance of Holocaust education, and stressed the Government’s commitment to standing strong against Iran, while expanding peace in the region. Minister Dermer: We will do everything in our power to make sure that the regime
- [Mazal Tov Ambassador Dermer](https://motl.org/mazal-tov-ambasador-dermer/) - International March of the Living congratulates Ambassador Ron Dermer on his recent appointment as Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs. Ambassador Dermer, who served as Israeli Ambassador to the United States from 2013 to 2021, was a previous participant and speaker on the March of the Living and has always been a staunch supporter of the
- [Congratulations to Eli Rubenstein on his appointment to the Order of Canada](https://motl.org/eli-rubenstein-appointment-order-of-canada/) - As we begin 2023, we are honored to congratulate International March of the Living's Educational Director, Eli Rubenstein, on his appointment to the Order of Canada for his significant contributions and innovative programs in Holocaust education as a writer, storyteller, film producer and community organizer. Eli Rubenstein is a driving force, visionary leader, and the
- [Friends of the March of the Living 18th Anniversary "Chai" Golf Tournament](https://motl.org/friends-of-the-march-of-the-living-18th-anniversary-chai-golf-tournament/) - On Dec. 11, 2022, the FRIENDS OF THE MARCH OF THE LIVING held their 18th ANNIVERSARY “CHAI” GOLF TOURNAMENT. Proceeds from this event are used for student scholarships for the March of the Living.
- ["The March of the Living is a March of Memory, a March of Defiance and a March of Hope." - Amb. Ron Dermer](https://motl.org/the-march-of-the-living-is-a-march-of-memory-a-march-of-defiance-and-a-march-of-hope-amb-ron-dermer/) - "The March of the Living is a March of Memory, a March of Defiance and a March of Hope. It is a march to remember our people’s dispossession, deprivation, and desperation, to remember the individuals behind the statistics and the faces behind the numbers – the mothers and fathers whose families were wiped out, the
- [Give to the Soul to Sole Campaign – Help preserve the children’s shoes at Auschwitz  Everyone can play an active part in preserving the memory of the Holocaust](https://motl.org/give-to-the-soul-to-sole-campaign-help-preserve-the-childrens-shoes-at-auschwitz-everyone-can-play-an-active-part-in-preserving-the-memory-of-the-holocaust/) - Seventy-seven years after the end of World War II, as the generation of Holocaust survivors is fast disappearing, what remains to remind the world of the tragedy? Among the most poignant reminders of the Holocaust are the thousands of pairs of children’s shoes taken from the hundreds of thousands of young victims who perished in
- [Highlights of the Long Term Study 2008](https://motl.org/long-term-study-2008/) - Jewish Identity, Faith & Practice With regard to their sense of Jewish identity, 88% agreed there was an increase in this feeling following the March of the Living. 61% felt an increase in the importance of their adherence to their Jewish faith after the March of the Living. Motivation to observe Jewish rituals showed an
- [From Soul to Sole](https://motl.org/soultosole/) - Help us preserve and save 8,000 children’s shoes in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Without immediate action, they may quickly disintegrate and disappear from history, together with the important story they tell.
- [Soul to Sole Campaign – The Stories Behind the Shoes](https://motl.org/soul-to-sole-campaign-the-stories-behind-the-shoes/) - “If you had a pair of shoes in the concentration camps, you had the chance to survive. You had a place to hide things. You could be saved from the selection process. Shoes symbolized that you are still alive and demonstrated a type ‘freedom’ where there was none.” Halina Birenbaum, a Holocaust survivor, born in
- [Holocaust survivor Renee Salt was born in Poland in 1929. She arrived at Auschwitz at the age of 15. These are her memories:](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-renee-salt-was-born-in-poland-in-1929-she-arrived-at-auschwitz-at-the-age-of-15-these-are-her-memories/) - "I arrived at Auschwitz in cattle trucks, the doors were slammed shut and bolted and we were left without any food, water or air. The journey took some 24 hours. Dawn was just breaking when the train stopped. Immediately you could hear dogs barking. The Germans opened the doors and I saw an army of
- [“When I arrived in Auschwitz, I was entirely on my own.”](https://motl.org/when-i-arrived-in-auschwitz-i-was-entirely-on-my-own/) - Holocaust survivor Sidonia Lax, A-14821, asks the world to join the campaign to preserve and save 8,000 children's shoes that still remain in Auschwitz By Monise Neumann Sidonia Lax was born in Poland in 1927, the only child of Cyla and Isaac Lewin. When the Germans arrived in her town in 1941, Sidonia and her
- [“Auschwitz was the end of my family. Still today, when I close my eyes, I see the chimneys”.](https://motl.org/auschwitz-was-the-end-of-my-family-still-today-when-i-close-my-eyes-i-see-the-chimneys/) - Holocaust survivor Nate Leipciger asks the world to join the campaign to preserve and save 8,000 children's shoes that still remain in Auschwitz By Eli Rubenstein Nate Leipciger was born in Poland in 1928. He had one sister, Linka. In September 1939, the German army invaded Poland, and his city was declared “Judenrein”. Nate’s family
- [I will never forget the moment I found shoes in Auschwitz. We must preserve the children's shoes.](https://motl.org/i-will-never-forget-the-moment-i-found-shoes-in-auschwitz-we-must-preserve-the-childrens-shoes/) - Holocaust survivor Paula Lebovics asks the world to join the campaign to preserve and save 8,000 children's shoes that still remain in Auschwitz By Monise Neumann "Toward the end of the war I found mismatched shoes in the camp. I was so proud of myself to find two felt boots. They were not a pair,
- [Out of 185 orphans who were deported from the Lodz ghetto orphanage to Auschwitz just a handful survived. Arek Hersh was one of them.](https://motl.org/out-of-185-orphans-who-were-deported-from-the-lodz-ghetto-orphanage-to-auschwitz-just-a-handful-survived-arek-hersh-was-one-of-them/) - In the memory of Arek's friends, The International March of the Living is asking the world to join the campaign to preserve and save 8,000 children's shoes that still remain in the Auschwitz museum today. Arek was born in 1928 in Sieradz, Poland. He was one of a family of five children, and has happy
- [Emotional meeting in Dubai: Holocaust survivor shares her story with Emirati youth](https://motl.org/emotional-meeting-in-dubai-holocaust-survivor-shares-her-story-with-emirati-youth/) - UAE Rabbi Levi Duchman hosted Holocaust survivor Eve Kugler for meeting with Jewish and Muslim youth, as part of the March of the Living delegation to the UAE, marking 84 years since Kristallnacht For the third consecutive year, International March of the Living held its global initiative, "Let There Be Light," marking 84 years since
- [Let There Be Light 2022 Commemoration in the UAE](https://motl.org/kristallnacht-program-uae/) - In commemoration of the 84th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, International March of the Living held a “Let There Be Light” ceremony in Dubai, in partnership with the Crossroads of Civilizations Museum in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). https://youtu.be/6M-1hqaPmfI
- [Kristallnacht Film Presentation & Memorial Service from Dusseldorf, Germany](https://motl.org/kristallnacht-film-presentation-memorial-service-from-dusseldorf-germany/) - Dusseldorf Kristallnacht Commemoration Program Inspired By International March of the Living Film "It Was The Right Thing To Do".
- [Statement on Adidas Termination of Ye formerly known as Kanye West](https://motl.org/statement-on-adidas-termination-of-ye-formerly-known-as-kanye-west/) - International March of the Living commends Adidas for its recent decision to immediately terminate its partnership with Ye formerly known as Kanye West, for his most recent antisemitic statements, including those threatening the Jewish people. The decision by Adidas - a German company globally famous for its shoes - carries even greater significance as International
- [Kol Nidre in Auschwitz](https://motl.org/kol-nidre-in-auschwitz/) - Holocaust survivor Judy Weissenberg Cohen's Story about Yom Kippur at Auschwitz in 1944 Practicing Judaism or celebrating any Jewish Holiday was totally forbidden by the Nazis. But in 1944, when I was in Auschwitz, one day, some of the older women in the barrack asked these two specific Kapos (high - ranking prisoners) for permission to do
- [From SOUL to SOLE: Urgent preservation of the children’s shoes at Auschwitz](https://motl.org/from-soul-to-sole-urgent-preservation-of-the-childrens-shoes-at-auschwitz/) - International March of the Living partners with the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, the Auschwitz Memorial, and the Neishlos Foundation for a global campaign to preserve the shoes of children murdered in Auschwitz. More than 8,000 shoes stored at the camp found to be rapidly disintegrating with the passage of time. Holocaust survivor Arie Pinsker, who was a
- [In memory of Edward Mosberg Z"L, Holocaust survivor, educator and philanthropist](https://motl.org/remembering-edward-mosberg-zl/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor, educator and philanthropist Edward Mosberg, Z”L.Mr. Mosberg dedicated his life to Holocaust education and was actively involved in passing the torch of Holocaust memory to the next generation, through organizations like the March of the Living and the USC Shoah Foundation.Mr. Mosberg was also
- [International March of the Living proudly announces the appointment of Revital Yakin Krakovsky as Deputy CEO](https://motl.org/revital-yakin-krakovsky-announced-as-deputy-ceo/) - International March of the Living proudly announces the appointment of Revital Yakin Krakovsky as Deputy CEO. In addition to an MA in Political Communications from Tel Aviv University, BA in Islam and Middle Eastern Studies from Hebrew University and a Professional Diploma in Spokesmanship and Public Relations from Bar Ilan University, Revital brings to her
- [New Film: 'Three Minutes: A Lengthening'](https://motl.org/three-minutes/) - The International March of the Living is proud to be a sponsor of various virtual and in-person film screenings and LIVE Q&A with Bianca Stigter, Director of the new, award-winning documentary about the Holocaust ‘Three Minutes – A Lengthening’. On Monday, August 15, 2022, we hosted an interview with Bianca on Zoom, in advance of
- [Survivor Story: Halina Wachtel](https://motl.org/survivor-story-halina-wachtel/) - International March of the Living interview with Holocaust Survivor Halina Wachtel of Los Angeles, California. Click on the questions below to read the answers Name, birth date, place of birth, family background before and after the Holocaust: Halina’s birth name was Chayele Szuldenrein and she was born on October 22, 1925 into a large Hasidic
- [March of the Living Commemorates Heroic 1943 Treblinka Uprising](https://motl.org/1943-treblinka-uprising/) - The heroic uprising at the Treblinka death camp took place today, August 2nd, 1943, 79 years ago. The uprising was led by some 1000 Jewish prisoners, who prepared it for months in advance. During the revolt, the Jewish prisoners blew up the crematorium and weapons arsenals, thus stopping Nazi Germany’s killing machine with their own
- [25 Faces of Jewish Activism: Dr. Shmuel Rosenman](https://motl.org/25-faces-of-jewish-activism-dr-shmuel-rosenman/) - We are pleased to announce that The Future of Jewish has named International March of the Living Chair, Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, as #4 on their list of 25 Faces of Jewish Activism. Mazal Tov! We are proud to be on your devoted team and follow your lead in your unsurpassed commitment to the future of
- [How Determined: One Boy’s Holocaust Survival Story Continues to Impact Readers](https://motl.org/how-determined-one-boys-holocaust-survival-story-continues-to-impact-readers/) - After going on my first March of the Living in 2005, I convinced Martin Baranek to document his life story for his family’s sake so they would have an accurate record of what happened to him during the Holocaust. As the pages began adding up in my computer, we realized the importance of Martin’s inspiring
- [New educational resources from USC Shoah Foundation and International March of the Living](https://motl.org/new-educational-resources-from-usc-shoah-and-motl/) - We are pleased to share with you a joint project of USC Shoah Foundation and International March of the Living using the most recent technologies to preserve and enhance testimony of Holocaust survivors. IWitness Introduction to Auschwitz This lesson activity in IWitness allows for delegations to engage students/participants online and is comprised of an introduction
- [Holocaust survivors tell their stories on location at concentration camps for 360-degree videos](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-tell-their-stories-on-location-at-concentration-camps-for-360-degree-videos/) - Max Glauben was 13 when his family’s apartment was destroyed in the historic battle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Eva Kuper was 2 when her mother’s cousin rescued her from a train in the frantic moments before it headed to the Treblinka death camp. Both lost parents and other relatives in the Holocaust. And both
- [Holocaust Survivor Shocked that Antisemitism is on the Rise](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-shocked-that-antisemitism-is-on-the-rise/) - “It starts with words,” Max Eisen says at every opportunity, “and ends up in very bad places.” When he landed in Canada at the age of 20, a short few years after the Holocaust had wiped out his family, he did not expect he would ever see antisemitism take on the shape of the Jew-hatred
- ["The Accountant of Auschwitz"](https://motl.org/the-accountant-of-auschwitz/) - https://youtu.be/GzwDqFPRSLo Seventy years after WWII, Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving members of the SS, goes on trial as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Three of the four survivors featured are March of the Living educators - Bill Glied Z”L, Max Eisen & Hedy Bohm. Several others
- [To the vandal who targeted me: I won’t be silent about antisemitism](https://motl.org/to-the-vandal-who-targeted-me-i-wont-be-silent-about-antisemitism/) - Written by March of the Living Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen I don’t know who you are. I can’t imagine we’ve met. But last Friday you chose to spray-paint the word achtung on my photo, featured on a sign outside Beth Jacob Synagogue, promoting UJA Federation of Greater Toronto’s Holocaust education. Perhaps, in this shocking act,
- [Without history, there will be no memory, and without memory, there will be no future.](https://motl.org/without-history-there-will-be-no-memory-and-without-memory-there-will-be-no-future/) - Holocaust survivor Max Eisen discusses the future of Holocaust Memory By Eli Rubinstein, Educational Director, International March of the Living Max Eisen was born in March 1929 into a large Orthodox Jewish family in Slovakia. Eisen lived through two death marches before being liberated on May 6, 1945. Eisen attributes his survival, in part, to the heroism
- [Survivor Story: Max Tibor Eisen](https://motl.org/survivor-story-max-tibor-eisen/) - “I was born in Moldava, Czechoslovakia in 1929 into a large religious family. I was deported to Auschwitz from Moldava (which was then in Hungary) in 1944, at age 15, where I was imprisoned from May 1944 until January 1945. My immediate and extended family was made up of approximately sixty persons which included my
- [Spotlight on Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen](https://motl.org/spotlight-on-holocaust-survivor-max-eisen/) - Macleans - Max Eisen was barely 15 when the gendarmes came for him and his family in March 1944. He had been born into a large and prosperous Jewish family in 1929, in what was then Czechoslovakia, but in the dismemberment of that country in early 1939, their part had fallen to Nazi Germany’s ally Hungary.
- [Auschwitz survivor Max Eisen: 'Beware of hate'](https://motl.org/auschwitz-survivor-max-eisen-beware-of-hate/) - https://youtu.be/pCUV8bUuOPg
- [“By Chance Alone” with Author Max Eisen](https://motl.org/by-chance-alone-max-eisen/) - At 15, Max Eisen was saved from certain death in Auschwitz by a Polish physician who employed him as a cleaner in his operating room. His remarkable memoir By Chance Alone received Canada’s top literary award in 2019. Celebrating the launch of the book’s American edition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Eisen was joined
- [IsraWow Round 1 Winner Announced: Luz Blinder from Argentina](https://motl.org/israwow-winner-luz-blinder-argentina/) - The International March of the Living and Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund are proud to announce the winner of round one of the 2022 IsraWow: Israeli Code Challenge. Luz Blinder is a 4th year student at Scholem Aleichem School in Buenos Aires, Argentina and will be awarded a free trip to Israel. Kol
- [Holocaust Survivor Day 2022](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-day-2022/) - The International March of the Living is proud to be a partner for the second annual Holocaust Survivor Day on June 26, 2022. For the inaugural HSD in 2021, we asked March of the Living alumni, friends, staff and leaders of all backgrounds, ages and ethnicities, to share a brief message, in their own language,
- [Passing of Andrée Geulen, Rescuer of Hundreds of Jewish Children During the Shoah.](https://motl.org/passing-of-andree-geulen-rescuer-of-hundreds-of-jewish-children-during-the-shoah/) - International March of the Living mourns the passing of Andrée Geulen, a Belgian teacher who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust, by hiding them in convents, monasteries and farms. When the war was over, she reunited many of the children with their parents if they were still alive. In 1989
- [International March of the Living commends Sheryl Sandberg](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-commends-sheryl-sandberg/) - International March of the Living commends Sheryl Sandberg in the wake of her recently announced departure from Meta after 14 years of service. Sheryl Sandberg led the way at Facebook and Meta in its ongoing battle against online hate speech. In recent years, International March of the Living was honored to work with Facebook and
- [Keeping the March of the Living Alive](https://motl.org/keeping-the-march-of-the-living-alive/) - With thousands of Jewish youth unable to participate in the Holocaust remembrance march because of the war in Ukraine, the organization was forced to adapt. By Charlotte Rubin Thousands of Jewish youth were originally slated to attend the 2022 International March of the Living in Poland—for many, their first in-person event since the start of
- [2022 March of the Living](https://motl.org/motl-2022/) - 2022 International March of the Living was held on April 28, 2022 at Auschwitz-Birkenau. https://youtu.be/cl5I5Tludd8 Narrator: Greg Masel The Reading of the Names Video: Why We March Lighting of the Yizkor Torch led by Holocaust survivors from the UK Moment of Silence for Victims of War in Ukraine Song: Vhi Sheamda – Harel Skaat &
- [Erev Yom HaShoah 2022](https://motl.org/erev-yom-hashoah-2022/) - International March of the Living's Erev Yom HaShoah Event "Learning from the Past to Protect the Future" was held on April 27, 2022 at the Oskar Schindler Factory in Krakow, Poland. https://youtu.be/Mcm47aeEMcs OPENING REMARKS Baruch Adler, Vice Chair, International March of the Living Yasmin Fridman, Member of Israeli Knesset Michael Siegal, Chair of the Board of
- [United We Stand: Black Soldiers Liberating Hitler's Camps/Jewish Activists in Civil Rights Movement](https://motl.org/united-we-stand-black-soldiers-liberating-hitlers-camps-jewish-activists-in-civil-rights-movement/) - International March of the Living condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent mass shooting targeting the black community in Buffalo, NY. We note with shock and dismay, how the fanatical gunman quoted the racist and antisemitic Great Replacement conspiracy theory, promoted by white nationalists in the United States and around the world. At our
- [77 years to Theresienstadt ghetto liberation: "The Journey of a Torah Scroll"](https://motl.org/77-years-to-theresienstadt-ghetto-liberation-the-journey-of-a-torah-scroll/) - An emotional journey with Holocaust survivors to bring a Torah Scroll that survived the Holocaust and will now make Aliya to Israel The Beit Theresienstadt Museum embarks on a special journey to one Torah Scroll that survived the Holocaust in Czechoslovakia and was brought to Britain for safekeeping six decades ago. It will now return to
- [ISRAWOW | The Israeli Code Challenge: A virtual escape room for Israel 74](https://motl.org/israwow/) - (Desplácese hacia abajo para español) Each year, the March of the Living proudly holds Independence Day events in Israel, with thousands of teenagers participating from across the globe. Unfortunately, particular circumstances have forced us to hold our events on a more limited scale this year. We brainstormed heavily to find a way to convey the Israeli
- [Yom Ha'atzmaut 2022](https://motl.org/yom-haatzmaut-2022/)
- [Polish President Andrzej Duda to lead the 2022 International March of the Living alongside Holocaust survivors and Ukrainian war refugees](https://motl.org/polish-president-andrzej-duda-to-lead-the-2022-international-march-of-the-living-alongside-holocaust-survivors-and-ukrainian-war-refugees/) - The International March of the Living is honored to announce the President of Poland, H.E. Mr. Andrzej Duda, will join this year’s historic March of the Living at the site of the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, on Thursday, April 28th. The annual Holocaust memorial event, which is returning in person for the first time following
- [Ukrainian refugees to take part in the March of the Living Holocaust Memorial Event in Poland](https://motl.org/ukrainian-refugees-to-take-part-in-the-march-of-the-living-holocaust-memorial-event-in-poland/) - PRESS RELEASE Ukrainian refugees in Poland that will attend March of the Living Ukrainian refugees to take part in the March of the Living Holocaust Memorial Event in Poland Under the shadow of war in Europe, one of the world’s most prominent international Holocaust commemoration events will include refugees from Ukraine, along with delegations
- [2022 March of the Living](https://motl.org/2022-live/) - 2022 MARCH OF THE LIVING 2022 International March of the Living took place this year on April 28th in person following a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The theme of the March focused on the importance of passing the responsibility for Holocaust remembrance and education to the next generation – the grandchildren of
- [Survivor Story: Chief Rabbi Péter Kardos](https://motl.org/survivor-story-chief-rabbi-peter-kardos/) - CLICK FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION Kardos Péter vagyok. Kösztenbaum Péterként születtem 1936-ban, vagyis 8 éves koromban éltem át és túl a holokausztot. Kispolgári családba kerültem, mégpedig ortodox zsidó családba és ortodox életmódban telt el a gyermekkorom. Anyám háztartásbeli volt apám hivatalnok.A hivatalos holokauszt kezdet, 1944 március 19.-e a német megszállás előtt, jogfosztásokról már akkor hallottam, mint
- [Survivor Speaker Series with Gabriella Y. Karin](https://motl.org/survivor-speaker-gabriella-karin/) - International March of the Living continuing survivor speaker series with Gabriella Y. Karin was held on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Click on the video player below to watch the program. Gabriella is a survivor of the Holocaust and has dedicated her life to Holocaust education as a docent and speaker worldwide. She has become an
- [Do Not Stand Idly By While Your Neighbor’s Blood Is Shed](https://motl.org/do-not-stand-idly-by-while-your-neighbors-blood-is-shed/) - #StandWithUkraine International March of the Living strongly condemns the recent humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Ukraine. In specific, we object in the strongest possible terms to the Russian bombing of cities throughout Ukraine. The unprovoked Russian attack has resulted in the wounding and death of thousands of innocent civilians and the displacement of millions of refugees.
- [Discussing MOTL 2022 with Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg and Polish Consul General Adrian Kubicki](https://motl.org/discussing-motl-2022-with-holocaust-survivor-edward-mosberg-and-polish-consul-general-adrian-kubicki/) - In a recent meeting held at the Polish Consulate in New York, Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg, longtime participant and supporter of the March of the Living, Phyllis Greenberg Heideman, President of International March of the Living, and Polish Consul General, Adrian Kubicki, met to discuss plans to work together on the 2022 March and beyond.
- [2022 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign](https://motl.org/2022-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-campaign/) - International March of the Living is a proud partner of the 2022 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign. This campaign has been hosted by POLIN Museum, 1000 year history of the Polish Jews for close to a decade. We encourage communities around the world to learn about the events that took place on April 19th, 1943, and
- [Dec 19th in Jerusalem, Israel: Prosecuting Evil: A Conversation on History and Justice with Gabriel Bach](https://motl.org/prosecuting-evil-gabriel-bach/) - On December 19, 2018, The International March of the Living and The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience – Rutgers University presented a special program featuring Gabriel Bach, Eichmann Trial Prosecutor and Former Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court https://youtu.be/fPnalyU4qLI This program was co-sponsored by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
- [Seeking Justice After Atrocity: The 2017 Paul S. Miller Distinguished Lecture](https://motl.org/seeking-justice-after-atrocity-2017-paul-s-miller-distinguished-lecture/) - On Tuesday September 12, 2017 in New York, the International March of the Living, in partnership with Rutgers Law School, hosted The 2017 Paul S. Miller Distinguished Lecture "Seeking Justice After Atrocity" featuring presentations by John Q. Barrett and Eli M. Rosenbaum, followed by a video conversation specially produced for the program between John Q.
- [Holocaust through cinema with Rich Brownstein](https://motl.org/holocaust-through-cinema-rich-brownstein/) - International March of the Living webinar “Holocaust through cinema with Rich Brownstein” held on February 17, 2021. Click on the video player below to watch the program. Rich Brownstein created a monumental guide to Holocaust related film, Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide. This text provides context
- [#CantBeCompared campaign against Holocaust Trivialization](https://motl.org/cant-be-compared/)
- [March of the Living & JBS: Interview Series & Blind Love: A Holocaust Journey Through Poland with Man’s Best Friend](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-jbs-interview-series-blind-love-a-holocaust-journey-through-poland-with-mans-best-friend/)
- [The rise of antisemitism has been tied to rising tide of intolerance](https://motl.org/the-rise-of-antisemitism-has-been-tied-to-rising-tide-of-intolerance/) - By Monise Neumann, International March of the Living Peter Kraus was born on 5 June 1942 in Budapest. His parents, Imre and Clara, prior to the start of WWII, lived in formerly Hungarian town of Szabadka - which became the Yugoslavian town of Subotica when Europe was carved up by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
- [International March of the Living commends historic UN resolution condemning Holocaust denial](https://motl.org/international-march-of-the-living-commends-historic-un-resolution-condemning-holocaust-denial/) - "Passage of this historic resolution sends a clear message to the world that the Holocaust is history's unforgettable fact” International March of the Living President Phyllis Greenberg Heideman and Chairman Dr. Shmuel Rosenman said today in Washington and Tel Aviv: “As we continue our efforts to educate the next generation on the history of the
- ["There are very few survivors left, and I want the world to know that there was a Holocaust"](https://motl.org/there-are-very-few-survivors-left-and-i-want-the-world-to-know-that-there-was-a-holocaust/) - Estelle Nadel, Holocaust survivor - in conversation with Monise Neumann, International March of the Living Polish-born Estelle Nadel was only five years old when World War II began. The war started immediately for her and all the three million Jews in the country. She still remembers wearing the yellow star and how the Gestapo ransacked
- ["Seeing people wearing a yellow star today is terrible! I had to wear mine as a kid. It was an offensive symbol, that segregated us from society".](https://motl.org/seeing-people-wearing-a-yellow-star-today-is-terrible-i-had-to-wear-mine-as-a-kid-it-was-an-offensive-symbol-that-segregated-us-from-society/) - Holocaust survivor Luis Opatowski Goldberg, in conversation with Alina Garber, March of the Living, Mexico Luis Opatowski Goldberg, was born in Brussels just a few months before the war began. Luis was hidden in a church and served as an altar boy. Later he was taken to the Stutthof labor camp. Luckily, he survived the
- [I am worried that in 50 or 100 years history will be re-written untruthfully.](https://motl.org/i-am-worried-that-in-50-or-100-years-history-will-be-re-written-untruthfully/) - Sally Wasserman, Canadian Holocaust survivor By Eli Rubinstein, Educational Director, International March of the Living Sally Wasserman was born in Poland in 1935. When she was eight years old, she was smuggled out of the Ghetto and hidden by two Polish Righteous Among the Nations, Eva and Mikolaj Turkin. Sally lost her entire immediate family
- [“I am deeply worried that in 100 years the Holocaust will be a blip in history”](https://motl.org/i-am-deeply-worried-that-in-100-years-the-holocaust-will-be-a-blip-in-history/) - By Monise Neumann, International March of the Living Rosette Goldstein, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor from the United States, is alive today because, during World War II, a French farmer and his family allowed her to hide in their home. "Monsieur and Madame Martin and the girls were very good to me," she said. "I was
- [Werner Reich, a survivor of Mengele's experiments and the death march in Auschwitz: "The Holocaust can happen again if we are not observant and if we don’t focus on humanity being taught to be ethical."](https://motl.org/werner-reich-a-survivor-of-mengeles-experiments-and-the-death-march-in-auschwitz-the-holocaust-can-happen-again-if-we-are-not-observant-and-if-we-dont-focus-on-humanity-being-taught-to/) - Werner is a docent at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County By Monise Neumann, International March of the Living Werner Reich was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1927. In 1933, his father lost his job as an engineer due to anti-Jewish laws. The family emigrated to Zagreb, Yugoslavia, where he attended local
- [‘Do not ever be complacent!  Do not ever be apathetic or indifferent to emerging evil!’](https://motl.org/do-not-ever-be-complacent-do-not-ever-be-apathetic-or-indifferent-to-emerging-evil/) - ‘Education of our Jewish heritage and history is the best weapon to counteract Holocaust trivialization and denial.’ By Monise Neumann, International March of the Living Born to Jewish parents who operated a delicatessen in the heart of Bratislava (Slovakia), Gabriella Karin was just 11 when she and her family were forced into hiding to avoid
- [International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Israeli Holocaust survivors speak out against the growing trend of Holocaust trivialization and comparisons to Covid-19 measures](https://motl.org/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-israeli-holocaust-survivors-speak-out-against-the-growing-trend-of-holocaust-trivialization-and-comparisons-to-covid-19-measures/) - Dita Kraus, Vera Krieger, and Aliza Landau are participating in the #CantBeCompared campaign initiated by the International March of the Living and the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Dita Kraus: “It is impossible to compare the Holocaust to anything. The Holocaust was unique, nothing is like the industrial-scale extermination of people in gas chambers. Nothing compares
- [Congratulations to Albert Bourla - Genesis Prize Laureate for 2022](https://motl.org/albert-bourla-genesis-prize-laureate-2022/) - International March of the Living congratulates Albert Bourla on being chosen as the Genesis Prize Laureate for 2022. The Genesis Prize is a global award that celebrates Jewish achievement and honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional achievement, contribution to humanity, and commitment to Jewish values. The appointment of Albert Bourla, two years since the
- [“There is Neither Greek Nor Jew”: The Heroic Duo Who Saved an Entire Island From the Holocaust](https://motl.org/there-is-neither-greek-nor-jew/) - “There is Neither Greek Nor Jew”: The Heroic Duo Who Saved an Entire Island From the Holocaust A Reception in Honor of Loukas Karrer & Dimitrios Chrysostomos for International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 25th, 2022, at 11:00 AM ET / 6:00 PM Athens In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and in celebration of
- [Liz Panitch appointed COO of the International March of the Living](https://motl.org/liz-panitch-appointed-coo-of-the-international-march-of-the-living/) - We are pleased to announce Liz (Elizabeth) Panitch in her new role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the International March of the Living. In this role Liz will oversee all operations, logistics and programming for the International March of the Living. Liz has been working with the International March of the Living since 2009.
- [Holocaust manipulation: Do not defile their memory](https://motl.org/holocaust-manipulation-do-not-defile-their-memory/) - “She gave my dad life and then he gave me life and now I’m helping her to survive,” said Toronto physician Dr. Jordana Sacks. Given its unprecedented and total nature, the Holocaust is considered by many as the most extreme form of genocide on the continuum of crimes against humanity. In the words of historian
- [2021 Virtual Torch Lighting at Auschwitz](https://motl.org/2021-virtual-torch-lighting-at-auschwitz/) - While we were not able to March from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom HaShoah 2021, we were there in spirit. A virtual ceremony was held and the memorial torches which we light each year were lit in memory of all of the victims.
- [View 360º Survivor Testimony on Location at Historical Sites in Partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation](https://motl.org/view-360o-survivor-testimony-on-location-at-historical-sites-in-partnership-with-the-usc-shoah-foundation/) - The program captures and processes 360-degree testimonies on location with survivors at places critical to their stories. Recording survivors on location sparks particular memories and provides a visceral experience for viewers, who are able to make meaning from the survivors’ stories, faces and gestures, as well as their surroundings. Built-in distribution will include international outreach
- [Production begins on new 360 testimony featuring Holocaust survivor on site at concentration camp](https://motl.org/production-begins-on-new-360-testimony-featuring-holocaust-survivor-on-site-at-concentration-camp/) - Up and down, up and down. All day, every day. From the base of a stone quarry, inmates of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria were compelled by Nazis during the Holocaust to climb 186 steps to the top, lugging boulders that would be used for German state construction projects. Among those forced to take
- [Virtual Chanukah Journey through Israel with Julian Resnick](https://motl.org/chanukah-israel-tour/) - International March of the Living hosted virtual Chanukah journey through Israel with Julian Resnick which aired on December 1, 2021. Click on the video player to watch the program. Channukah is the quintessential Jewish holiday as its meaning has continually, over the centuries, been reinterpreted, according to the needs of the Jews celebrating. From the
- [Exploring the Narrative of Holocaust and Genocide Education in the Public Arena with Dafna Michaelson Jenet, Colorado House of Representatives](https://motl.org/holocaust-and-genocide-education-in-the-public-arena/) - On November 17, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a lecture with member of the Colorado House of Representatives and March of the Living Alumna, Dafna Michaelson Jenet.Explore with Colorado State Representative Member and March of the Living Alum, Dafna Michaelson Jenet, how she created, and was recently successful, in passing a bill
- [Let There Be Light: 2021 Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/2021-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - International March of the Living and The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University presentLET THERE BE LIGHT: Stories of Hope and Humanity to Illuminate the DarknessThe program was simulcast on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 on the Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS), MOTL.org, Facebook Live & YouTube. 83 years ago, beginning on November 9th,
- [Holocaust survivors who witnessed "Kristallnacht": The world has not learned the lesson](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-who-witnessed-kristallnacht-the-world-has-not-learned-the-lesson/) - Ahead of the commemoration of November pogroms also known as "Kristallnacht", (9 November, 1938,) Holocaust survivors who as children witnessed the pogroms, are taking part in a global commemoration initiative led by the International March of the Living global, "Let There Be Light", bravely reflecting on the dreadful memories of that night, in order to
- [83 years since Kristallnacht: “Jews are still unsafe”](https://motl.org/83-years-since-kristallnacht-jews-are-still-unsafe/) - Eve Kugler, a Holocaust survivor who was just a child when Kristallnacht occurred in Germany, returned to her hometown Halle, and visited the synagogue that was attacked on Yom Kippur two years ago Kugler: “I felt that the attack on the synagogue was a personal attack on me. I could not believe that Jews were
- [Memories of Kristallnacht: By a second generation survivor.](https://motl.org/memories-of-kristallnacht-by-a-second-generation-survivor/) - For my father, a strong Israel as the home of the Jewish people was the only answer to the lessons of Kristallnacht. Prof. Steinberg is taking part in March of the Living "Let There Be Light" global initiative in commemoration of "Kristallnacht" My father, Henry Steinberg, was born in Berlin – one of eight children,
- [March of the Living to honor Paul Miller for his lifelong commitment to fighting hatred](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-to-honor-paul-miller-for-his-lifelong-commitment-to-fighting-hatred/) - International March of the Living announced today that Paul Miller will be awarded, on November 9th, for his extraordinary efforts in advocating for human rights and protecting human dignity. The award will be presented to Miller in a special commemoration broadcast to mark "Kristallnacht" by human rights activist and Chair of the Institute for the
- [Portraits of Moral Choices during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: Stories of Perpetrators, Bystanders and Upstanders with Tali Nates](https://motl.org/portraits-of-moral-choices-during-the-1994-genocide-against-the-tutsi-in-rwanda/) - On October 27, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a lecture with Historian Tali Nates as part of its continuing webinar series. In this talk, we will explore the moral choices that were made by people, groups and governments during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Tali will focus on stories
- [Highlights from the 2020 LET THERE BE LIGHT Kristallnacht Campaign](https://motl.org/highlights-from-the-2020-let-there-be-light-kristallnacht-campaign/) - Despite the fact that Kristallnacht, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 82 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship of all faiths continuously occur, time and time again. This year, the International March of the Living launched
- [March of the Living global interfaith initiative to commemorate Kristallnacht: #LetThereBeLight](https://motl.org/global-interfaith-kristallnacht-initiative/) - Despite the fact that Kristallnacht, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 82 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship of all faiths continuously occur, time and time again. This year, the International March of the Living launched
- [The Destruction of the Lithuanian Jews - The Ponary Massacre with Jacob Shoshan](https://motl.org/lithuanian-jews-the-ponary-massacre/) - From June 1941 to July 1944, over 75,000 people, mostly Jews, were brought to Ponary, a once idyllic forested area located south of Vilna, and brutally shot and buried in open pits thus creating Lithuania’s largest mass grave.Join Jacob Shoshan, esteemed and highly sought-after International March of the Living guide and historian for a compelling
- [Southern Wall Excavations - Jewish life and the celebration of Sukkot in Jerusalem in the time of the Temple with Assaf Boker](https://motl.org/southern-wall-excavations/) - The International March of the Living hosted a guided tour with Assaf Boker in our continuing webinar series on September 23, 2021.Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage Jewish holidays where hundreds of thousands of our ancestors have ascended to Jerusalem to celebrate the holiday and to feel part of the Jewish collective. How many
- [Churchill Teen Makes March of the Living](https://motl.org/churchill-teen-makes-march-of-the-living/) - Woodland Hills senior Hannah Frank experiences an international educational program that brings Jewish teens from all over the world to Poland and Israel in honor and remembrance of the Holocaust.
- [Blind Israelis March from Auschwitz and Birkenau with Their Guide Dogs](https://motl.org/blind-israelis-march-from-auschwitz-and-birkenau-with-their-guide-dogs/) - Jerusalem Post A 28-minute documentary film, “Blind Love,” recounts a trip in 2013 to Poland of a delegation of six blind Israelis who lead the viewer on a different kind of journey. It was in the Majdanek Concentration Camp that Liron Artzi, a 30-year-old blind attorney from Tel Aviv, lost control and broke down in
- [Book Passes The Torch of Holocaust Memory](https://motl.org/book-passes-the-torch-of-holocaust-memory/) - Seventy years after the end of World War II and 25 years after March of the Living (MOL) began bringing Jewish high school students and survivors to European death camps, MOL is employing the latest in 21st-century technology to help tell the story of the Holocaust. MOL recently launched a handsome coffee table book titled
- [Annotated 'Mein Kampf' finds support and condemnation among Jewish leaders](https://motl.org/annotated-mein-kampf-finds-support-and-condemnation-among-jewish-leaders/) - While Jewish groups in Germany have expressed concern over decision to publish 'academic' edition of Hitler's book, some Jewish leaders in the United Kingdom and United States say the text could help defeat Neo-Nazism. A divisive decision to publish an annotated version of Adolf Hitler's notorious anti-Semitic screed "Mein Kampf" next month for the first
- [Holocaust Survivors, Wauwatosa Business Owners’ Tale Documented In New Book](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-wauwatosa-business-owners-tale-documented-in-new-book/) - Jack Grinbaum withheld the fact that he was Jewish from his customers; "He always felt that people who weren't Jewish were anti-Semitic," Weiss said. "He thought he would lose customers if they felt he was Jewish." With a needle and thread, Jack Grinbaum sewed himself out of a concentration camp during War World II and
- [David Stoliar, Survivor of World War II Disaster, Dies at 91](https://motl.org/david-stoliar-survivor-of-world-war-ii-disaster-dies-at-91/) - (The death of David Stoliar, in 2014, received little attention outside Oregon, where he lived. The New York Times, which had prepared an obituary, learned of his death on Friday.) For more than a half-century, David Stoliar remained a silent witness to the worst civilian maritime disaster of World War II, the only survivor among
- [The Last Train Before the War](https://motl.org/the-last-train-before-the-war/) - There is a photograph of my father and grandfather, taken on Sunday, Aug. 27, 1939, at a spot overlooking the Rhine above the Lorelei Rock, where the chasm of the river tightens and the quickened flow makes a murmuring sound, which has mystical resonance for the Germans. My dad had emigrated to Canada in 1934.
- [‘Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females’](https://motl.org/holocaust-heroes-fierce-females/) - Tribeca artist Linda Stein creates big, heroic tapestries made of scavenged black leather, elaborate brass buckles, historic artifacts, news articles etched into fabric, and metallic zippers that rip across her work like sewn-up wounds. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the dark, discarded, and resurrected materials, but there’s a more powerful component woven into these
- [Why They March](https://motl.org/why-they-march/) - Next month, David Machlis of Englewood once again will join March of the Living. The march is an annual educational program that brings people — most of them teenagers — from all over the world to Poland and Israel. There, they study the history of the Holocaust and examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance, and
- [As Holocaust Becomes More Distant, Survivors’ Needs Intensify](https://motl.org/as-holocaust-becomes-more-distant-survivors-needs-intensify/) - The German government is negotiating with Jewish representatives to ensure that the thousands of poorest and weakest Holocaust survivors worldwide receive the intensive care they need to live out their final years at home. The German Finance Ministry and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany continue to hold regular talks but the effort
- [Survivors project to save Holocaust stories](https://motl.org/survivors-project-to-save-holocaust-stories/) - As years pass, first-hand accounts of Holocaust survivors are disappearing. An initiative at Carleton University hopes to preserve the oral histories of Ottawa-area survivors and is looking to crowd-fund the $7,500 it needs to get the cameras rolling. Bruce Deachman reports. Judy Young-Drache was only a year old in the summer of 1944 when her
- [Humor and the Holocaust? Documentary explores the boundaries of comedy and tragedy](https://motl.org/humor-and-the-holocaust-documentary-explores-the-boundaries-of-comedy-and-tragedy/) - Is it inappropriate to joke about the Holocaust? Is it acceptable to make fun of slavery? Can we find humor in topics like cancer and AIDS? Is it too soon to crack wise about 9/11? These are some of the questions raised by “The Last Laugh,” director Ferne Pearlstein’s thoughtful, provocative, and yes, funny documentary
- [Harrowing story of the Holocaust survivors still fighting for a dignified life 75 years on](https://motl.org/harrowing-story-of-the-holocaust-survivors-still-fighting-for-a-dignified-life-75-years-on/) - The sun is going down when they appear, small figures sidling between the closing stalls in the market place where the traders are dumping the day’s unsold wares. As piles of cabbage and potatoes mount on the pavement, they rifle through, their worn fingers picking anything edible. These elderly men and women living in the
- [Holocaust survivors put human face on dark chapter in history](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-put-human-face-on-dark-chapter-in-history/) - Holocaust survivor Max Epstein was a teenager when his father and most of his extended family perished in the Lodz Ghetto of Poland. Epstein, who now lives in Highland Park, grew up as an only child in a prosperous Polish home. His father was a lumber businessman from a long line of lumber merchants. "By
- [BJE LA MOTL 2016  Travel Blog](https://motl.org/bje-la-motl-2016-travel-blog/) - Day 1 - We arrived! LA Arrives en masse! The Los Angeles delegation of the March of the Living arrived in Warsaw, safe and sound. After 5 flights out of LAX, connecting flights out of Chicago and New York, our delegation of 257 students, staff and survivors arrive in Warsaw's Chopin Airport within moments of
- [March of the Living involves youth from around the world](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-involves-youth-from-around-the-world/) - More than 10,000 young adults from 42 countries participated in the 28th Annual March of the Living through Auschwitz-Birkenau, the world's largest Holocaust commemoration. The March brings together both Jews and non-Jews (40-percent of participants) to mark the annual Yom Hashoah-Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. Included this year were several UCF students and Hillel staff. It
- [An 88-Yr Old Holocaust Survivor Recalls Hearing -- "We Are Americans and You are All Free."](https://motl.org/an-88-yr-old-holocaust-survivor-recalls-hearing-we-are-americans-and-you-are-all-free/) - “We are Americans, and all of you are free.” That phrase is etched in 88-year-old Henry Greenbaum’s memory as part of the best day of his life. It was told to him by an American soldier during World War II when he was 17, weighed 75 pounds and had lived through five hellish years as
- [Holocaust survivors gather at Jerusalem Theater, salute Israel](https://motl.org/together-with-kin-hundreds-share-their-stories-about-shoah/) - Notwithstanding the raw deal so many of them have received in Israel, Holocaust survivors by and large are happy to have a country to call home, and hundreds from all over the nation, speaking myriad languages, gathered at the Jerusalem Theater this week in a salute to Israel. Some had been turned back by the
- [Survivor joins youth on ‘March’ to Shoa sites](https://motl.org/survivor-joins-youth-on-march-to-shoa-sites/) - Until this May, Holocaust survivor Michael Zeiger of Randolph had never visited a concentration camp. After some prodding, he agreed to accompany 40 high school students from the New Jersey/New York area on the 2016March of the Living. From May 2 to 14, starting in Poland, they (and 12,000 other young people from 40 countries
- [Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87](https://motl.org/elie-wiesel-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-and-renowned-holocaust-survivor-dies-at-87/) - Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, prolific author and outspoken activist Elie Wiesel died Saturday at the age of 87. Wiesel was perhaps best known for his major role in promoting Holocaust education, and for perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust in the post-World War II era with his memoir “Night,” based on his experience as
- [Doing justice to her father’s dream](https://motl.org/doing-justice-to-her-fathers-dream/) - She was born in a refugee camp in Stuttgart, just over two hours from Nuremberg, where Nazi war criminals were being brought to justice. And now, 70 years later, Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada has come back to the place where her father began his own legal career – Jagiellonian University
- [Raoul Wallenberg's Journey From Grocery Salesman to Holocaust Hero](https://motl.org/raoul-wallenbergs-journey-from-grocery-salesman-to-holocaust-hero/) - Ingrid Carlberg's richly detailed 'Raoul Wallenberg: The Biography' presents fresh facts about the Swede who saved so many Jews, but is unable to answer the gnawing question surrounding his fate in Soviet custody. “Raoul Wallenberg: The Biography,” by Ingrid Carlberg, MacLehose Press, 640 pp., $29.99 Two great mysteries surround the life of famed Holocaust figure
- [Holocaust survivor Max Steinmetz shares his harrowing story, and says 'anything can happen' today](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-max-steinmetz-shares-his-harrowing-story-and-says-anything-can-happen-today/) - [huge_it_slider id="3"] Roy S. Johnson | rjohnson@al.com It's not always easy to talk about history—not the most wrenching and shameful periods, the heinous events and people without conscience that have high-jacked us and ripped us apart over the centuries. It's especially hard for those who witnessed it, endured it and survived it. For those who
- [A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR’S VIOLIN FINDS A NEW HOME](https://motl.org/a-holocaust-survivors-violin-finds-a-new-home/) - I n the spring of 2014, the filmmaker Kahane Cooperman was driving to work, listening to WQXR, the classical-music station, when she heard a promotion for a donation drive: the station was collecting used instruments to be given to schoolchildren. The promo mentioned one violin in particular that had been donated by a ninety-one-year-old Holocaust
- [Holocaust survivor Olga Sher fought for social justice](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-olga-sher-fought-for-social-justice/) - In April, 1944, a courageous 21-year-old Olga Korec pulled off her white arm band emblazoned with the blue Star of David, stuffed it into her pocket and, ignoring a soldier calling out to her, walked out of a Nazi work camp in German-occupied Poland. She, along with her parents and younger sister, had been on
- [Portraits Depicting Siblings of South Jersey Holocaust Survivors Part of Exhibit at Stockton](https://motl.org/portraits-depicting-siblings-of-south-jersey-holocaust-survivors-part-of-exhibit-at-stockton/) - Galloway, N.J. – Distant memories and faded photographs are now more vivid and permanent for seven South Jersey Holocaust survivors whose siblings, murdered by the Nazis, were artistically rendered as 5-foot charcoal portraits drawn by international artist Manfred Bockelmann. He drew the survivors’ siblings from photographs provided by the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center
- [Alumni Reflection: Julia Ellis "I Traveled All The Way To Poland To March For Those Who No Longer Can—And It Changed My Life Forever", 2016](https://motl.org/i-traveled-all-the-way-to-poland-to-march-for-those-who-no-longer-can-and-it-changed-my-life-forever/) - I went on March of the Living to make sure that not one victim of the Holocaust died in vain; I promise I will never forget. by Julia Ellis I don’t even know how to begin talking about this trip, but I’m going to try my best to do it justice. In May of my senior
- [How I Reunited My Holocaust Survivor Father With His Long Lost Neighbor](https://motl.org/how-i-reunited-my-holocaust-survivor-father-with-his-long-lost-neighbor/) - Jerzy “Jurek” Skarżyński had been up half the night. The next day he was going to meet the daughter and grandson of a Jewish man who once lived in Uchanie, his home village, and his mind would not slow down. Jurek, a Polish Christian, had not spoken to an Uchanie Jew since June 10, 1942
- [Alumni Reflection: Jeremy Benhamou, Leo Martin, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-jeremy-benhamou/) - In May of 2016 I was extremely fortunate to participate in the Leo Martin March of the Living. This two-week long trip to Poland and Israel not only inspired this essay, it also altered the way I think about everything! This incredible program, which began on May 2nd and ended on May 15th, 2016, was
- [Honor Nazi victims by speaking out against anti-Semitism](https://motl.org/honor-nazi-victims-by-speaking-out-against-anti-semitism/) - Arutz Sheva - The world comes together every Jan. 27 to remember the most devastating tragedy in history: the Shoah. We remember the victims of the Nazi regime. The loved ones lost and the shameful treatment of human life and human dignity. We also make sure to remember our history, as painful as it may
- [The First Voices To Emerge from the Holocaust: David Boder’s Nightmarish Journey, Rediscovered](https://motl.org/the-first-voices-to-emerge-from-the-holocaust-david-boders-nightmarish-journey-rediscovered/) - Forward - It was a mysterious, mislabeled canister that sat for 50 years, undisturbed, in the University of Akron’s archives. But its recent discovery has provided a valuable addition to a precious trove of recordings: the earliest preserved voices of survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, just months after their liberation. The University of Akron’s
- [A moment that changed me: meeting the Holocaust survivors who made me a better person](https://motl.org/a-moment-that-changed-me-meeting-the-holocaust-survivors-who-made-me-a-better-person/) - The Guardian - In the summer of 2011, I was sent to interview a Jewish couple at their home in Giffnock, just south of Glasgow. Henry and Ingrid Wuga: Holocaust survivors in their late 80s who had come to the UK on the Kindertransport when they were 15 and 14. It was a midweek evening
- [Seeing the Holocaust through eyes of twins](https://motl.org/seeing-the-holocaust-through-eyes-of-twins/) - The Straits Times - Pearl and Stasha Zamorski are identical twins in Auschwitz. At first, this is their saving grace; later, it becomes their ruin. The Zamorski twins are fictional, but much of Affinity Konar's debut novel, Mischling, is steeped in fact, making it a harrowing and, sometimes, heartbreaking read. History has told us the
- [First Ever Holocaust Survivor Testimony in Room-Scale Virtual Reality to World Premiere at 2017 Tribeca Film Festival](https://motl.org/first-ever-holocaust-survivor-testimony-in-room-scale-virtual-reality-to-world-premiere-at-2017-tribeca-film-festival/) - Virtual reality lab LightShed, in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, MPC VR, OTOY, Inc., and HERE BE DRAGONS, proudly announce the world premiere of the first-ever Holocaust survivor testimony in room-scale VR, THE LAST GOODBYE, at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. The experience will premiere within the Festival’s cutting edge new media
- [Stashed love letters shed light on divisive Holocaust legacy](https://motl.org/stashed-love-letters-shed-light-on-divisive-holocaust-legacy/) - AP — Throughout the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, and while incarcerated in two prison camps, Mirjam Bolle wrote letters to her fiance that she never sent but hoped to share with him after the war. Yet when the two ultimately reunited she decided to leave the past behind and stashed them away. Now, decades later,
- [After Their Holocaust Survivor Parents Pass Away, Children Find a Treasure in Suitcase Left Locked Away for Decades](https://motl.org/after-their-holocaust-survivor-parents-pass-away-children-find-a-treasure-in-suitcase-left-locked-away-for-decades/) - Haaretz - For decades the home movies from the wedding of a Dutch Jewish couple, Mimi Dwinger and Barend Boers, lay in a suitcase that no one was to open. The bride and groom, who miraculously survived the Holocaust, did not tell their children about the special keepsake from their 1939 nuptials. It’s possible that
- [A celebrity photographer trains his lens on Holocaust survivors](https://motl.org/a-celebrity-photographer-trains-his-lens-on-holocaust-survivors/) - JTA — Harry Borden is Britain’s Annie Leibovitz. Sort of. The American-born, U.K.-raised portrait photographer, 52, admits there “are some parallels” in their careers, though “obviously, I’m nowhere near as successful,” he told JTA. Still, Borden is England’s go-to photographer when a publication wants a celebrity portrait. Elton John, Paul McCartney, Ewan McGregor and, perhaps
- [Marching Together for the Future of the Jewish People](https://motl.org/marching-together-for-the-future-of-the-jewish-people/) - KKL-JNJ - Thousands of young people from twelve countries worldwide, who took part in the March of the Living at Auschwitz came to Israel to celebrate its 69th Independence Day with a festive march to the Western Wall. The activity was organized jointly by KKL-JNF’s Education and Youth Division, KKL-JNF's Resources, Development and PR Division
- [March of the Living UK](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-uk/) - The Jewish Weekly - The business section of The Jewish Weekly has earned its fame for inspiring our readers with great in-depth articles on how determined people have started businesses completely and utterly from scratch and turned them into successful companies, providing a living not only for their own families, but for many others too.
- [Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin: “It is Impossible to Deny Polish Involvement in the Holocaust”](https://motl.org/israels-president-reuven-rivlin-it-is-impossible-to-deny-polish-involvement-in-the-holocaust/) - On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), Thursday, April 12, under the theme “From Holocaust to Redemption,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin led an international procession of more than 12,000 students and adults from around the world on the International March of the Living, which this year marks 30 years of the organization’s own Holocaust education programming
- ["The Forgotten Camps| History of the Holocaust" - A FOX 5 / Fox5NY.com Film by March of the Living Alumna Dana Arschin](https://motl.org/the-forgotten-camps-fox5/) - Film created by 2018 March of the Living alumna, Dana Arschin, for Fox 5 Films. Poland: charming cobblestone streets, bustling communities, and endless greenery. A country so beautiful and vibrant was once cloaked in a blanket of darkness and despair. Poland was the first country to bear the brunt of the Nazi war machine. Germany
- [Why the March of the Living matters](https://motl.org/why-the-march-of-the-living-matters/) - Op-ed: I'm often asked why we must continue holding the March of Living in Poland. But when faced with the findings of the CNN’s poll on anti-Semitism in Europe, the answer is clear: anti-Semitism stems from ignorance. We must educate the younger generation, so the Holocaust will never happen again. One of the questions I
- [Saved twice, Holocaust survivor also survives Pittsburgh terror attack](https://motl.org/saved-twice-holocaust-survivor-also-survives-pittsburgh-terror-attack/) - President Trump surprised the audience when he asked an elderly man, Judah Samet, to stand up during his State of the Union address. It was the night of the State of the Union address in the capital, February 5, 2019, and In Washington D.C. the debate was more heated than ever. The Democrats and Republicans
- [March of the Living Emerging Leadership Conference 2019](https://motl.org/emerging-leadership-conference-2019/) - March of the Living’s First Ever ‘Emerging Leadership Conference’ Charges Millennials with Combatting Anti-Semitism On Wednesday, May 1, the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), more than 200 young leaders from 10 countries – Jewish and non-Jewish – gathered at the Jageillonian University in Krakow, Poland, to take part in the first-ever ‘Emerging Leadership
- [SOON THERE WILL BE NO MORE SURVIVORS](https://motl.org/soon-there-will-be-no-more-survivors/) - Frances Irwin is 90 years old. She was born in Poland and lives in Brooklyn. She is a Holocaust survivor. Frances is lonely, even though her son takes care of her. She collects used aluminum foil in a kitchen piled high with paper plates. She relies on an emergency wristband to call for help. When
- [Germany Confronts, in Unique Exhibit, Its ‘Holocaust of the Bullets’](https://motl.org/germany-confronts-in-unique-exhibit-its-holocaust-of-the-bullets/) - BERLIN — In this city laden with history, they were just two events recalling a heinous past: one, the opening of a public exhibition calling for a reckoning with a particularly brutal period of the Nazis’ rule; and the other, a modest remembrance of one Holocaust victim. Both channeled questions ever present here: Why did
- [Looking for the light in the dark: A Holocaust survivor's story](https://motl.org/looking-for-the-light-in-the-dark-a-holocaust-survivors-story/) - Shimon Redlich, 81, sees his childhood through a complicated prism - through the interplay between Jewish, Ukrainian and Polish relations in wartime Brzezany. As a Jew who survived the Holocaust in the formerly Polish, now Ukrainian town, Redlich’s own memories can only provide the angle of the Jewish axis. But as a historian, he felt
- [Let There Be Light: 2020 Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/2020-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass, on November 9th, 2020, the International March of the Living aired our 2020 Kristallnacht Commemoration "Let There Be Light", in partnership with The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, and the Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt. The program included:
- [Facebook is an official partner of Let there be Light multi-faith global campaign](https://motl.org/facebook-is-an-official-partner-of-let-there-be-light-multi-faith-global-campaign/) - In our shared mission to fight antisemitism and hatred, Facebook is an official partner of our multi-faith global campaign. In supporting the International March of the Living "Let there be Light" initiative, Facebook Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, said in her speech at the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Sweden
- [Presidents of Germany, Austria, and Israel say LET THERE BE LIGHT (2020)](https://motl.org/presidents-of-germany-austria-and-israel-say-let-there-be-light/) - “Eighty-two years, and the dark shadows of the past have not disappeared from our streets.” The Presidents of Germany, Austria, and Israel stand together in a joint call against hatred and antisemitism, on the eve of the Kristallnacht anniversary. It is our duty to bring light to the darkness. To remember the horrors of the
- [The Hampton Synagogue Kristallnacht Commemoration (2020)](https://motl.org/hampton-synagogue-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - On the eve of the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass - International March of the Living World Chairman and CEO, Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, participated the first-ever Kristallnacht Commemoration with official participation by a Gulf state, hosted The Hampton Synagogue Rabbi March Schneier Community Center. Click on the video player below
- [Let there be Light Projections in Jerusalem & the UK (2020)](https://motl.org/let-there-be-light-jerusalem-uk/) - International March of the Living Kristallnacht Commemoration projected on the Old City Walls of Jerusalem and Coventry Cathedral in the UK Help us send the message to the world, help us shine light over the darkness of hate by clicking here.
- [Let there be Light Gallery of Houses of Worship & Institutions (2020)](https://motl.org/let-there-be-light-gallery-of-houses-of-worship-institutions/) - Thank you to all of the Houses of Worship and institutions around the world who participated in our "Let there be Light" Kristallnacht commemoration campaign to fight anti-Semitism, racism, hatred and intolerance by shining light over the darkness of hate. Over 8,000 messages have been submitted from 72 countries, including 700 Houses of Worship and
- [Holocaust Survivors Return to Germany: The first delegation of March of the Living since the outbreak of the Corona Pandemic](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-return-to-germany-the-first-delegation-of-march-of-the-living-since-the-outbreak-of-the-corona-pandemic/) - Mala Tribich, a native of Poland, who was imprisoned in Ravensbruck concentration camp in Germany and was liberated from Bergen-Belsen: "Now I have completed the cycle of visiting the terrible places in my life." 25 OCTOBER - BERLIN: Today, a March of the Living delegation from Britain embarked on its first educational journey since the
- [International March of the Living to commemorate Kristallnacht across walls of Old City](https://motl.org/international-march-of-the-living-to-commemorate-kristallnacht-across-walls-of-old-city/) - Messages from around the world will be projected onto the Old City Walls of Jerusalem, on houses of prayer and public institutions around the world On the night of November 9th-10th 1938, the Nazis organized the murder of Jews and the burning of 1,400 synagogues and Jewish institutions in Germany and Austria as part of
- [Statement on Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Auschwitz](https://motl.org/statement-on-anti-semitic-graffiti-found-at-auschwitz/) - International March of the Living condemns, in the strongest terms, the recent act of vandalism in which anti-Semitic statements were sprayed on some of the wooden barracks at Auschwitz-Birkenau. This blatant act of hatred, in the world’s largest site of mass murder - where over 1 million Jews were murdered - is a grim reminder
- [Briefing on the Rising Tide of Antisemitism with Dr. Michael Berenbaum](https://motl.org/rising-tide-of-antisemitism-berenbaum/) - On June 30, 2021 the International March of the Living held a Global briefing of the current rising tide of Antisemitism with world renowned scholar and historian, Dr. Michael Berenbaum. The program was moderated by Eli Rubenstein, Educational Director of the International March of the Living.To watch the program, click on the video player below.
- [Private Tour of the Y.A. Fine Art Gallery in Jerusalem](https://motl.org/private-tour-ya-fine-art-gallery-jerusalem/) - On August 25, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a private tour of the Y.A. Fine Art Gallery in Jerusalem, featuring March of the Living alumni and gallery founders, Yehoshua Aryeh and Jordyn Stauber. Yehoshua Aryeh and Jordyn Stauber met during the 2015 March of the Living and the rest, as they say,
- [Shana Tova 5782 ????](https://motl.org/shana-tova-5782/) - On behalf of the March of the Living Officers, Board and Staff, we hope this finds you and your families safe and well. May you each be inscribed in the Book of Life for a happy, healthy, and safe new year.
- [Alumni Spotlight: Yehoshua and Jordyn Stauber (’15), Broward County, Florida, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-yehoshua-and-jordyn-stauber-usa/) - Yehoshua and Jordyn Stauber (Broward ’15), Artist and Gallery OwnersThis month we are proud to feature March of the Living alumni Yehoshua and Jordyn Stauber, originally from Broward County, Florida. These two participants not only met each other on the March of the Living, later to marry and form a family, but their experience on
- [Everything is Cheap and Cheerful by Haley Deming](https://motl.org/everything-is-cheap-and-cheerful/) - Supporting Context About The Author, Haley Deming About a year ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic was just picking up speed, I started this writing project. And while I didn’t know what its outcome would be at the time, I’m incredibly proud of where it landed, and I am excited to share it with my network. While
- [Alumni Spotlight: Haley Deming (’11), BBYO, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-haley-deming-usa/) - Haley Deming (BBYO USA ’11), Storyteller and Digital MarketerThis month we are proud to feature Haley Deming, a granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors, and an alumna of the BBYO. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living, coupled with 2020 being a year like no other, Haley became determined to write and publish
- [Athletes Say NO to Antisemitism](https://motl.org/athletes-say-no-to-antisemitism/) - To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world. Athletes, among them Olympic medal winners, are taking part in the campaign as agents of change At a time when global antisemitism is
- [Alumni Spotlight: Erik Hirschhorn (’15), Mexico City, Mexico](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-erik-hirschhorn-mexico/) - Erik Hirschhorn (Mexico ’15), FilmmakerThis month we are proud to feature Erik Hirschhorn, an alumnus from Marcha de la Vida Mexico. Inspired by his experience on the March of the Living, Erik went on to direct and produce a short Holocaust film, entitled Standpoint, to serve as testimony and witness to future generations about what
- [Special Film Premiere of "Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations"](https://motl.org/witness-film/) - A special film premiere marking the first ever international Holocaust Survivor Day honoring the resilience, courage and contributions of Holocaust Survivors. International March of the Living is commemorating Holocaust Survivor Day by sharing the stories of Holocaust survivors transmitting their message to the next generation of witnesses during the March of the Living. The film,
- [HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TRIBUTE VIDEO](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivors-tribute-video/) - The International March of the Living is proud to be a partner in the world’s inaugural Holocaust Survivor Day, on June 24, 2021, along with many other organizations around the world, as we honor and celebrate the lives of survivors worldwide with joy and gratitude. We asked March of the Living alumni, friends, staff and
- [2020 Virtual Yom Ha'atzmaut with March of the Living Musicians and Song Leaders](https://motl.org/yom-haatzmaut-2020/) - 2020 MARCH OF THE LIVING VIRTUAL YOM HA'ATZMAUT As there was no March of the Living this year due to Coronavirus, March of the Living musicians and song leaders from the past and present were asked to record and submit songs in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut. VIRTUAL MARCH OF THE LIVING For the first time
- [RESISTANCE: Conversation with Jesse Eisenberg + Jonathan Jakubowicz](https://motl.org/resistance-movie/) - The International March of the Living kicked off our new webinar series on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 with a conversation about the film Resistance with its star Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and director and screenwriter Jonathan Jakubowicz (Hands of Stone, Secuestro Express). The program was moderated by Dana Arschin, 2X Emmy Award-Winning reporter for
- [The March of the Living Virtual Plaque Project 2020](https://motl.org/plaques/) - For the first time in 32 years, there will be no March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day, due to the Coronavirus.The March of the Living Virtual Plaque Project will continue our tradition of placing messages on plaques on the train tracks of Auschwitz-Birkenau.Join us in honoring those lost in the Holocaust & commit
- [2020 Virtual March of the Living Ceremony](https://motl.org/yom-hashoah-2020/) - VIRTUAL MARCH OF THE LIVING
- [March of the Living congratulates Jewish Agency Chairman Isaac Herzog on his election as the President of Israel](https://motl.org/isaac-herzog/) - President-Elect Herzog has a rich history of public service to Israel and follows in the footsteps of his beloved father Chaim Herzog, z”l, who served as President of Israel from 1983-93, and in 1945 was among the British liberators of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In past years Isaac Herzog has been both a participant and strong supporter of the International March of the Living. He delivered the keynote speech at the 2019 March ceremony in Auschwitz on
- [Speak Up Against Hate - Never Means Never](https://motl.org/speak-up-against-hate/) - SIGN THE PETITION Antisemitism is on a global rampage. We cannot allow history to repeat itself – verbally and physically – on our streets, in our neighborhoods, and in our cities.We have learned and witnessed with our own eyes the brutal and inhumane consequences of unchecked antisemitism and unbridled universal hatred.Many of us, alumni and
- [The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign](https://motl.org/the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-campaign/) - Today, April 19th, 2021 marks the 78th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – the largest Jewish insurrection during World War Two, and the first urban insurgency in occupied Europe. The 2021 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Campaign has been hosted by the Polin Museum for close to a decade. Today hundreds of volunteers
- [Salute to Israel's 73rd Birthday](https://motl.org/israel73/)
- [2021 International March of the Living Commemoration and Ceremony](https://motl.org/2021-march/)
- [Alumni Spotlight: Jori Epstein (’12, Staff ’17), Dallas, Texas, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-jori-epstein-texas-usa/) - Jori Epstein (Dallas, Southern Region ’12, Staff ’17), BiographerThis week we are proud to feature Jori Epstein, an alumna from the Dallas community, who attended the March of the Living with the Southern region, along with Holocaust survivor Max Glauben. Inspired by her experience on the March, Jori went on to become Max’s official biographer.
- [Telling the Story through Art: Holocaust Art as a Primary Source](https://motl.org/liz-elsby/) - In our continuing webinar series, the International March of the Living hosted a lecture October 29, 2020 with Holocaust Educator Liz Elsby. Focusing on individual artworks, Elsby demonstrated how exploring the artistic aspects of each painting, together with the context in which they were created and the questions they raise, combine to deepen our understanding
- ["Blind Love" Film Screening & Q&A](https://motl.org/blind-love/) - On December 22, 2020, the International March of the Living held an Exclusive Screening and Q&A of “Blind Love: A Holocaust Journey through Poland with Man’s Best Friend.” The Q&A featured a discussion between the film’s producer and Director of Education for the International March of the Living, Eli Rubenstein and Liron Artzi, a March
- [Fireside Chat with Ron Dermer](https://motl.org/dermer/) - International March of the Living Fireside Chat featuring Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, aired on Sunday, January 17, 2021.To watch the program, click here or on the video player below. Ambassador Dermer participated in the 2018 March of the Living, along with his wife Rhoda. On Erev Yom HaShoah, he delivered the
- [Survivor Speaker Series: Mania Hudy](https://motl.org/mania/) - On Thursday, December 3, 2020, the International March of the Living held another “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series featuring Mania Hudy, from Canada, in an inspirational Q & A with Dalia Mizrachi, Educator and active member of Fundacion Amigos de Yad Vashem Panama – EMET.This program was
- ["Our Liberation: Stories of Holocaust Survivors' Road to Freedom"](https://motl.org/our-liberation/) - In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the International March of the Living and the March of the Living Digital Archive invite you to join us on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, for the premiere of the film “Our Liberation: Stories of Holocaust Survivors’ Road to Freedom“. Click on the video player below to watch the
- [Three Generations of Holocaust Memory - The Life and Legacy of Abe (Abram) Goldberg OAM](https://motl.org/abram-goldberg/) - “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series featuring “Three Generations of Holocaust Memory – The Life and Legacy of Abe (Abram) Goldberg OAM”, presented by The International March of the Living and March of the Living Australia. The program aired on March 4, 2021 in Australia, followed by an
- [Alumni Spotlight: Victoria Milstein ('18), Mid Atlantic, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-victoria-milstein-usa/) - Victoria Carlin (Mid Atlantic '18), SculptorThis week we are proud to feature Victoria Milstein, an alumna from the Mid Atlantic delegation of the March of the Living. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living Victoria went on conceive and create North Carolina's first Women's Holocaust Monument. As artists we are the canaries
- [Alumni Spotlight: Danielle Yablonka (’19), Miami, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-danielle-yablonka-usa/) - Danielle Yablonka (Miami’19), Artist/ActivistThis week we are proud to feature Danielle Yablonka, an alumna from the Miami Leo Martin March of the Living. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living, Danielle, an artist, went on to create pieces inspired by her journey to Poland and Israel as well as create new initiatives
- [They found everlasting love on the March of the Living](https://motl.org/they-found-everlasting-love-on-the-march-of-the-living/) - L’Dor v’dor - from generation to generation. Who would have thought that one bus could change so many lives and that the love that was created on the 2018 March of the Living Sinai Temple Los Angeles Young Professional Delegation would be everlasting. Thanksgiving 2019 saw a flurry of activity and messages on the still
- [Alumni Spotlight: Jan Burns (’12), BJE LA Adult Delegation, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-jan-burns-usa/) - Jan Burns (BJE LA Adults ’12), AuthorThis week we are proud to feature Jan Burns, an alumna from the BJE LA Adult Delegation in California. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living, Jan went on to author a book compiling the stories of the survivors who accompanied her on her March of
- [Fireside Chat with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau](https://motl.org/rav-lau/) - Click here or on the video player below to watch the recording of International March of the Living’s inaugural Fireside Chat featuring renowned Holocaust Survivor Rav Israel Meir Lau, Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Rabbi Lau has participated in every March of the Living since its inception in 1988. Each
- [Statement on the passing of Sheldon Adelson](https://motl.org/remembering-sheldon-adelson/) - Together with the entire Jewish world, International March of the Living mourns the passing of our dear friend Sheldon Adelson, z’l. A fiercely loyal defender of Israel, Sheldon was a giant among philanthropists, supporting numerous causes dedicated to Holocaust education and remembrance, strengthening the connection of the next generation of leaders to Israel, and funding
- [Alumni Spotlight: Orit Brener ('17), Argentina](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-orit-brener-argentina/) - Orit Brener (Yeshurun Torá, Argentina '17), Founder and Project Manager, Remember UsThis week we are proud to feature Orit Brener, an alumna from Yeshurun Tora and March of the Living Argentina. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living, Orit went on to found the organization Remember Us, dedicated to preserving the memory
- [Alumni Spotlight: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (’90, Staff ’98-’00), Colorado, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-dafna-michaelson-jenet-colorado-usa/) - Dafna Michaelson Jenet (’90, Staff ’98-’00), Colorado House of RepresentativesThis week, on the occasion of Chanukah, a holiday that brings light onto the world, we are honored to feature Colorado State Representative and March of the Living Alumna Dafna Michaelson Jenet. In the ultimate expression of bringing light onto the world, she is responsible for
- [MOTL commends the Government of Canada on the recent appointment of Irwin Cotler as Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism in Canada](https://motl.org/motl-commends-the-government-of-canada-on-the-recent-appointment-of-irwin-cotler-as-special-envoy-on-preserving-holocaust-remembrance-and-combatting-antisemitism-in-canada/) - Professor Cotler, Chairman of the Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, is one of the world’s foremost human rights advocates, and is respected across the globe for his pioneering human rights efforts. Professor Cotler has participated in numerous March of the Living programs, where he spoke to thousands of students and Holocaust survivors from around
- [MOTL documentary film "Blind Love" on i24NewsTV](https://motl.org/blind-love-i24newstv/) - Tune in TONIGHT, December 3, 2020 at 10:00PM EST to i24NewsTV, for a special broadcast of the International March of the Living documentary film, “Blind Love: A Holocaust Journey Through Poland with Man’s Best Friend”, airing on The UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Get one month of i24NewsTV free by registering on the
- [#LightwithMOTL Hanukkah Social Media Campaign](https://motl.org/lightwithmotl/) - We soon look to celebrate Hanukkah, which begins on the evening of December 2, 2018, the 25th of the Jewish month of Kislev. Similar to the miracle of the United Nations vote in 1947, Hanukkah commemorates the miraculous reconquering of Jerusalem and restoration of service in the Holy Temple by the Maccabees in the times
- [Jenn Green (’06, ’14, ‘17-’18), Toronto, Canada](https://motl.org/jenn-green-toronto/) - Jenn Green (Toronto ’06, Staff ’14, ’17-’18), Holocaust Education PromoterThis week we are proud to feature Jenn Green (Toronto ’06, Staff ’14, ’17-’18), alumna from March of the Living Toronto, Canada, whose experience on the March of the Living has propelled her to become a champion of Holocaust education. As a 16-year-old travelling on the
- [Alumni Spotlight: Sabrina Naimark (’09, ’19), Panama](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-sabrina-naimark-panama/) - Sabrina Naimark (Panama ’09, Staff ’19), Founder and CEO, ImpactaThis week we are proud to feature Sabrina Naimark (Panama '09, '19), alumna from March of the Living Panama, whose experience on the March of the Living inspired her to found a company, Impacta, whose goal is to foster social impact to create a better world.
- [Survivor Speaker Series: Mala Tribich, MBE, United Kingdom](https://motl.org/mala-tribich/) - International March of the Living’s inaugural “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series debuted on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The program featured Mala Tribich, MBE, from the United Kingdom, in an inspirational Q & A with Founder and Chairman of March of the Living UK, Scott Saunders. Click on
- [The March Report: Issue 5 Fall 2020](https://motl.org/the-march-report-issue-5-fall-2020/)
- [Alumni Spotlight: Joana Kirsch (’19), Costa Rica](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-joana-kirsch-costa-rica/) - Joana Kirsch (Costa Rica ’19), EducatorThis week we are proud to feature Joana Kirsch (’19), alumna from the Costa Rican Adult delegation, whose experience on the March of the Living inspired her to pursue a career in early childhood education, where she helps instill a love for the Jewish people and Jewish heritage among her
- [Alumni Spotlight: Robin Ashleigh (’15-‘19), United Kingdom](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-robin-ashleigh-uk/) - Robin Ashleigh (United Kingdom ’15-‘19 ), Marcher, Leader, EducatorThis week we are proud to feature Robin Ashleigh, an alumnus from March of the Living UK. Since first attending the program in 2015, Robin has made the March of the Living a priority, returning as bus leader and soon, as lead educator. My journey with MOTL
- [Alumni Spotlight: Bryna Sherman Miller (’88), Cincinnati, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-bryna-sherman-miller-cincinnati-usa/) - Bryna Sherman Miller (Ohio ’88), First Generation MarcherThis week we are proud to feature Bryna Sherman Miller, an alumna from the very first March of the Living in 1988. She made it her mission to share her life-changing experience with family, friends and strangers to educate them about the horrors of the Holocaust. That promise
- [MOTL Statement on Facebook Hate Speech Policy](https://motl.org/facebook-hate-speech-policy/) - International March of the Living applauds the decision by Facebook to expand its policy and prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. “This is a very important and timely step toward improving international perception of the historical facts of the Holocaust, which current surveys have proven are gravely misunderstood by so many of
- [Alumni Spotlight: Tsutomu Matsumoto (’16), Japan](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-tsutomu-matsumoto-japan/) - Tsutomu Matsumoto (Japan ’16), MusicianThis week we are proud to feature Tsutomu Matsumoto, who, along with his rock band, Night de Light, attended the March of the Living with Bridges for Peace Japan in 2016. Tsutomu, a devout Christian, was truly inspired by his experience in both Poland and Israel. Upon returning to Japan, he,
- [Alumni Spotlight: Marlene Goldstein (’16, ’18, ’19), HMTC Adults, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-marlene-goldstein-usa/) - Marlene Goldstein (HMTC Adults ‘16, ‘18, ’19), AuthorDuring this holy period of the Yamim Noraim, leading up to Yom Kippur, this week, we are proud to feature Marlene Goldstein (’16, ’18, ’19), alumna from the The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) Adults group, whose experience on the March of the Living
- [Alumni Spotlight: Eli Jonah Karls (’17), Montreal, Canada](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-eli-jonah-karls-montreal/) - Eli Jonah Karls (Montreal ’17), Global Change MakerThis week we are proud to feature Eli Jonah Karls (’17), alumnus from March of the Living Montreal, whose experience on the March of the Living served as the catalyst for his entire life’s purpose, and has transformed him into a social media influencer, impacting thousands of lives
- [Alumni Spotlight: Sharon Zaga ('92) & Mily Cohen ('98), Mexico](https://motl.org/spotlight-sharon-zaga-mily-cohen-mexico/) - We are proud to kickoff our new Alumni Spotlight series with Sharon Zaga (’92) and Mily Cohen (’98), alumnae from Marcha de la Vida Mexico. Sharon and Mily founded the Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Museum of Memory and Tolerance) in Mexico City, where they currently hold the titles of President and Vice-President, respectfully. Open since
- [Alumni Spotlight: Kim Nates ('05, '08, '15-17), South Africa](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-kim-nates-south-africa/) - Kim Nates ('05, '08, '15, '16 & '17), NGO Marketing Consultant, South AfricaThis week we are proud to feature Kim Nates, alumna from March of the Living South Africa and the International Adult Delegation. Inspired by her experiences with the March of the Living, Kim went on to work with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide
- [Alumni Spotlight: Maayan Shapurkar (’17), India](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-maayan-shapurkar-india/) - Maayan Shapurkar (India ’17), Jewish Young Adult Engagement ProfessionalThis week we are proud to feature Maayan Shapurkar (’17), an alumna who traveled with a delegation from India with March of the Living UK, whose experience on the March of the Living has inspired her to elevate Holocaust awareness and commemoration amongst the Jewish community in
- [Alumni Spotlight: Josh Ahdoot (’09), Los Angeles, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-josh-ahdoot-usa/) - Josh Ahdoot (BJE Los Angeles ’09), EntrepreneurThis week we are proud to feature Josh Ahdoot (’09), alumnus from BJE Los Angeles, who, inspired by his March of the Living experience, strives to create safe spaces for inter-community dialogue. Gas chambers, mass grave sites, bloody dolls and a toddler’s abandoned shoe are just some of the
- [Alumni Spotlight: Brian Frojmowicz ('18), Argentina](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-brian-frojmowicz-argentina/) - HAGA CLIC AQUÍ PARA LEER EN ESPAÑOL Brian Frojmowicz, Argentina ’18 (Martin Buber School), Student Activist This week we are proud to feature Brian Frojmowicz (’18), alumnus from Marcha de la Vida Argentina, Martin Buber School. Inspired by his experience on March of the Living, in which he was followed by public television documenting his
- [Alumni Spotlight: Gábor Gordon (’03-‘20), Hungary](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-gabor-gordon-hungary/) - CLICK HERE TO READ IN HUNGARIAN Gábor Gordon (MOTL ’03-‘20), Founder, March of the Living HungaryThis week we are proud to feature Gábor Gordon (MOTL ’03-‘20), who was so inspired by his March experience that he founded the March of the Living organization in Hungary, Az Élet Menete. I am a born and raised Hungarian.
- [Alumni Spotlight: Dana Arschin Kraslow (’18), New York, USA](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-dana-arschin-fox5news/) - Dana Arschin Kraslow (MOTL ’18), Reporter, Fox 5 News New York, USAThis week we are proud to feature Dana Arschin, ’18 alumna from the Sinai Temple Young Adult group. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living, Dana, a reporter for Fox 5 News in New York, went on to document and produce
- [Alumni Spotlight: Julia Sussman ('13 & '17), Australia](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlight-julia-sussman-australia/) - Julia Sussman, Australia Youth ’13, Staff ’17, Founder, Youth HEARThis week we are proud to feature Julia Sussman (’13, Staff ’17), alumna from March of the Living Australia. Inspired by her experience on the March of the Living Julia went on to found and direct Youth HEAR (Holocaust Education and Remembrance), an organization dedicated to
- [We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope](https://motl.org/wearehere/) - Join the International March of the Living and over 100 other museums and cultural institutions around the world for We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope on Sunday, June 14 at 2:00 PM ET [or the adapted time for your local time zone]. Featuring award-winning media personalities Whoopi Goldberg, Dr. Ruth Westheimer,
- [March of the Living Statement on the death of George Floyd](https://motl.org/statement-on-the-death-of-george-floyd/) - The death of George Floyd and the ensuing civil unrest is a reminder of how far we have yet to travel to achieve justice and equality in our society. The dignity of every member of the human family is a central principle of Judaism and one of the core values of March of the Living.
- [Statement on Never Again Education Act](https://motl.org/statement-on-never-again-education-act/) - International March of the Living applauds the US Senate for unanimously passing the Never Again Education Act promoting Holocaust education in the United States. “We are proud to be among the many supporters of this most important and timely initiative and are grateful to the endorsement of the United Congress in its bipartisan commitment to the future
- [75 Years Since WWII Ended, Book’s New Tech Brings Survivor Testimonies to Life](https://motl.org/witness-book-release-2020/) - Specially updated edition of acclaimed book Witness uses embedded barcodes connecting to video testimony of 75 Holocaust survivors, rescuers or WW11 liberators. Witness is produced by International March of the Living, with help from the USC Shoah Foundation founded by Steven Spielberg. Book includes words from Barack Obama, Preface featuring Pope Francis, plus Afterword from
- [Everything Can Be Taken from You](https://motl.org/everything-can-be-taken-from-you/) - Survivor Gabriella Karin shares hard lessons she learned during the Holocaust with a new generation As part of her commitment to teaching young people the lessons of the Holocaust, Gabriella Karin has participated in the March of the Living trip to Poland and Israel every year since 2012. In Los Angeles, where she’s lived since
- [Combating discrimination and hatred through education](https://motl.org/combating-discrimination-and-hatred-through-education/) - Three strategies for teaching tolerance through the lens of the Holocaust We live in a society where truth is decaying and hatred and discrimination are on the rise, and can have a detrimental impact on a school’s culture and climate. Teaching and learning about the roots of hate is essential in fostering an inclusive classroom
- [Due to Coronavirus Outbreak, March of the Living 2020 Postponed](https://motl.org/due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-motl-2020-postponed/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Due to Coronavirus Outbreak, March of the Living 2020 Postponed The organization will launch an international campaign against rising antisemitism, titled “NEVER MEANS NEVER” Organization’s World Chair: “We remain thoroughly committed to our values and our historic role” 8 March 2020 (Tel Aviv) – The organization’s leaders announced today, that owing to
- [Emmy Nominated March of the Living Short Films](https://motl.org/emmy-nominated-motl-short-films/) - International March of the Living alumna Dana Arschin is a reporter for Fox 5 News in New York and she is also the granddaughter of an Auschwitz survivor. In April 2018 she traveled to Poland with March of the Living and documented her entire journey. When she got home, Dana wrote and produced three short
- [Think Tank of the Future: Alumni Meetup Tel Aviv](https://motl.org/alumni-think-tank-tlv/) - Please join us for "Think Tank of the Future" March of the Living Alumni Meet-up in Tel Aviv on Monday, February 3, 2020 at 8:00PM at L'Entrecote located at Ahad Ha'Am St 28, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
- [March of the Living President receives 2019 Golden Golda Global Leadership in Zionism Award](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-president-receives-2019-golden-golda-global-leadership-in-zionism-award-phyllis-greenberg-heideman/) - We are pleased to close out 2019 with our President, Phyllis Greenberg Heideman, receiving the Golden Golda Global Leadership in Zionism Award from the World Zionist Organization's - Department for the promotion of Aliyah. Thank you to Phyllis for her achievements as a Jewish female leader and her commitment to the core values of Zionism
- [President Rivlin hosted a delegation of ambassadors to the United Nations from around the worldand called on the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism on MOTL-AZM Mission](https://motl.org/president-rivlin-hosted-delegation-of-un-ambassadors-motl-azm/) - President Rivlin hosted a delegation of ambassadors to the United Nations from around the world and called on the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy to combat anti-Semitism President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin today, Wednesday 11 December / 13 Kislev, welcomed a delegation of ambassadors to the UN from around the world. Israeli Ambassador to
- [From The Gates of Auschwitz: Countering Hate through Education](https://motl.org/from-the-gates-of-auschwitz-countering-hate-through-education/) - The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University in partnership with The International March of the Living present "From The Gates of Auschwitz: Countering Hate through Education" to take place on Monday, April 20th at 5PM Poland time and to be viewed in high schools, colleges and universities all across the United
- [30+ UN Diplomats Begin Visit To Poland and Israel in MOTL-AZM Delegation](https://motl.org/30-un-diplomats-visit-poland-and-israel-motl-azm-delegation/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A delegation of more than two dozen Ambassadors to the United Nations, from all regions of the world, has arrived in Poland for a Holocaust Remembrance Program before traveling later this week to Israel for an official tour and meetings. The diplomats are participating on this mission at the invitation of The
- [When you donate to March of the Living, it has a powerful effect.](https://motl.org/giving-tuesday-2019/) - The International March of the Living is excited to participate in Giving Tuesday, a global day of charity and good deeds following Thanksgiving. “I marched for remembrance. I marched because we will never forget. I marched so that this atrocity never happens again.” When you donate to March of the Living, it has a powerful effect. Provide
- [A Tale of Two Hatikvah’s: Alumni Reflection: Grant Besner](https://motl.org/a-tale-of-two-hatikvahs-alumni-reflection-grant-besner/) - Four years ago, in April of 2015, just a month before I was to graduate from high school, I participated on the March of the Living. Upon arriving in Warsaw, the naïve excitement of teenage social interaction and two weeks off of school soon morphed into a somber, gradual realization of the vastly different world
- [‘Schindler’s List’ producer and Holocaust survivor Branko Lustig dies at 87](https://motl.org/schindlers-list-producer-and-holocaust-survivor-branko-lustig-dies-at-87/) - We are saddened to learn of the passing of Branko Lustig, Holocaust survivor and Oscar-winning producer of Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. Branko Lustig z'l, was born in Osijek, Croatia in 1932. He was a survivor of both the Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen concentration camps during World War II and his experiences in the camps were
- [Jerusalem Post Special Report on the 2017 March of the Living](https://motl.org/jerusalem-post-special-report-2017/) - (Click arrow to turn the page)
- [Jerusalem Post Special Report on the 2018 March of the Living](https://motl.org/jerusalem-post-special-report-2018/) - (Click arrow to turn the page)
- [March of the Living Chair: Europe must wake up](https://motl.org/europe-must-wake-up/) - Chairman of the March of the Living, Dr. Samuel Rosenman, responded to the attack near the German synagogue. "The shooting attack during the day of atonement and forgiveness, in Germany of all others, requires the whole of Europe to wake up" Rosenman wrote, "Europe must acknowledge that it is not doing enough to eradicate anti-Semitism."
- [Marcha De La Vida Mexico "Witness" Magazine](https://motl.org/mexico-witness-magazine/) - We are pleased to share the 2nd issue of March of the Living Mexico's Alumni Magazine "Witness".
- [Shana Tova to you and your family!](https://motl.org/shana-tova-to-you-and-your-family/)
- [Heart and Sole: Rosh Hashanah Young Professionals 10 Minute Meetup for Making a Difference](https://motl.org/heart-and-sole/)
- [March of the Living transcends distinctions to provide a deeply meaningful Jewish experience](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-transcends-distinctions-to-provide-a-deeply-meaningful-jewish-experience/) - Knowing that the enemies of the Jewish people did not distinguish between Jews—affiliated or assimilated, religious or secular, citizen or immigrant—will give pause to those searching to expose cultural or political distinctions today. (May 2, 2019 / JNS) There are no words for the experience of commemorating the horrific death, together with Holocaust survivors, on
- [March of the Living affirms and questions](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-affirms-and-questions/) - This trip will leave you with more questions than answers. That’s what our guide, Avi Marcovitz, told our group as we gathered in Warsaw’s airport. By we, I mean the 23 young adults from across the U.S. and two from South Africa, who had come to Poland to participate in the International March of the
- [The March of the Living Report: Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2019](https://motl.org/the-march-of-the-living-report-issue-3-spring-summer-2019/)
- [March of the Living Report - Fall 2018](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-report-fall-2018/)
- [March of the Living at NYC's Celebrate Israel Parade 2019](https://motl.org/israel-parade-2019/) - Alumni and Friends from around the world celebrated Israel's 71st Birthday by marching with our float in NYC's Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday June 2, 2019.
- [March of the Living at NYC's Celebrate Israel Parade 2018](https://motl.org/israel-parade-2018/) - On June 3, 2018, International March of the Living participated in the NYC Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue. More photos and videos coming soon!
- [Talia Chaze | Paris, France | 19 years old](https://motl.org/talia-chaze-paris-france-19-years-old/) - Tell us a few words about yourself. My name is Talia Chaze. I am 19, and I live in Paris with my parents. I have been in Israel for the past five and a half months, on a program with Habonim Dror, called Maslul. I am returning to Paris today. Though I completed my first
- [Emily Bowman | Budapest, Hungary](https://motl.org/emily-bowman-budapest-hungary/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. I was born in Washington but grew up in Hungary. She attended a Jewish high school. “I finished school in Budapest and came to Israel on the Masa program. When I grew up, I was active in the Hungarian Jewish community. I attended a Jewish summer
- [Imogen Krell | Manchester, London UK | 24 years old](https://motl.org/imogen-krell-manchester-london-uk/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. My name is Imogen Krell. I am 24 years old and have just started a career in strategy consultancy in London. Previously, I worked on the Teach First Programme and for two years taught Math to underprivileged students as well as acted as Head of Year. Over
- [Yoav Lester | Melbourne, Australia | 31 years old](https://motl.org/yoav-lester-melbourne-australia-31-years-old/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. I am a 31 year old filmmaker. I was born in Sydney, grew up in Melbourne. My parents were born in Sydney. Both my grandfathers were survivors from Lodz, Poland. One grandma is from Morocco and the other was from UK, previously Romania/Ukraine. If you have
- [Shayna Muller | Jerusalem, Israel | 28 years old](https://motl.org/shayna-muller-jerusalem-israel/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. I am 28 years old and originally from Brooklyn, New York. I emigrated to Israel in the Summer of 2016 and currently live in Jerusalem with my husband David, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. I am the Director of Resource Development for a non-profit called New Spirit, which works
- [Aaron Schneider | Sydney, Australia | 23 years old](https://motl.org/aaron-schneider-sydney-australia/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. I am Aaron Schneider, a modern-orthodox Jew who was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and has recently made Aliyah to Jerusalem. If you have experienced antisemitism in your country, how was it expressed? One Shabbat afternoon, after having a lovely Shabbat lunch, we were on our
- [Adam Cohen | London, UK | 27 years old](https://motl.org/adam-cohen-london-uk-27-years-old/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. My name is Adam Cohen. I am a 27-year-old Jewish educator from London and have also spent time teaching in Sydney. I have experienced eight extremely powerful trips to Poland and learnt about how the Holocaust stemmed from the most virulent form of antisemitism ever espoused. If
- [Sarah Manuel | London, UK | 25 years old](https://motl.org/sarah-manuel-london-uk/) - Tell us in a few words about yourself. I’ve been working and volunteering in the Jewish community for over 10 years. Professionally, I’m currently working as an assistant psychologist. In my role, I run interventions to support children’s learning and social and emotional wellbeing. I am passionate about education and mental health and hope to
- [Jerusalem Tour, Dinner & Light Show for March of the Living Alumni in Israel](https://motl.org/light-show/) - As part of March of the Living's new alumni initiative, on March 28th, the first gathering of alumni Israel occurred in Jerusalem. Alumni spanning over the from the years 2003 to 2018, enjoyed a beautiful evening in Israel's capital, taking a tour around the old city, having dinner in Mamilla mall, and experienced the breathtaking
- [Holocaust Survivor Declares at March of the Living, 'Hitler Did Not Win!'](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-declares-at-march-of-the-living-hitler-did-not-win/) - The March of the Living brings together different generations of the same family, providing a narrative of life among unspeakable pain and a message of renewal Those words, “always remember who are,” were the last ones that Anita Ekstein’s father spoke to her, as he entrusted her safety to a Polish coworker, who had promised
- [Residents of Exotic Lands to Join March of the Living](https://motl.org/residents-of-exotic-lands-to-join-march-of-the-living/) - For students from Japan and Morocco, as well as the more than 50 countries and territories, March of the Living is a unique opportunity to learn both history and about past tragedies. Every spring, thousands of participants from around the world travel to Poland for the International March of the Living, where they study the
- [Greek Jewry and The Holocaust](https://motl.org/greek-jewry-and-the-holocaust/) - Before World War II, approximately 80,000 Jews lived in Greece in 31 different communities. By war’s end, only 10,000 Jews survived. The destruction of the Jewish community of Greece remains, more than seven decades after the conclusion of World War II, one of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust. Before World War II, approximately 80,000
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- [March of the Living Statement on Terror Attack in New Zealand](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-statement-on-terror-attack-in-new-zealand/) - The Board and Officers of the International March of the Living condemn Friday’s horrific terror attack and senseless loss of lives in two Muslim Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. “We call upon all communities of faith to not just once again mourn the killing of innocent worshippers, but to moreover commit themselves to take affirmative
- [March of the Living by Dana Arschin for Fox5 Films](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-fox-5-films-with-dana-arschin/) - The following 3 films were created by 2018 March of the Living alumna, Dana Arschin, for Fox 5 Films. Segment 3: March of the Living - aired 2/25/19 Segment 1: The Forgotten Camps - aired 10/15/18 Segment 2: A Community Reborn - aired 11/8/18
- [2019 Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception in Miami](https://motl.org/2019-alumni-friends-dessert-reception-in-miami/) - We were honored to celebrate 40 survivors and over 80 alumni from the last 30 years in Miami at our March of the Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception. עם ישראל חי
- [UN Ambassadors Visit Warsaw Ghetto & Majdanek Concentration Camp In AZM-MOTL Delegation](https://motl.org/un-ambassadors-visit-warsaw-ghetto-majdanek-concentration-camp-in-azm-motl-delegation/) - This week a delegation of dozens of Ambassadors to the United Nations visited the Majdanek concentration camp and the Warsaw Ghetto during a two day Holocaust Remembrance Program in Poland on January 29-30. The Ambassadors are now visiting Israel as part of a Diplomatic Mission, sponsored by The American Zionist Movement and The International March
- [UN Ambassadors to Visit Poland and Israel in AZM-MOTL Delegation](https://motl.org/un-ambassadors-to-visit-poland-and-israel-in-azm-motl-delegation/) - On Monday, January 28, 2019, a delegation of dozens of Ambassadors to the United Nations from all regions of the world will depart for Poland, on a Holocaust Remembrance Program. They will then travel to Israel for a country tour and official meetings. The Ambassadors will travel following the official UN Ceremony for International Day
- [HAS THE WORLD LEARNED ITS LESSON?](https://motl.org/has-the-world-learned-its-lesson/) - On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sunday, January 27, the world marks the struggle against antisemitism and racism. The preface to the UN resolution designating this special day states: “The Holocaust, in which a third of the Jewish people were annihilated, will forever serve as a warning to all mankind against the danger of free hatred,
- [Noah Klieger, z”l, Keynote Speaker at the UN, Jan 27, 2017](https://motl.org/noah-klieger-un-012717/) - On January 27, 2017, Noah Klieger, z"l, was the Keynote Speaker at the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Read more about Noah HERE.
- [Holocaust Educational Group Uses Digimarc Technology to Tell Survivors’ Stories](https://motl.org/holocaust-educational-group-uses-digimarc-technology-to-tell-survivors-stories/) - The United Nations (U.N.) hosted an exhibit at its headquarters in New York City in 2014 and 2018, titled “When You Listen to a Witness You Become a Witness,” featuring images from the International March of the Living, an annual educational program, bringing individuals from around the world to Poland to study the history of the
- [Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception in South Florida](https://motl.org/alumni-friends-dessert-reception-in-south-florida/) - Loading...
- [March of the Living Mourns Passing of Simcha Rotem, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Fighter](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-mourns-passing-of-simcha-rotem-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-fighter/) - March of the Living mourns the passing of Simcha “Kazik” Rotem, at age 94, the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, “From all the tragic experiences of the war and the Holocaust, there is one lesson to be learned: that is there is nothing more valuable than human life. Nobody, in any situation,
- [March of the Living Chanukah Lighting with Polish President Duda](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-chanukah-lighting-with-polish-president-duda/) - The International March of the Living was invited to light Chanukah Candles at the Palace of the Polish President, Andrzej Duda. March of the Living's Deputy Chairman, Aharon Tamir, represented the organization at the celebration. During the 2018 March of the Living Yom HaShoah Ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau, President Duda was a keynote speaker. Watch the video and
- [Transformation in Poland By Raquel Binder, 2013](https://motl.org/transformation-in-poland/) - By Raquel Binder 44 young professionals from across North America began the journey from Toronto to Poland to learn abut the Holocaust through The March of The Living. We were fortunate to have with us Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter as we learned about Jewish life before, during, and after the war. I could not have
- [Rockland survivor of 9 concentration camps recounts horror 'Worse than Auschwitz'](https://motl.org/rockland-survivor-of-9-concentration-camps-recounts-horror-worse-than-auschwitz/) - Tuesday was an emotional day for Michael Marder, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor. The Airmont resident lit the menorah at the the parking lot at the Tallman ShopRite to celebrate Hanukkah. Rabbi Shmuel Gancz, who was with him, said this week's lighting was special. "It was a whole new meaning and experience for me," he said. It was
- [Alumni Reflection: Francine Makbili, 1990](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-francine-makbili-1990/) - “Recognize”. A word so powerful, yet so simple. Today, we recognize the anniversary of the United Nations decision to recognize Israel. In 1990 I recognized the idea that Israel is the place that I want to continue my life and carry on the roots of our heritage. In 1990, I participated in the March of
- [March of the Living Statement on CNN Report Regarding the Rise of Anti-Semitism](https://motl.org/statement-on-cnn-report-regarding-the-rise-of-antisemitism/) - The International March of the Living expresses its deep concern over the recent CNN special, State of Hate, which reported a dramatic and shocking increase in the rise of Anti-Semitism in the US in the last few years. According to the numbers provided by the ADL to CNN, in a disturbing trend, 2017 saw almost 2,000
- [Show Your Support for Holocaust Education on #GivingTuesday](https://motl.org/show-your-support-for-holocaust-education-on-givingtuesday/) - Dear Friends, On behalf of the Board of Directors of the International March of the Living, we thank you for your unwavering friendship. This year, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the March of the Living, we hope we can count on your support for our important educational mission. This #GivingTuesday, November 27, 2018, please remember
- [Yad Vashem Interview with Miriam Ron, Witness to the Events of Kristallnacht](https://motl.org/yad-vashem-interview-with-miriam-ron-witness-to-the-events-of-kristallnacht/) - "This is Not the Story of Someone Else" This exclusive Yad Vashem interview with Miriam Ron was published in our newsletter Teaching the Legacy (December, 2008). Mrs. Ron discusses her experiences and memories surrounding Kristallnacht, the expulsion to Zbaszyn, and her childhood in Germany. Could you please give us a short introduction of yourself? My name is Miriam Ron.
- [80 years to Kristallnacht - Our Duty as Alumni](https://motl.org/80-years-to-kristallnacht-our-duty-as-alumni/) - Dear Fellow Marcher, My name is Jimmy Garber. I am a second generation participant of the March of the Living. I took part in the March of the Living in 2011 with the Mexican delegation and this year I am a student in Israel. As I’m sure the rest of you can relate, the March of
- [March of the Living Statement: Deadly attack on Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh](https://motl.org/statement-about-deadly-attack-on-tree-of-life-synagogue-in-pittsburgh/) - The International March of the Living teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, one of which is the ongoing reoccurrence of hatred which we have seen rear its ugly head all too often. Today we witnessed a horrific and tragic act of antisemitism inflicted upon the Jewish community of Pittsburgh, proving that we must stand strong
- [MOTL Alumni & Friends Reception at JFNA's GA in Israel](https://motl.org/reception-ga-israel/) - On October 22, 2018 March of the Living hosted an Alumni & Friends reception in Tel Aviv, featuring remarks from guest of honor MK Sharren Haskel, the youngest member of the Israeli Knesset and alumna of the March of the Living. Additional speakers included Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, Chairman of the March of the Living, Phyllis
- [30 Years of the March of the Living](https://motl.org/30-years-of-the-march-of-the-living/)
- [Video: #marcha from Argentina](https://motl.org/video-marcha-argentina/) - "The story has always been told by us. Now teenagers have the floor."
- [Video Coverage of Elie Wiesel Commemoration in Sighet - October 4, 2018](https://motl.org/video-coverage-of-elie-wiesel-commemoration-in-sighet-october-4-2018/)
- [IN COMMEMORATION OF ELIE WIESEL, JEWISH LEADERS GATHER IN HIS HOMETOWN](https://motl.org/in-commemoration-of-elie-wiesel-jewish-leaders-gather-in-his-hometown/) - The event included an interfaith dialogue between representatives of Romania's religious communities and Jewish leaders from Israel. SIGHET, ROMANIA - Local leaders and Jewish dignitaries from around the world gathered Thursday in Sighet, the birthplace of Jewish luminary Elie Wiesel, to protest rising antisemitism and commend town officials for acting swiftly after an antisemitic incident
- [Alumni Reflection: Ross Nimhauser, Southern Region USA, 2012 & 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-ross-nimhhauser/) - The Holocaust can be an overwhelming topic for anyone who studies it, regardless of age. When I went on the March as a student six years ago I had the profound sense of duty to remember and embrace the memory of my family, thirteen of which perished in Majdanek. Going on the March as an
- [March of Many Meanings](https://motl.org/march-of-many-meanings/) - April, 2018 marked my second opportunity to staff the March of the Living trip for Mid Atlantic Region of the United States as a representative of StandWithUs. The March brings thousands of Jewish teenagers and Holocaust survivors from around the world and Israel, which culminates with a silent march in Poland between Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II/Birkenau,
- [March of the Living changes lives](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-changes-lives/) - It was the fall of 2008 when my parents asked me if I had any interest in going on the “March of The Living.” My mother, a career Jewish professional and my father who studied in Poland in college and whose own father had been present on the liberation of several camps felt that it
- [Alumni Reflection: Lisa Roth, International Adults 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-lisa-roth/) - My paternal grandparents, Elizabeth (Bubbie) and Samuel (Zaide) z’l Roth, survived the Holocaust. My Zaide passed away in 2010 at almost 98 years old just shy of 65 years of marriage to my Bubbie who is currently 92 years old and full of life. As the oldest of their eight grandchildren, I am extremely fortunate
- [Alumni Reflection: Geri Roth, International Adults 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-geri-roth/) - It was an honor and once in a lifetime experience to participate in the March of the Living and especially to do so with my daughter, Lisa Roth. Although my background is not the same as hers, we share many of the same emotions. While in Poland, I felt extreme sadness and anger. I will
- [March of the Living Report - Winter 2018](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-report-volume-1-winter-2018/)
- [Remarks by Ron Dermer, Israel's Amb. to the US, at 2018 Erev Yom Hashoah Ceremony at the Krakow Philharmonic](https://motl.org/remarks-by-ron-dermer-erev-yom-hashoah-2018/) - "Ladies and Gentlemen, and especially the survivors and their families who are with us here tonight, This week, my wife Rhoda and I joined Phyllis and Richard Heideman on a remarkable March-of-the-Living journey. Our guide has been their extraordinary daughter, Dr. Elana Heideman, whose knowledge of the Holocaust is matched only by her passion to
- [Determined: One Boy’s Holocaust Survival Story](https://motl.org/determined-one-boys-holocaust-survival-story/) - From the Death March to the March of the Living Determined: One Boy’s Holocaust Survival Story by Martin Baranek with Lisa B. Cicero The new memoir about overcoming loss and suffering at the hands of the Nazis, and how a young boy’s undying spirit and a series of miracles helped him survive, is now available
- [March of the Living Statement on Hatred in Romania](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-statement-on-hatred-in-romania/) - We at the International March of the Living are both saddened and outraged by the contempt and hatred shown by the recent antisemitic graffiti painted in Romania on the Memorial House of the late Elie Wiesel, z”l. Professor Wiesel was the acclaimed voice of conscience and the moral compass for all peoples of the world.
- [JQ International LGBTQ+ & ALLY 2019 Info Session](https://motl.org/jq-international-lgbtq-ally-2019-info-session/) - We are pleased to announce that JQ International will be sponsoring the first ever LGBTQ+ & Ally Adult March of the Living Delegation in 2019! This once-in-a-lifetime experience is open to interested participants worldwide with the opportunity to join for either the Poland only portion or both Poland and Israel. Adults interested in participating in
- [Bearing Witness: Southampton Residents Visit Concentration Camps As Part Of 'March Of The Living' Tour](https://motl.org/bearing-witness-southampton-residents-visit-concentration-camps-as-part-of-march-of-the-living-tour/) - “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” The words of Elie Wiesel were on the mind of Saundra Dubin, Robin Long and Deborah Kooperstein when they traveled to Poland last month with other Long Island residents. They were there to visit several concentration camps and other historic sites in Poland as part
- [This is Our Legacy Gala: Celebrating 30 Years](https://motl.org/this-is-our-legacy-gala-celebrating-30-years/) - On May 8, 2018, March of the Living celebrated its 30th anniversary by honouring Holocaust survivors who have participated in the March since 1988 and its National Director, Eli Rubenstein, for his 30 years of service. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the keynote speaker at the event. He thanked the survivors for their courage and
- [Southern Region March of the Living 2018](https://motl.org/southern-region-march-of-the-living-2018/) - [embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkYo98XC6LY[/embedyt]
- [Reflections on March of the Living: An Unforgettable Journey](https://motl.org/reflections-on-march-of-the-living-an-unforgettable-journey/) - In April, along with 40 other congregants, my wife and I had the good fortune to travel to Poland and Israel on this year’s Adult March of the Living trip, which was led by Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, under the aegis of North Suburban Synagogue Beth El. Significantly, we were the only group – religious or
- [A Journey of Independence](https://motl.org/a-journey-of-independence/) - After a tough, emotional trip to Poland that included the March of the Living at Auschwitz, thousands of young people from all over the world arrived in Israel to celebrate Independence Day. They connected to Israel’s landscapes by cycling and taking part in green, environmentally-aware hikes all over the country. “We feel, more than ever
- [ONE-FIFTH OF ALL AMBASSADORS TO U.N. CURRENTLY IN ISRAEL](https://motl.org/one-fifth-of-all-ambassadors-to-u-n-currently-in-israel/) - The purpose of the trip is to give the ambassadors, who are often called upon to vote on Israel-related issues a first-hand look at the challenges the country faces. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon is acting as a guide for some 20% of his fellow ambassadors to the UN, who are currently getting
- [From Auschwitz to the Western Wall](https://motl.org/from-auschwitz-to-the-western-wall/) - More than 6,000 students arrived in Israel this week following their participation in the 30th March of the Living in Poland last Thursday, April 12, an international procession from Auschwitz to Birkenau led by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and the top echelon of Israel’s security forces to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah). The young
- [Holocaust Memory:  The Next Thirty Years](https://motl.org/holocaust-memory-the-next-thirty-years/) - The 2018 March of the Living marks thirty years since the first 1,500 participants gathered in Poland and marched along the path of memory that marchers have taken each year since. As we again gather in Poland to march together from Auschwitz to Birkenau, we are more than merely walking along the 3.2-kilometer path that
- [My first time in Poland; the gentle chaos of defiance](https://motl.org/my-first-time-in-poland-the-gentle-chaos-of-defiance/) - This week I visited Poland for the very first time. I’ve probably avoided this journey because I grew up in a Holocaust-drenched-home and then lived in Holocaust-steeped-Israel. A few years ago, I visited Lithuania where our family comes from and where, in the village which my great-grandfather left, 2,000 Jews were locked into the synagogue
- [March of the Living diary: ‘The more we learn – the more questions we have’](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-diary-the-more-we-learn-the-more-questions-we-have/) - Karen Pollock, Chief Executive of the Holocaust Educational trust, was part of the 275-strong UK’s delegation to Poland for March of the Living, as more than 11,000 came together at Auschwitz to remember six million Jews. Following an emotional week of learning about Jewish history and Polish-Jewish life, she reflects on what Sunday 8th I
- [Led by Israel’s President Rivlin, thousands attend March of Living in Poland](https://motl.org/led-by-israels-president-rivlin-thousands-attend-march-of-living-in-poland/) - More than 12,000 people from 40 countries make two-mile march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, accompanied by heads of IDF, Mossad, Shin Bet and police Some 12,000 marchers from 40 countries — from Holocaust survivors to teenagers to senior Israeli officials — were participating in the March of the Living on Thursday in Poland. President Reuven
- [UN Ambassadors Visit Auschwitz](https://motl.org/un-ambassadors-visit-auschwitz/) - On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the American Zionist Movement brings UN ambassadors to Auschwitz. Ambassadors to the United Nations from Africa, Europe and Latin America on Thursday visited the Polish Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps, participating in the 30th annual March of the Living. The delegation arrived in Poland under the auspices of the American Zionist Movement (AZM).
- [UN ambassadors visit Auschwitz on Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://motl.org/un-ambassadors-visit-auschwitz-on-holocaust-remembrance-day/) - Thirteen ambassadors to the United Nations from Africa, Europe and Latin America visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland today on Yom Hashoah (Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day), as part of the 30th annual “March of the Living.” The delegation organized by the American Zionist Movement, in conjunction with Ambassador Danny Danon, Israel’s Permanent Representative
- [March of the Living 30th Anniversary at the United Nations](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-30th-anniversary-at-the-united-nations/) - On January 29, 2018, Danny Danon, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, hosted a Holocaust Remembrance Day program marking the opening of the International March of the Living exhibit “Witness” at the United Nations Building. There were 380 attendees for the evening, including United Nations Ambassadors from over 40 countries. The exhibit, which commemorates the
- [Alumni Reflections: Rosa Saba, Mexico 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-rosa-saba-mexico-2018/) - Haga clic aquí para leer en español » Human? Humankind? Adjective qualifying a human being, a man or a woman in nature. Adjective qualifying a human being. A rational human being. An adjective that conveys understanding, sensitivity to other human being’s misfortune. Humankind… human nature, the human being’s own fragility or weakness. Sensible, compassionate to other
- [A Holocaust Survivor’s Revenge: A Bar Mitzvah in Poland After 79 Years](https://motl.org/a-holocaust-survivors-revenge-a-bar-mitzvah-in-poland-after-79-years/) - Johnny Jablon began preparing for his bar mitzvah in Poland in the summer of 1939. A month later, the Germans invaded. Now 92 years of age, Jablon returned to Poland for the first time since World War II to finally celebrate his bar mitzvah. Born the second of three sons to an assimilated Jewish family in Kraków, Jablon
- [Yaffa (Grinblatt) Phillips z"l](https://motl.org/yaffa-grinblatt-phillips-zl/) - It is with great sadness that we inform you of the untimely passing of former March of the Living staff member Yaffa (Grinblatt) Phillips z"l. ​Yaffa was ​a beloved member of the March of the Living organization, working in the New York offices from 2004 to 2008. Yaffa had the biggest and most generous heart,
- [Interview with Holocaust Survivor Sol Nayman](https://motl.org/interview-with-holocaust-survivor-sol-nayman/) - Gila Yefet interviews Sol Nayman, Holocaust survivor and educator and Eynat Katz, March of the Living participant. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cw5h4Ybh4w[/embedyt]
- [Alumni Reflections: Arianna Weiner, Western Region 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-arianna-weiner-western-region-2018/) - Transformation Beautiful are those whose brokenness gives birth to transformation and wisdom. ~ John Mark Green Background: Three weeks ago, I marched with 14,000 people from 52 different countries down the same 3-kilometer path leading from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day - Yom Hashoah - as a tribute to all victims of the
- [Western Region's Ode to Poland 2018](https://motl.org/western-regions-ode-to-poland-2018/) - I am proud to be a Jew and that my children’s children will never forget the Holocaust Love is worth dying for because passion lasts It is truly amazing to see that out of such evil and pure darkness, the Jewish faith can survive and flourish We are not victims, victimization is a mindset and
- [Alumni Reflections: Alan Dayan, Mexico 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-alan-dayan-mexico-2018/) - And as we walked through the gates of Birkenau, Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” was being played. Just a guitar and a woman’s voice. And as we continued our stroll along the train tracks, on our left hand side laid that part of the camp where the women used to live. And suddenly my mind started to
- [Alumni Reflections: Nathan M, Western Region 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-nathan-m-western-region-2018/) - I hear birds chirp from the sky above and see butterflies flutter around the trees. I hope these are our people, watching and protecting us, and telling us their story, for us to never forget how their lives ended in such tragedy. It is unfathomable to think such tragedy occurred in a place of peace,
- [Alumni Reflections: Hannah E, Western Region 2018](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-hannah-e-western-region-2018/) - Today was our last full day in Israel. Our last full day in our people’s country. Our country. The past few days we have been celebrating this country because of Yom Hatzmaoot, but today we focused on our ancestors who perished like we did in Poland. We started at Yad VaShem, the museum for the
- [The Holocaust Survivor Who Hated Anne Frank](https://motl.org/the-holocaust-survivor-who-hated-anne-frank/) - The last Holocaust survivor died last week. Well, Trudy (not her real name) wasn’t literally the last survivor – though that day is not far off. But she was my last Holocaust survivor, the last one I knew as a genuine friend, not as a congregant, or a colleague, or a symbol. She was a
- [Erev Yom HaShoah at the Krakow Philharmonic 2018](https://motl.org/erev-yom-hashoah-2018/)
- [Participant Interviews at Mega Event 2018](https://motl.org/participant-interviews-2018/) - [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnxqKbgxSMw[/embedyt]
- [March of the Living Mega Event 2018](https://motl.org/mega-event-2018/) - PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO PLAYLIST
- [Highlights 30th Anniversary March of the Living Jerusalem 2018](https://motl.org/highlights-jerusalem-2018/) - [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOQ8_L4mk_s[/embedyt]
- [Jerusalem March of the Living 2018](https://motl.org/jerusalem-2018/) - PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO PLAYLIST
- [Poland March of the Living 2018](https://motl.org/poland-2018/) - PHOTO GALLERY VIDEO PLAYLIST [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLDjofQRyRwpeeHf4TZRrgjC97g5SwXBAU&layout=gallery[/embedyt]
- [Rutgers Joins International Effort to Prevent Hatred, Intolerance and Prejudice](https://motl.org/rutgers-joins-international-effort-to-prevent-hatred-intolerance-and-prejudice/) - Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience memorializes those killed during Holocaust at annual International March of the Living at Auschwitz. Joining 13,000 people from more than 40 countries, representatives of Rutgers University’s Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience took part this month in the International March of the Living – memorializing six million
- [Thankful days: Why I made aliyah by Joseph Bendah](https://motl.org/thankful-days-why-i-made-aliyah-by-joseph-bendah/) - Five years have passed since I immigrated to Israel from the United States, and an additional two years have passed since I was released from the Israel Defense Forces. Each year since I arrived in Israel, I have flown overseas to visit my family and friends. On each of my visits I ask myself the
- [PRESIDENT RIVLIN: ISRAEL IS THE 'MARCH OF THE LIVING' FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE](https://motl.org/president-rivlin-israel-is-the-march-of-the-living-for-the-jewish-people/) - "The establishment of the State of Israel is a miracle, though it is not self-evident, and it is something that must be experienced to be believed and understood." President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday warmly welcomed some 6,000 young students from 40 countries across the world who took part in 30th March of the Living from
- [DIARY FROM THE 30TH MARCH OF THE LIVING](https://motl.org/diary-from-the-30th-march-of-the-living/) - One of the hundreds of survivors who participated in this year's march: "The most wonderful miracle of all is the State of Israel." AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU – Walking behind the Israeli and Polish presidents, together with the heads of Israel’s security branches, hundreds of Holocaust survivors and thousands of young people from around the world from Auschwitz
- [‘FROM HOLOCAUST TO REDEMPTION,’ RIVLIN TO LEAD 30TH MARCH OF THE LIVING](https://motl.org/from-holocaust-to-redemption-rivlin-to-lead-30th-march-of-the-living/) - “Every facet of this march is historic,” President Reuven Rivlin said. President Reuven Rivlin will lead the International March of the Living procession in Poland this year as the organization marks its 30th anniversary under the theme, “From Holocaust to Redemption.” Among the more than 12,000 participants from around the world expected to march the
- [SOCIAL MEDIAL GUIDE FOR MARCH OF THE LIVING](https://motl.org/social-media-guide/) - WHO TO FOLLOW? Please be sure that you are following these accounts and that you regularly like and retweet to help spread awareness. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MOTLorg Instagram https://www.instagram.com/MOTLorg Twitter https://twitter.com/MOTLorg WHAT TO TAG? FACEBOOK Like the page HERE and then tag us in each of your posts. INSTAGRAM & TWITTER Follow our accounts on INSTAGRAM HERE
- [Chelsea Football Club ‘honoured to participate’ in March of the Living](https://motl.org/chelsea-football-club-honoured-to-participate-in-march-of-the-living/) - The Premier League Champions will send a delegation to Poland for the annual commemoration that takes place on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Memorial Day. The contingent will include club directors Bruce Buck and Eugene Tenenbaum, Olympic legend and Chelsea supporter Sir Steve Redgrave, ex-manager Avram Grant, U18 manager Jody Morris, and academy players. Grant,
- [Amb. Danny Danon Keynote Remarks at the United Nations for March of the Living 30th Anniversary](https://motl.org/amb-danny-danon-keynote-remarks-at-the-un-for-march-of-the-living-30th-anniversary/) - Good evening. Thank you all for being here. It is a privilege to join hands with the March of the Living organization, and so many distinguished guests for this milestone. Before I begin, I must thank a few very special individuals: President of the International March of the Living, the Honorable Phyllis Greenberg Heideman; President
- [Irving Roth Speech at the United Nations for March of the Living 30th Anniversary](https://motl.org/irving-roth-speech-at-the-united-nations-for-march-of-the-living-30th-anniversary/) -  My Dear Fellow Humans, I consider going on March of the Living a privilege accorded to me not only by the MOTL organization but by providence itself. Standing beside the cattle car in Auschwitz in 1998, where I arrived in May 1944 as a 14 year old decades ago, I was living a miracle.
- [Limmud FSU: Survivors honour Oskar Schindler in Jerusalem](https://motl.org/limmud-fsu-survivors-honour-oskar-schindler-in-jerusalem/) - Ceremony held in Israel to honour a man who saved the lives of Polish Jews during the Holocaust Amid the political and media storm caused by the controversial Polish law that criminalises those accusing Poland of complicity in the Holocaust, a special event took place in Jerusalem to honour a man who saved Jewish lives
- [The March of the Living Will Continue to March](https://motl.org/the-march-of-the-living-will-continue-to-march/) - Thursday February 8, 2018 - Since its passing, many voices have been raised in opposition to the Polish government’s recent bill regulating Holocaust speech. International March of the Living has already issued a statement opposing this legislation, arguing instead for an open discussion and dialogue on all aspects related to the history of the Holocaust
- [Int’l ‘March of the Living’ Honors 30 Years of Holocaust Education](https://motl.org/intl-march-of-the-living-honors-30-years-of-holocaust-education/) - On Monday evening, January 29, the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations hosted a special ceremony to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day and honor the International March of the Living for 30 years of outstanding Holocaust education programming. The event also launched the March of the Living’s photo exhibit at the UN headquarters
- [March of the Living Statement on Polish Government Bill Regulating Holocaust Speech](https://motl.org/statement-on-polish-government-bill-regulating-holocaust-speech/) - The International March of the Living, a leading Holocaust education program which brings people of all ages from communities around the world to Poland to learn the lessons of history, deeply regrets the passage today by the Polish government of a new bill regulating Holocaust speech. Historical veracity, academic freedom and a commitment to the
- [Israel’s UN Mission Hosts March Of The Living Event On Holocaust Remembrance Day](https://motl.org/israels-un-mission-hosts-march-of-the-living-event-on-holocaust-remembrance-day/) - 'As the last of the Holocaust survivors slowly leave us, the experiences of young people who have joined them and visited the sites where unimaginable horrors took place are more important than ever' Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations hosted a special exhibit commemorating the International March of the Living’s 30th anniversary on Monday.
- [#WeRemember](https://motl.org/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](https://motl.org/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](https://motl.org/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](https://motl.org/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](https://motl.org/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
- [Story of the Fork](https://motl.org/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
- [Prosecuting Eichmann: An Interview with Israeli Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Bach](https://motl.org/prosecuting-eichmann-an-interview-with-israeli-supreme-court-justice-gabriel-bach/) - Justice Gabriel Bach, Eichmann trial prosecutor and Israeli Supreme Court Justice (ret.), fled Nazi Germany at the age of 18. Two decades later, Bach, then a deputy state attorney in Israel, served as the deputy chief prosecutor of Adolf Eichmann, one of the principal architects of the Final Solution. He is the only surviving prosecutor
- [Hundreds march in memory of Elie Wiesel in his Romanian hometown](https://motl.org/hundreds-march-in-memory-of-elie-wiesel-in-his-romanian-hometown/) - "This was the will of Elie Wiesel and we had to see it through," FSU Limmud Founder said about the Holocaust honor march. Jerusalem Post – Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel did not live to see his countrymen march in honor of the memory of the 14,000 Jews deported from his hometown of
- [DESPITE APOLOGY, SPICER GAFFE CONTINUES TO DRAW CONDEMNATION](https://motl.org/despite-apology-spicer-gaffe-continues-to-draw-condemnation/) - (JPost) Despite an apology White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer issued over his comment that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, the International March of the Living on Thursday joined the chorus of voices condemning the remark. As thousands of people around the world prepare to travel to Poland next week to participate in the
- [March of the Living Statement on the Passing of Elie Wiesel](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-statement-on-the-passing-of-elie-wiesel/) - The International March of the Living Board of Directors, Staff, Global Leadership and Alumni around the world deeply mourn the passing of our mentor, our conscience and our inspiration, Professor Elie Wiesel. We had the privilege of working with him for many years and we will miss his passion, commitment and dedication to our mission
- [We must ‘stand up and not remain silent in the face of hatred’](https://motl.org/we-must-stand-up-and-not-remain-silent-in-the-face-of-hatred/) - Arielle Zelikovitz, a Grade 11 student at Sir Robert Borden High School, attended the sentencing hearing for the young Ottawa man convicted in the series of anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and racist graffiti attacks that shocked the city last November, and offers these thoughts. It is quite upsetting to watch the news and, on a regular basis,
- [The Last Generation: Reflections on March of the Living by Dr. Tuvia Book, UK, 2017](https://motl.org/the-last-generation-reflections-on-march-of-the-living/) - Times of Israel - The feeling of exiting an ElAl plane in Poland is difficult describe. I felt like I was leaving a protective cocoon of “Israeliness.” Despite the warm spring weather I felt a chill as I stepped outside. This is the land of the murder of millions of Jews, including my mother’s entire
- [Why Didn't the Swedes Mobilize to Save Holocaust Hero Raoul Wallenberg?](https://motl.org/why-didnt-the-swedes-mobilize-to-save-holocaust-hero-raoul-wallenberg/) - The very belated confirmation of the death of the Swedish diplomat raises new questions about economic and political interests – of the Swedish government and of his family – that may explain why the affair was not settled 70 years ago. A few weeks ago, the death was announced in Sweden of a person who
- [School Parade in Taiwan Featuring Swastikas and Nazis Unleashes Uproar](https://motl.org/school-parade-in-taiwan-featuring-swastikas-and-nazis-unleashes-uproar/) - TAIPEI, Taiwan — A high school parade in Taiwan in which students dressed as Nazi soldiers and carried swastika banners has created a storm of criticism in one of Asia’s most open societies. Hsinchu Kuang-Fu High School in Hsinchu City held the parade, which focused on Adolf Hitler, as part of the school’s anniversary celebrations
- [Celebrities to Gather for Reading of Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night’](https://motl.org/celebrities-to-gather-for-reading-of-elie-wiesels-night/) - More than 50 luminaries from the performing arts and politics, as well as other public figures, will gather on Jan. 29 to read Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece “Night” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan. The event, which is presented by the museum and the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene, is meant to honor both
- [Colleges aren’t just politically correct — they’re anti-Semitic](https://motl.org/colleges-arent-just-politically-correct-theyre-anti-semitic/) - It was billed as a rally for students to demand free tuition from public institutions of higher education and lodge a cornucopia of grievances. Instead, some giddy demonstrators devolved into a pack of rabid haters. “Death to Jews! Death to Jews!” members of the crowd shrieked. This didn’t happen in Germany in the 1930s, nor
- [Archaeologists uncovered a pendant at a Nazi death camp — with possible ties to Anne Frank](https://motl.org/archaeologists-uncovered-a-pendant-at-a-nazi-death-camp-with-possible-ties-to-anne-frank/) - Researchers say a recent Nazi death camp excavation has turned up personal mementos from victims, including a teenager’s triangular pendant that closely resembles one that belonged to Anne Frank. The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said in a statement Sunday that Jewish victims’ personal belongings, including the pendant, were unearthed at the former Sobibor death camp in Poland along the notorious “Pathway
- [Poles Who Killed Jews Removed Themselves From the Polish People, President Says](https://motl.org/poles-who-killed-jews-removed-themselves-from-the-polish-people-president-says/) - Poles who took part in the murder of Jews in pogroms around World War II expelled themselves from the Polish people, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Tuesday at the start of a state visit to Israel. In a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin, Duda spoke of the pogrom in the city of Kielce
- [#WeRemember: Over 200,000 people post their photos to commemorate Holocaust](https://motl.org/weremember-over-200000-people-post-their-photos-to-commemorate-holocaust/) - More than 200,000 people from around the world have posted photos of themselves on social media holding signs saying “We Remember” in dozens of languages ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The social media campaign was launched two weeks ago by the World Jewish Congress in honor of the commemoration, which is marked each year on
- [On its US, UK sites, Amazon sells books that deny Holocaust](https://motl.org/on-its-us-uk-sites-amazon-sells-books-that-deny-holocaust/) - Times of Israel - Amazon has removed books that deny the Holocaust from online stores in countries where Holocaust denial is illegal, but they remain available in the United States and the United Kingdom. The British newspaper The Independent reported Sunday that the books were removed in some countries, including Italy, France and Germany, after
- [Holocaust survivor, 10-time Olympic medalist Agnes Keleti awarded Israel Prize](https://motl.org/holocaust-survivor-10-time-olympic-medalist-agnes-keleti-awarded-israel-prize/) - i24News - Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1921, Keleti survived WWII by working under a false identity Agnes Keleti, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor and one of the most successful female Jewish athletes on Tuesday was awarded the Israel Prize in the field of sports. The Israel Prize is awarded by the state to persons or organizations
- [Polish Human Rights Official Under Fire for Holocaust Remark](https://motl.org/polish-human-rights-official-under-fire-for-holocaust-remark/) - WARSAW, Poland — A leading Polish human rights official has come under fire for saying the "Polish nation" took part in the implementation of the Holocaust — a controversial statement in a country that never collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II. Adam Bodnar, the country's human rights commissioner, or ombudsman, apologized for the
- [MARCH OF THE LIVING STATEMENT IN RESPONSE  TO THE COMMENTS OF WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SEAN SPICER](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-statement-in-response-to-the-comments-of-white-house-spokesman-sean-spicer/) - As thousands of participants from countries around the globe prepare to travel to Poland to participate on the 2017 International March of the Living and commemorate Yom HaShoah on the grounds of Auschwitz and Birkenau, we find ourselves outraged, angered and ashamed by the totally erroneous and blatantly insulting comments made on 10 April by
- [March of the Living Statement on March for Racial Justice being held on Yom Kippur](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-statement-on-march-for-racial-justice-being-held-on-yom-kippur/) - International March of the Living expresses its profound disappointment with the organizers of the March for Racial Justice, which is being planned for this Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Especially in light of recent events in Charlottesville, where prejudice and hatred against Jews, African Americans and others were painfully evident, we
- [March of the Living Statement on Extremism](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-statement-on-extremism/) - International March of the Living expresses its concern with the rising tide of far right and extremist sentiment in Europe and elsewhere. While not all extremist groups focus their efforts against Israel or the Jewish people, we firmly oppose any movement that advances the demonization of minorities and immigrants – whoever they may be -
- [Alumni Reflections: Donna Dambrot, HMTC, Friends of MOTL, 2014-16](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-donna-dambrot-hmtc-friends-of-motl-2014-16/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? HMTC(2x), Friends of MOTL ( Mel Mann, 1x) Year(s) attended: 2014, 2015, 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? The March itself and the presentations in Birkenau were touching, empowering and beautiful. What impact did Poland
- [New Tech To Offer Virtual Conversations With Holocaust Survivors](https://motl.org/new-tech-to-offer-virtual-conversations-with-holocaust-survivors/) - JPost - With a slew of recent incidents clearly indicating that antisemitism is on the rise in the US and in Europe and the voice of Holocaust deniers resounding louder and louder, the need to preserve the memory of World War II's atrocities has grown ever more pressing in recent years. But the commemoration of
- [Alumni Reflections: Hannah Schepps, Dallas, 2012](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-hannah-schepps-dallas-2012/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Southwest Region, Dallas Year(s) attended: 2012 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Just after the march, I was walking with a Rabbi around Birkenau listening to the wisdom he was sharing with me. As we
- [Alumni Reflections: N. Cohen, Southwest United States, 2012](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-n-cohen-southwest-united-states-2012/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Southwest United States Year(s) attended: 2012 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? The most memorable moment for me was when we visited a train station, and we were able to get into one of the
- [March of the Living Event in Sighet in Memory of Elie Wiesel](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-event-in-sighet-in-memory-of-elie-wiesel/) - On September 10, 2017, the International March of the Living co-sponsored an event in Sighet, Romania in memory of Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, in partnership with Limmud FSU. Learn more about the event HERE
- [March of the Living is thinking of our friends in Texas during Hurricane Harvey](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-is-thinking-of-our-friends-in-texas-during-hurricane-harvey/) - The Board, Officers, Staff, and Leadership of the International March of the Living send thoughts and wishes for the safety of our friends, participants, alumni and all those in harm's way in Texas as you face the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
- [March of the Living: Apology isn’t Enough, March for Racial Justice on Yom Kippur is Monumental Injustice Against Jews](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-apology-isnt-enough-march-for-racial-justice-on-yom-kippur-is-monumental-injustice-against-jews/) - Jewish Press - Responding to the recent public apology letter by the organizers of the progressive March for Racial Justice for holding its resistance event on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, which thus excludes Jews, the President and Chairman of the International March of the Living expressed its profound disappointment. By
- [March of the Living Stands in Solidarity with Barcelona](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-stands-in-solidarity-with-barcelona/) - The Officers, Board, Staff, Volunteers and Alumni of the International March of the Living around the globe send heartfelt prayers to those injured and condolences to the families of those killed Thursday in the horrific terror assault in Barcelona, Spain. We have once again witnessed terrorism rear its ugly head on innocent victims. These continuing
- [MARCH OF THE LIVING CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-condemns-violence-in-charlottesville/) - The International March of the Living strongly condemns the vicious acts and words of antisemitism, Hitler-glorification and racism which took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. America, the Land of the Free, must not tolerate acts of hatred, intolerance and bigotry of any kind or nature. The International March of the Living is dedicated to teaching the
- [Alumni Reflections: Valerie Greenfeld, USA, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-valerie-greenfeld-usa/) - A SUITCASE OF PERSPECTIVE By Valerie Greenfeld April 29, 2017 To remember the heroes who resisted the Nazis and to mourn for those who were lost, I flew to Poland to walk with thousands of people from around the world from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Since 1988, when communism fell, thousands have gathered on Yom HaShoah,
- [Alumni Reflections: Yazmin Stern, Tarbut Argentina, 2016](https://motl.org/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
- [Alumni Reflections: Andrea Bolender, HTMC, 2015](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-andrea-bolender-htmc-2015/) - Growing up the “shadow of the Shoah” can never be described as a life unaffected. During my youth I often felt I carried the responsibility of making my father , sole survivor of his family, happy and proud of me. It was only much later in life that I realized the privilege of being the
- [Alumni Reflections: Stephen Liebowitz, BBYO, 2011](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-stephen-liebowitz-bbyo-2011/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? BBYO Year(s) attended: 2011 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking out of the gas chamber in Majdanek, reflecting on what I saw within those four walls. What impact did Poland have on you? Poland
- [Alumni Reflections: Sharon Sigal, Miami /Broward, 1992](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-sharon-sigal-miami-broward-1992/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Miami /Broward. Year(s) attended: 1992 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Standing in Birkenau and listening to Ellie Weisel speak. But, yet there are so many memories, that's just one that stands out. What impact
- [Alumni Reflections: Adam Workman, Broward, 2015](https://motl.org/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
- [Adding Depth to Holocaust Classes](https://motl.org/adding-depth-to-holocaust-classes/) - Jewish Standard - One of many anti-Jewish laws the Nazi regime enacted between 1933 and 1945 prohibited Jews from owning dogs, cats, and birds. So what were German Jewish families to do with their beloved pets? This question seems to resonate especially strongly among juniors and seniors in Heather Lutz’s Holocaust literature classes at Pascack
- [Alumni Reflections: Murray Brown, The United Kingdom, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-murray-brown-the-united-kingdom-2017/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? The United Kingdom Year(s) attended: 2017 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Saying Kaddish at Majdanek. What impact did Poland have on you? My family fled to the USA and the UK many years before
- [Alumni Reflections: Connie Strassberg, HMTC, USA, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-connie-strassberg-hmtc-usa-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? HMTC; and International Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Seeing a sea of blue shirts and Israeli flags march through the Arbeit Macht Frei gate at Auschwitz. What impact did Poland have
- [Alumni Reflections: Emily Stern, USA, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-emily-stern-usa-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? International March of the Living Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? There were so many. To name but a few: Walking through the gates of Auschwitz, and seeing first hand what I'd
- [Alumni Reflections: Bari Myers, Southern Region, 2014](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-bari-myers-southern-region-2014/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? MOTL Southern Region Year(s) attended: 2014 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? When we started the march at Auschwitz and there were so many people. What impact did Israel have on you? I was in
- [Alumni Reflections: Jessica Shteremberg, Mexico, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-jessica-shteremberg-mexico-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Mexico Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? The most memorable moment was in Treblinka when I was standing by the stone for Dr. Janush Korchack, who died with his children in that
- [Alumni Reflections: Barbra Litwin-Cutler, Canada, 1990](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-barbra-litwin-cutler-canada-1990/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Montreal, Quebec, Canada Year(s) attended: 1990 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Driving down the street that my zaidie had lived on. It was the only information he gave me before I left, "his address-
- [Alumni Reflections: Marilyn DiPietro, NYC, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-marilyn-dipietro-nyc-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? NYC International Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Just standing on the grounds and not believing that my parents were actually there and survived! What impact did Poland have on you? Felt
- [Alumni Reflections: Judith Sands, Broward, 2005](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-judith-sands-broward-2005/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Broward County Year(s) attended: 2005 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Standing in the gas chamber followed by the Warsaw Jewish Cemetery What impact did Poland have on you? Fascinating place, full of contradictions. Not
- [Alumni Reflections: Laura Novich, Haifa University Overseas Students, 1990](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-laura-novich-haifa-university-overseas-students-1990/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Haifa University Overseas Students Year(s) attended: 1990 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Each camp was a different experience. As a young adult, the most impressive experience was looking at the irony of the trip.
- [Alumni Reflections: Stephanie Tock, Canada, 1992](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-stephanie-tock-canada-1992/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? MOTL Canada Year(s) attended: 1992 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking through the gates of Auschwitz and feeling I wish I could do more What impact did Poland have on you? It made me
- [Alumni Reflections: Rachel Greenwald, HMTC, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-rachel-greenwald-hmtc-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? HMTC Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking and talking with people from all over the world sharing this common bond of love and tolerance and NEVER AGAIN What impact did Poland
- [Alumni Reflections: Dinah Kramer, HMTC, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-dinah-kramer-hmtc-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? HMTC Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? There are many, but the most powerful were standing in Auschwitz knowing that my father and his siblings were there, visiting Treblinka, where many of
- [Alumni Reflections: David Karpel, CAJE, 1988](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-david-karpel-caje-1988/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? CAJE Year(s) attended: 1988 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking among the stones at Treblinka was powerful, but I most remember the mausoleum at Majdanek. What impact did Poland have on you? My understanding
- [Alumni Reflections: Juli Grimberg, Martin Buber Argentina, 2014](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-juli-grimberg-martin-buber-argentina-2014/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Martin Buber Argentina Year(s) attended: 2014 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Cantar el Hatikva en frente de la camara de gas. Translation: Singing the Hatikva in front of the gas chambers. What impact did Poland
- [Alumni Reflections: Yani Grinberg, Hebraica Argentina, 2011](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-yani-grinberg-hebraica-argentina-2011/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Hebraica Argentina Year(s) attended: 2011 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Uno de los momentos más fuertes del viaje para mí fue llegar a las calles que comprendían el Gueto de Varsovia; tocar sus muros,
- [Alumni Reflections: Angela Glaser, Southern Region, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-angela-glaser-southern-region-2016/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Southern Region Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? When we were in Majdanek I saw the box that all of the prisoners were put in before they were gassed and I stood
- [Alumni Reflections: Elisa Behar Lemmer, South Florida, 1992](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-elisa-behar-lemmer-south-florida-1992/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? South Florida Year(s) attended: 1992 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? We were honored to have a Holocaust survivor, my friend's grandfather, traveling with us on our bus. We had arrived in Birkenau and were
- [Alumni Reflections: Didi Browdy, Broward, 1998](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-didi-browdy-broward-1998/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Broward Year(s) attended: 1998 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Too many. The most memorable was when we were at Displacement Camp and a participant on my bus or in my group found her family
- [Alumni Reflections: Emanuel Brazil, Montreal High School, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-emanuel-brazil-montreal-high-school-2017/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Montreal High School Year(s) attended: 2017 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? The most memorable moment of the March for me was during the walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau when we began to walk downhill
- [LIFE AFTER TRAGEDY: NEW DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS](https://motl.org/life-after-tragedy-new-documentary-follows-holocaust-survivors/) - JPost - Holocaust survivor Ed Mosberg still wears a bracelet bearing his identification number from Mauthausen concentration camp. He and other survivors describe their lives during and after the Holocaust in new documentary "Destination Unknown". The film, compiled over the course of 14 years, is told through the accounts of twelve Holocaust survivors, some of
- [March of the Living expresses our sadness over the passing of David Shentow Z”L Holocaust Survivor and Educator](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-expresses-our-sadness-over-the-passing-of-david-shentow-zl-holocaust-survivor-and-educator/) - David Shentow, of Ottawa, Canada, educated thousands of young people about the Holocaust and the dangers of hatred and intolerance. A true gentleman, and gentle man, his legacy of kindness and hope will live on in the hearts of so many teens who had the privilege of joining him on the March of the Living
- [Alumni Reflection: Ben Shofet, Los Angeles, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-ben-shofet-los-angeles-2017/) - For two weeks, I alongside several other Beverly students took part in the 2017 March of the Living program (MOTL) with the Los Angeles Delegation. The trip was a total of two weeks. In the first week, as a group, we traveled to Warsaw, Krakow and Lublin, visiting numerous concentration camps, synagogues and other memorial sites.
- [Alumni Reflection: Tamara Waizer, ORT Argentina, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-tamara-waizer-ort-argentina-2017/) - SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION: El 24 de Abril del 2017 marché, Marché por la vida, Marché para no olvidar, Marché para transmitir, Marché por nuestro pasado y por su futuro, Marché como testigo de lo que SI pasó, Marché por los sueños robados, Marché por los 6 millones de judíos que algunos me rodearon
- [Alumni Reflection: Jonathan Kier, South Africa, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-jonathan-kier-south-africa-2017/) - DAY 1: How does one experience the horrors, violence - and fear - that is the Holocaust? The word experience does not only mean to witness and feel - but to place YOURSELF in the burnt shoes of those who perished. We arrived in Warsaw, Poland via Amsterdam at 5 in the afternoon. When flying
- [Alumni Reflection: Callan Kotzen, South Africa, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-callan-kotzen-south-africa-2017/) - After witnessing the brutality of concentration camps, the sadness of memorials and the vibrant atmosphere of Warsaw, it was time to experience the beauty and history of Kraków on our last day in Poland. We started off the day with a visit to the Zbylitowdja Gora, a mass grave where 10 000 Jews and Poles
- [Alumni Reflection: Anna Valkin, South Africa, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-anna-valkin-south-africa-2017/) - In this lifetime, according to basic societal norms, we have a responsibility to acquire as much knowledge as we have access to, and in turn, use what we've learned to improve the quality of our lives, that of our community and, as much as possible, our whole planet. The potential of a well-educated youth should
- [Alumni Reflections from Panama Students 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflections-from-panama-students-2017/) - SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION ... Semanas atrás marchamos junto a nuestros compañeros panameños a través del portón de Auschwitz, culminando una experiencia que cambió nuestras vidas. Nuestra delegación tuvo el privilegio de encabezar todas las que estaban en formación, marchando en primera fila. cargamos nuestras banderas con orgullo, dirigiendo a los 10 mil marchantes
- [LA MARCHA DE LA VIDA... 27 AÑOS DESPUÉS Alumni Reflection by Alice Sutton, Mexico, 1990 & 2017](https://motl.org/la-marcha-de-la-vida-27-años-despues/) - There are experiences that mark you forever, experiences that fill your skin just remember them and you think you'll never feel the same way again ... but I was wrong. Today I had to live again the March of Life through my daughter Rosy who was there after 27 years of me having gone to
- [BEING JEWISH MEANS NOT GIVING UP HOPE](https://motl.org/being-jewish-means-not-giving-up-hope/) - In February 1997, just over 20 years ago, headlines carried the news of the tragic crash of two helicopters over northern Israel, resulting in the deaths of 73 young Israeli soldiers. All of Israel, together with Jews around the world, mourned the loss of so many of Israel’s soldiers, most of them in their late
- [The time has come for world leadership to stand up to antisemitism](https://motl.org/the-time-has-come-for-world-leadership-to-stand-up-to-antisemitism/) - Dr. Shmuel Rosenman has a clear and concise message to European and world leaders concerning the growing incidence of antisemitism – it is time to act. He has become increasingly alarmed over the last five or six years as renewed antisemitism has made news headlines and Jewish lives feel more precarious. It is impossible to
- [March of the Living was life-altering experience-altering experience by Ivan Cutler, Southern Region, 2017](https://motl.org/march-of-the-living-was-life-altering-experience-altering-experience-by-ivan-cutler-southern-region/) - After bearing immense grief, transformed into hope and exhilaration, a group of committed Guilford County Jews returned from the annual March of the Living spiritual-educational journey in Poland and Israel. Representing the Mid-Atlantic Region, Guilford’s group joined contingents from Southern Virginia and South Carolina in the intense educational program, attracting individuals worldwide to study the
- [Alumni Reflection: Yamila Sultani, ORT Argentina, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-yamila-sultani-ort-argentina-2017/) - SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION... Siempre me interesó todo el tema de la Shoa, desde chica que me hago la misma pregunta, que todavía nadie consigue una respuesta, el ¿Por qué? No llego a entender como un ser humano pudo llegar a hacer cosas tan tremendas y utilizar su inteligencia para cosas negativas, como lo
- [Alumni Reflection: Catalina Eps, ORT Argentina, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-catalina-eps-ort-argentina-2017/) - Since I was a child, They taught me about the holocaust, they told me what happened, but it was not the same studyng the history than to see by myself what really happened. I could feel what they suffered, and even reasoned that it could have been me, that it was only a question of
- [Alumni Reflection: Dani Shipley, Florida, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-dani-shipley-florida-2017/) - No words. Today was a day like no other. Eleven-thousand strong, from all over the world. There's nothing like walking from a concentration camp (Auschwitz) to a death camp (Birkenau). Walking with Japanese flags on both our sides from their delegation, next to the Japanese women and men waiting to embrace you. Their signs
- [Alumni Reflection: Shoshannah Bunton, Western Region, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-shoshannah-bunton-western-region-2017/) - Dear Child, You were torn from your mother's arms before you could speak. You were shot and killed by animals. You were stripped of your innocence. You were taken from this world far before you should have been. Dear Child, Know that this was not your fault. Know that your parents loved you and now
- [Video Reflection by Amatzia Deutsch, Mexico, 2017](https://motl.org/video-reflection-by-amatzia-deutsch-mexico-2017/)
- ["People must never be forgotten" - Interview with Happie Hoffman, MOTL Song Leader](https://motl.org/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
- [2017 'March of the Living' Honors Memory of Joseph Wilf](https://motl.org/2017-march-of-the-living-honors-memory-of-joseph-wilf/) - The late Joseph Wilf was honored on Holocaust Remembrance Day Monday. Mr. Wilf, the father of Vikings Owners Zygi and Mark Wilf, was the first North American President of the March of the Living. The 2017 march held on April 24 was named in honor of Joseph Wilf, who passed away in August of 2016
- [Who will tell survivors’ stories when they’re gone? by David Benson, BJE LA, 2015](https://motl.org/who-will-tell-survivors-stories-when-theyre-gone-by-david-benson-bje-la-2015/) - In the spring of 2011, David Benson, found himself walking with his grandmother, Holocaust survivor Sidonia Lax, down the “black path” that once led to the crematorium at the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. It was Lax’s fifth trip with the annual International March of the Living as a survivor, with the Builders of Jewish
- [Join a March while survivors can still share their experiences by Rabbi Gideon Sylvester, UK, 2017](https://motl.org/join-a-march-while-survivors-can-still-share-their-experiences/) - Times of Israel - Imagine that your best friend is having a nightmare. He thrashes about in his sleep; crying and screaming hysterically. Naturally, you would wake him, comfort him and reassure him that everything will be alright. But when the psychiatrist Viktor Frankl faced this predicament, he resisted the temptation to awaken his friend. Instead,
- [ILTV Coverage of 2017 March of the Living](https://motl.org/iltv-coverage-of-2017-march-of-the-living/)
- [How the March of the Living began by Holocaust Survivor, Noah Klieger|](https://motl.org/how-the-march-of-the-living-began-by-holocaust-survivor-noah-klieger/) - His name was Henri Roques, and in 1987 he sparked an international scandal when the University of Nantes in France awarded him a doctorate for a thesis in which he denied the Holocaust. A young Knesset member decided at the time that something had to be done in “response” to that insult. A few years
- [Six million people, Six million stories by Leanne Mitchell, UJS UK, 2017](https://motl.org/six-million-people-six-million-stories/) - How do you answer when people ask you how the trip was? I’m not sure that I can quite put it into words or if there are any words that can really sum it up. Thoughts were encircling my mind as to how and why anyone could deny another of their livelihood, of their family,
- [Alumni Reflection: Brianah Caplan, BBYO Song Leader, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection_brianah-caplan-bbyo-song-leader-2017/) - I had the privilege to be a part of BBYO’s recent March of the Living delegation. In addition to this, I was also given the opportunity to be the song leader for our group- I led all Shabbat and Havdallah services as well as provided meaningful spiritual moments throughout the trip to bring the group
- [‘The most impactful and important journey of my life’ by Cynthia Sedlezky, Canada, 2015](https://motl.org/the-most-impactful-and-important-journey-of-my-life/) - 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.
- [Alumni Reflection: No Limit to What We Can Do by Rachel Rothstein, 2016](https://motl.org/no-limit-to-what-we-can-do/) - I am a very emotional person. Maybe it’s part of my personality or maybe it’s because I fall under the category of moody 17-year-old girl. I’m emotional when I get a bad mark. I’m emotional when I get in a fight with my friends. I’m emotional when I hear about a tragedy in the world.
- [The day I walked through the valley of the shadow of death by Zach Confino, UJS, 2017](https://motl.org/the-day-i-walked-through-the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-death/) - UJS - When we are confronted by and forced to relive the horrors of the past we reach for euphemisms. Even the term genocide becomes a tool behind which we may hide ourselves from the truth, from these unspeakable crimes. We push away what we can never understand. During my time on March of the Living,
- [Alumni Reflection: Noelle Chin-Vance, Leo Martin, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-noelle-chin-vance/) - I don’t usually post anything on Facebook, besides happy pictures of my experience as a college student, however, today is different. As I was walking by Turlington I was a witness of a group of people shouting “No more Nazis!”. I knew about there being a man who walked around wearing a swastika. I knew
- [Alumni Reflection: Alejandra Rotman, Argentina, 2016](https://motl.org/participant-reflection-alejandra-rotman/) - (Scroll down for English version...) Aún con el equipaje a medio desarmar, la casa revuelta y mi corazón otro tanto, me veo en la situación de satisfacer el oído del otro ante el reiterado pedido de relatar mi viaje. En estos días me encuentro con palabras escasas pero con múltiples sensaciones. No porque no pueda
- [Alumni Reflection: Natasha Woodstock "You can’t not go", UJS UK, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-natasha-woodstock-you-cant-not-go/) - UJS - When you go somewhere people always ask how was it? And words can never express the intensity of what you’ve experienced. This is a trip too important to miss and my words can only carry so far. I have been on a Poland trip three times, two of which were with March of the
- [Alumni Reflection: Giana Gurrera, San Diego / Western Region, 2017](https://motl.org/alumni-reflection-giana-gurrera-san-deigo-western-region/) - 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
- [Alumni Q&A: Stephanie Tock, USA, 1992](https://motl.org/alumni-qa-stephanie-tock/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? USA Year(s) attended: 1992 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Walking through the gates of Auschwitz and feeling I wish I could do more. What impact did Poland have on you? It made me appreciate
- [Alumni Q&A: Connie Strassberg, HTMC Long Island, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-qa-connie-strassberg/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County; and International Year(s) attended: 2016 What was the most memorable moment of your experience? Seeing a sea of blue shirts and Israeli flags march through the Arbeit Macht Frei gate
- [Alumni Q&A: Donna Dambrot, HTMC Long Island, 2016](https://motl.org/alumni-qa-donna-dambrot/) - What is the name of the March of the Living Delegation / Group that you traveled with? Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, Friends of MOTL What was the most memorable moment of your experience? The March itself and the presentations in Birkrnau were touching, empowering and beautiful. What impact did Poland have

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- [March of the Living Global Alumni Essay Contest](https://motl.org/alumni-essay-contest/) - THE MARCH THAT STAYED WITH YOU Global Alumni Essay Contest The March of the Living did not end at Birkenau.For many alumni, it became a defining moment – one that shaped memory, identity, and responsibility in ways that unfolded over time. As we approach Yom HaShoah, we invite alumni from every generation to reflect on
- [SURVIVOR STORIES](https://motl.org/survivor-stories/) - SURVIVOR STORIES Holocaust Survivors and Tech Leaders Ring the Closing Bell at the NYSE Read More » Holocaust Survivor Eve Kuper Speech at The New York Stock Exchange Read More » “Do not forget. Not for us, but for you!” Read More » The Bondi Beach massacre shattered something fundamental in me Read More »
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- [ABOUT THE MARCH](https://motl.org/about/) - ABOUT US The International March of the Living is an educational program that brings together teens, young adults, and adults from around the world to Poland and Israel to carry the torch of Holocaust remembrance.Each year, nearly 10,000 participants take part in this powerful collective journey. Apply Now Our Mission The International March of the
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- [TESTIMONY](https://motl.org/testimony/) - TESTIMONY Learn More TESTIMONY MOTIVATION TO MARCH 1. I found much meaning in making a trip to the graveyard of my grandfather’s many relatives – a trip that he himself would be unable to make. I marched on his behalf.2. I wanted to see the places where these hate crimes occurred so I could say
- [NEWSFEED](https://motl.org/news/) - NEWS Apply Now Holocaust Survivors and Tech Leaders Ring the Closing Bell at the NYSE Read More » January 29, 2026 Holocaust Survivor Eve Kuper Speech at The New York Stock Exchange Read More » January 28, 2026 “Do not forget. Not for us, but for you!” Read More » January 27, 2026 The Bondi
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- [From Soul to Sole](https://motl.org/soultosole/) - FROM SOUL TO SOLE Preserve Memory – Defend History International March of the Living proudly announces achieving fundraising goal for first phase of its “From Soul to Sole” campaign for the conservation of 8,000 shoes of Jewish children murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau. The joint initiative of the International March of the Living, one of the world’s preeminent
- [ALUMNI NETWORK](https://motl.org/alumni/) - YOU now join over a quarter of a million participants who have marched down the same 3-kilometer path leading from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom Hashoah. YOU are a part of remembering our past to ensure our future. Enter your information to JOIN the International March of the Living Alumni Network and
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- [Virtual Initiatives](https://motl.org/virtual/) - Virtual Initiatives Food, Hope & Resilience: A conversation with the author June Hersh and a Holocaust Survivor Join us on March 14th at 5PM PT | 8PM ET for a conversation with June Hersh, author of Food, Hope & Resilience: Authentic Recipes and Remarkable Stories from Holocaust Survivors. Moderated by International March of the Living
- [ALUMNI REFLECTIONS](https://motl.org/alumni/reflections/) - Marking A Somber Anniversary: 2 Years Since Oct. 7 Freed Hostages and families of victims of October 7th at the 2025 March of the Living Erev Yom HaShoah Ceremony at the Krakow Opera. (Yossi Zeliger) As we mark two years since the horrific day of October 7 and the difficult war that followed, we unite
- [ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS](https://motl.org/alumni-spotlights/) - The International March of the Living Alumni Spotlight program highlights a different alumnus from around the world and the accomplishments they have achieved to date, crediting the March of the Living as inspiration. Look out for sneak peak announcements on Fridays for the next spotlights to be featured on Mondays on our website and social
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- [Donate TOI](https://motl.org/support-survivors/toi/) - SUPPORT SURVIVORS “We have to march this year. It might be our last chance.” Nate Leipciger, Holocaust Survivor, 97 “Marching at the March of the Living means victory!” Reny Friedman, Holocaust Survivor, 88 “Every step I take in this camp is a triumph. I come back here because I am free!” Halina Birnbaum, Holocaust Survivor,
- [AUSTRALIA](https://motl.org/delegations/australia/) - AUSTRALIA WEBSITE Welcome to MOL Australia! For information about the High School and Adult programs, please contact: Main Office admin@motl.com.au Gary Samowitz CEO, MOL Australia ceo@motl.com.au
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- [March of the Living Statement: The Singularity of Jewish Victimization During the Shoah](https://motl.org/statement-on-the-singularity-of-jewish-victimization-during-the-shoah/) - Reference to the singularity of Jewish victimhood in the Holocaust should be an essential element of all Holocaust education and commemorative activities. While it is right and commendable to recognize the suffering of so many other innocent victims of Nazi genocide and persecution, specific mention of Jewish suffering during the Shoah must not be overlooked.
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- [Aliza Vitis Shomron](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=alisa-vitis-shomron) - “Marching with my family in Auschwitz means victory.” Aliza Vitis Shomron, Holocaust Survivor
- [Survivors Campaign 2026](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=survivors-campaign-2026) - Sponsor Holocaust Survivors to Participate in the 2026 March of the Living This may well be their final opportunity to return to the place which symbolizes unimaginable horror and serves as a testament to their miraculous and enduring resilience.It may also be their last opportunity to share their experiences with students in the very places
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- [Amplify survivors](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=amplify-survivors) - SUPPORT SURVIVORS “I march so Holocaust deniers see those who were there.” Bella Eizenman, Holocaust Survivor “I march so Holocaust deniers see those who were there.” Hana Sternlicht, Holocaust Survivor “Marching with my family in Auschwitz means victory.” Aliza Vitis Shomron, Holocaust Survivor “I survived the death march, I returned to the March of the
- [survivor slides](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=survivor-slides) - “I march so Holocaust deniers see those who were there.” Bella Eizenman, Holocaust Survivor “I march so Holocaust deniers see those who were there.” Hana Sternlicht, Holocaust Survivor “Marching with my family in Auschwitz means victory.” Aliza Vitis Shomron, Holocaust Survivor “I survived the death march, I returned to the March of the Living.” Naftali
- [FAQ YP & Adults](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=faq-yp-adults) - FAQ Most frequent questions and answers What is the March of the Living Program and who participates in this experience? March of the Living is part of the single largest Jewish educational program for teens and adults in the world. The March of the Living brings together individuals from multiple countries and regions around the
- [Overview box - YP](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=overview-box-yp) - ABOUT THE YP PROGRAM Overview On Yom HaShoah, thousands of Jews and non-Jews, from countries all around the world, will share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they march the 3-kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built by the Nazis during World War II. The March commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.YOU
- [Overview box - Adults](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=overview-box-adults) - ABOUT THE PROGRAM Overview On Yom HaShoah, thousands of Jews and non-Jews, from countries all around the world, will share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they march the 3-kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built by the Nazis during World War II. The March commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.YOU CAN
- [pricing box](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=pricing-box) - This young professional program is subsidized. Additional scholarships are available – please contact us for more information. April 12/13 - April 19, 2026 $ 2975 Poland Land Only Add on flight from Poland to Israel $475 (Economy Class) 3 star hotels (based on double occupancy for April 12-19) Single supplement in Poland is an additional
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- [Testimony](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motivation-impact) - TESTIMONY MOTIVATION TO MARCH 1. I found much meaning in making a trip to the graveyard of my grandfather’s many relatives – a trip that he himself would be unable to make. I marched on his behalf.2. I wanted to see the places where these hate crimes occurred so I could say I was there
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- [About Us toggle](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=about-us-toggle) - Our Mission The International March of the Living is an annual educational program, bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred.Since its inception in 1988, more than 300,000 alumni from 50 countries have marched down the
- [Overview box - Youth](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=overview-box-youth) - The 2026 International March of the Living will take place from April 12/13 through April 22/23 Exact dates will vary based on your delegation Overview On Yom HaShoah, thousands of Jews and non-Jews, from countries all around the world, will share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they march the 3-kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the
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- [Overview](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=overview) - Overview On Yom HaShoah, thousands of Jews and non-Jews, from countries all around the world, will share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they march the 3-kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built by the Nazis during World War II. The March commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.YOU CAN BE THERE, along
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- [featured](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=featured) - FEATURED Holocaust Survivors and Tech Leaders Ring the Closing Bell at the NYSE Read More » January 29, 2026 Holocaust Survivor Eve Kuper Speech at The New York Stock Exchange Read More » January 28, 2026 “Do not forget. Not for us, but for you!” Read More » January 27, 2026 The Bondi Beach massacre
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- [old tabs overview program world pax](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=old-tabs-overview-program-world-pax) - Overview The Program World Participation Overview On Yom HaShoah, thousands of Jews and non-Jews, from countries all around the world, will share in a once-in-a-lifetime experience when they march the 3-kilometers from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built by the Nazis during World War II. The March commemorates Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance
- [Hana Sternlicht](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=hana-sternlicht) - “I march so Holocaust deniers see those who were there.” Hana Sternlicht, Holocaust Survivor
- [Bella Eizenman](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=bella-eizenman) - “I march so Holocaust deniers see those who were there.” Bella Eizenman, Holocaust Survivor
- [Irene Shashar](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=irene-shashar) - “I am marching for the 1.5 million children murders during the Holocaust.” Irene Shashar, Holocaust Survivor
- [Arnold Clevs](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=arnold-clevs) - “Marching as a free man alongside my family is my victory.” Arnold Clevs, Holocaust Survivor
- [Dvora Weinstein](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=dvora-weinstein) - “I am marching to pass the torch of memory.” Dvora Weinstein, Holocaust Survivor
- [Sara Weinstein](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=sara-weinstein) - “Marching on this cursed ground is a victory.” Sara Weinstein, Holocaust Survivor
- [Naftali Furst](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=naftali-furst) - “I survived the death march, I returned to the March of the Living.” Naftali Furst, Holocaust Survivor
- [501c3 Box](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=501c3-box) - International March of the Living is a non-profit organization with a 501(c)(3) classification, ID number 22-3261085, with the Internal Revenue Service. 2 West 45th Street, Suite 1112, New York, NY 10036If you encounter any issues, donate@motl.org DONATE NOW
- [MOTL 2025 Slider](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motl-2025-slider) - 2025 MARCH OF THE LIVING WE SALUTED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & HEROIC WWII LIBERATORS 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe WATCH IT AGAIN
- [2026 coming soon](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2026-coming-soon) - 2026 International Adult March of the Living Delegation SIGN UP FOR MORE INFO Shalom and thank you for your interest in the 2026 International Adult March of the Living Delegation.As you fill out the following application, please be assured that all information will be protected by the International March of the Living.This form must be
- [YA 2025](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ya-2025) - 2025 International YOUNG Adult March of the Living Delegation Shalom and thank you for your interest in the 2025 International Young Adult March of the Living Delegation. As you fill out the following application, please be assured that all information will be protected by the International March of the Living.This form must be completed by
- [2025 THEME BLOCK](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2025-theme-block-2) - 2025 MARCH OF THE LIVING WE SALUTED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & HEROIC WWII LIBERATORS 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe WATCH IT AGAIN
- [2025 THEME BLOCK](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2025-theme-block) - 2024 International March of the Living TOGETHER WE REMEMBER 55 Holocaust Survivors from around the world, including Israeli Holocaust Survivors who survived the attacks of October 7th, marched at Auschwitz in renewed cry of ‘Never Again’ The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of
- [2025 Hero no video](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2025-hero-no-video) - 2025 MARCH OF THE LIVING SALUTING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS & HEROIC WWII LIBERATORS 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Europe LEARN MORE
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- [Sponsor a survivor box with video](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=sponsor-a-survivor-box-with-video) - “We have to march this year. It might be our last chance.”​ This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk with survivors and bear witness to their stories. They need your help. SPONSOR A SURVIVOR
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- [LTBL 2021](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-2021-2) - Global Campaign of unity in solidarity against antisemitism, racism, hatred and intolerance Despite the fact that Kristallnacht, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 83 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship of all faiths continuously occur, time
- [Survivors Database](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=survivors-database-2) - Since 1988, some 300 Holocaust Survivors have traveled to Poland and Israel on the March of the Living.Below is a list of the March of the Living survivors, their home towns, and the delegations they traveled with.This page contains the names of survivors who have been provided by local delegation to the IMOL office. We
- [New Home YH 2021](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=new-home-yh-2021) - JOIN OUR 2021 KRISTALLNACHT COMMEMORATION CAMPAIGN​ COMMIT TO SHINE YOUR LIGHT REGISTER FOR THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM UPCOMING Food, Hope & Resilience: A conversation with the author June Hersh and a Holocaust Survivor Register Now » Commemorating 85 Years Since The First Kindertransport, Dec. 1938 Register Now » WHAT'S NEW Holocaust Survivors and Tech Leaders Ring
- [Archives](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=archives) - Each week we highlight a different alumnus from around the world and the accomplishments they have achieved to date, crediting the March of the Living as inspiration. Look out for sneak peak announcements on Fridays for the next spotlights to be featured on Mondays on our website and social channels! Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Levy, March of
- [LTBL Landing Page](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-landing-page) - Despite the fact that Kristallnacht, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 82 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship of all faiths continuously occur, time and time again. This year, the International March of the Living launched
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- [ltbl 2021](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-2021) - Global Campaign of unity in solidarity against antisemitism, racism, hatred and intolerance Despite the fact that Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 83 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship
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- [donate pre 2025](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=donate-pre-2025) - REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST - FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM For 36 years, on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, International March of the Living has brought hundreds of thousands of people, from all corners of the globe and of all faiths, background and ages, to march with Holocaust survivors between the extermination camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau.We march united
- [Gabriella Top](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=gabriella-top) - “We must never stop telling the world the story of the Holocaust.” Gabriella Karin, Holocaust Survivor, 95
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- [Halina top](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=halina-top) - “Every step I take in this camp is a triumph. I come back here because I am free!” Halina Birnbaum, Holocaust Survivor, 96
- [Renee Top](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=renee-top) - “Marching at the March of the Living means victory!” Reny Friedman, Holocaust Survivor, 88
- [Donate 2024](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=donate-2024) - This could be our last chance to march Help March of the Living Holocaust survivors to tell their stories to the next generation at the sites where they took place As Holocaust survivors dwindle, the 2025 March of the Living, marking 80 years since liberation, may be the last chances to walk with those who
- [Eli Eli at the March](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=eli-eli-at-the-march) - Eli, Eli was also performed in previous March of the Living programs – see these links: 1990 March of the Living - March of the Living Children's Choir and Rabbi Lau after Elie Wiesel Speech 2010 March of the Living – Dudu Fisher, Phillip Quint & March of the Living Children's Choir 2012 March of
- [dates blue bar](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=dates-blue-bar) - The 2025 International March of the Living will take place from April 21/22 through May 3/4.Exact dates will vary based on your delegation. VIEW PROGRAMS
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- [MOTL 2024 recap box Noa Kirel](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motl-2024-recap-box-noa-kirel) - 2024 International March of the Living TOGETHER WE REMEMBER 55 Holocaust Survivors from around the world, including Israeli Holocaust Survivors who survived the attacks of October 7th, marched at Auschwitz in renewed cry of ‘Never Again’ The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of
- [adult](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=adult) - adult Travel to Poland and Israel with fellow adults to learn about the Jewish community that once flourished in Europe, the tragedy of the Holocaust and the establishment and survival of the State of Israel.The 2025 International March of the Living will take place from April 21/22 through May 3/4.Exact dates will vary based on
- [ya program](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ya-program) - Travel to Poland with the option to continue to Israel with fellow young adults to learn about the Jewish community that once flourished in Europe, the tragedy of the Holocaust and the establishment and survival of the State of Israel.Participants in the International Young Adult program must be post-high school and may not be recent
- [USA YA](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=usa-ya) - This program is open to young professionals ages 20-32. Participants must be post-high school and may not be recent graduates from Spring 2024.Click on the tabs below to view the various delegations that join the International March of the Living each year from around the country. INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ADULT APPLY NOWMonise NeumannInternational March of the
- [motl 2024 noa kirel vid hero](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motl-2024-noa-kirel-vid-hero) - 2024 International March of the Living TOGETHER WE REMEMBER 55 Holocaust Survivors from around the world, including Israeli Holocaust Survivors who survived the attacks of October 7th, marched at Auschwitz in renewed cry of ‘Never Again’ The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of
- [2024 live info](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2024-live-info) - 2024 International March of the Living LIVESTREAM Erev Yom HaShoah Sunday, May 5, 7:00PM PolandFind local times Video player coming soon! Yom HaShoah Monday, May 6, 1:00OPM PolandFind local times CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT 2024 THEME
- [motl 2024](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motl-2024) - 2024 March of the Living Together We Remember: 55 Holocaust Survivors from around the world, including Holocaust survivors who were victims of October 7, to march at Auschwitz in Renewed Cry of ‘Never Again’ The March of the Living from Auschwitz to the Birkenau Death Camp to Highlight Global Solidarity with the Jewish People Amid
- [get to know profiles row](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=get-to-know-profiles-row) - GET TO KNOW OUR SURVIVORS & PARTICIPANTS Millia Shiffman, Student, Canada Read More » Hershel Greenblat, Holocaust Survivor, Southern Region, USA Read More » Jonah Fienberg, Student, Broward County, FL, USA Read More » Shaun, Student, BJE Los Angeles, CA, USA Read More » VIEW MORE
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- [profile hover grow](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=profile-hover-grow) - Gabriella Karin DOB: November 17, 1930 Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia Delegation: BJE Los Angeles Youth, USA LEARN MORE ABOUT GABRIELLA
- [profile](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=profile) - Joining us from BJE Los Angeles Youth is Holocaust Survivor Gabriella Karin. Click on the blue headings below to learn about Gabriella and her motivation to once again embark on this important journey. Gabriella KarinDOB: November 17, 1930 Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia Delegation: BJE Los Angeles Youth, USA 1. What is motivating you to take
- [questions](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=questions-2) - Hershel GreenblatDOB: 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
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- [programs new](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=programs-new) - The International March of the Living is joined each year by various individuals and organizations from across the US. The 2024 March of the Living will take place from approximately from May 1 – May 15. HIGH SCHOOL YOUNG ADULT ADULTS
- [hs new](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=hs-new-2) - Click on the tabs below to view the various delegations that join the International March of the Living each year from around the country.If you do not see your city/state/region/community center or organization listed below, please click HERE to contact our International office. If you are interested in forming your own delegation, please click HERE to email Monise. ARIZONA:
- [delegations top info text](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=delegations-top-info-text) - Click on the tabs below to view the various delegations that join the International March of the Living each year from around the country.If you do not see your city/state/region/community center or organization listed below, please click HERE to contact our International office. If you are interested in forming your own delegation, please click HERE to email Monise.
- [watch live 2023](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=watch-live-2023) - ENGLISH BROADCAST 5:00AM LA | 8:00AM NY | 2:00PM Poland | 3:00PM Israel​ HEBREW BROADCAST יום שלישי, 18 באפריל 14:00-17:30 Israel
- [2023 landing](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2023-landing) - 2023 MARCH OF THE LIVING​ HONORING JEWISH HEROISM​ 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.A heroic uprising that became a symbol of Jewish bravery during the Holocaust.The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising inspired Jews throughout occupied Poland to resist the Germans in the ghettos, death camps and forests. The 2023 March of the Living will highlight the
- [2023 HEADER](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2023-header) - 2023 MARCH OF THE LIVING PolandYom HaShoah April 18th JerusalemYom Ha'atzmaut April 26th Celebrating 75th anniversary of the State of Israel, 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 35th anniversary of the March of the Living. SIGN UP FOR UPDATES
- [SOUL TO SOLE FINAL ENGLISH 2023](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=soul-to-sole-final-english-2023) - English Español עִברִית Polski FROM SOUL TO SOLE Preserve Memory – Defend History DONATE NOW English Español עִברִית Polski DONATE NOW Help us preserve and save 8,000 children’s shoes in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Without immediate action, they may quickly disintegrate and disappear from history, together with the important story they tell. The Auschwitz Memorial
- [Soul Posts with Form](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=soul-posts-with-form) - Angela Orosz was born in Auschwitz on December 21, 1944, weighing only one kilogram, just over a month before the camps was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. “I was too weak to cry, and this saved my life. Nobody thought that I would survive, but here am I, alive”.Angela is a Holocaust
- [gala home header](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=gala-home-header) - INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA LEARN MORE
- [Our Impact in Numbers](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=our-impact-in-numbers) - Our IMPACT in Numbers Holocaust Survivors 1 + Alumni 1 K+ Communities 1 + Countries 1 + The diverse composition of participants includes students and adults from all streams of Judaism as well as many other religions including Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist, of all ages, from teens to seniors in their 90s. Also participating are Holocaust
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- [staff dec 2022](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=staff-dec-2022) - STAFF Revital Yakin KrakovskyDeputy CEO Liz Sinnreich PanitchChief Operating Officer Ariana Heideman TipographDirector of Digital Communications Eli RubensteinDirector of Education Naomi SionDirector of Programming Monise NeumannNational Consultant Dr. David MachlisVice Chairman Yossi KedemGeneral Director Aharon TamirDeputy Chairman, General Director, Poland & Israel Projects
- [about new dec 022](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=about-new-dec-022) - Holocaust Survivors + 1 Alumni + 1 K Communities + 1 Countries + 1 About Us The International March of the Living is an annual educational program, bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred.Since its
- [Stats](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=stats) - Our Power in Numbers Alumni 1 K Holocaust Survivors + 1 Communities 1 Communities 1
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- [ltbl home top](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-home-top) - INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING 35TH ANNIVERSARY GALA LEARN MORE
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- [Join us slider](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=join-us-slider) - JOIN US IN 2023 PolandYom HaShoah April 18th JerusalemYom Ha'atzmaut April 26th Join us for the 75th anniversary of the State of Israel, 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and 35th anniversary of the March of the Living. FIND YOUR DELEGATION SIGN UP FOR UPDATES
- [souls slider](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=souls-slider) - SUPPORT OUR NEW CAMPAIGN"FROM SOUL TO SOLE" Help us preserve and save 8,000 children’s shoes in the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Without immediate action, they may quickly disintegrate and disappear from history, together with the important story they tell. DONATE NOW
- [ltbl recap cta](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-recap-cta) - UPCOMING Moving moments will includes portions of memorial programs held in the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Austria.In a history making moment, Dubai hosted its first ever Holocaust commemoration on the eve of Kristallnacht, a powerful symbol of reconciliation and important step in Holocaust education.Testimony from Holocaust survivors Eve Kugler and Walter Bingham, first hand
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- [LTBL MAIN](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-main) - Global Campaign of unity in solidarity against antisemitism, racism, hatred and intolerance Despite the fact that Kristallnacht – the Night of Broken Glass, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 83 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship
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- [flm](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=flm) - flm “A remarkable glimpse of Jewish life before the Holocaust… THREE MINUTES is FASCINATING… ELECTRIFYING… An invaluable document and a humbling memorial…” IndieWire So long as we are watching history, history is not over.Three minutes of footage, shot by David Kurtz in 1938, are the only moving images remaining of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk,
- [MOTL Social Icons](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motl-social-icons) - Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube
- [history is under attack](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=history-is-under-attack) - HISTORY IS UNDER ATTACK March of the Living Holocaust Survivors Speak Against the Growing Trend of Holocaust Trivialization Read their story » Read their story » Read their story » Read their story » VIEW MORE
- [MOTL 2022](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=motl-2022) - 2022 MARCH OF THE LIVING 2022 International March of the Living took place this year on April 28th in person following a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The theme of the March focused on the importance of passing the responsibility for Holocaust remembrance and education to the next generation – the grandchildren of
- [2022 HEADER](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2022-header) - 2022 MARCH OF THE LIVING Days Hours Minutes March of the Living will take place this year on April 28th in person following a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The March would take place with reduced capacity under the shadow of war in Ukraine, with only eight survivors scheduled to participate this year.
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- [Machlis quote](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=machlis-quote) - The Holocaust is not just a Jewish issue it is a universal issue. We must learn from the past, so that a more tolerant and just society will evolve for the betterment of all humankind. David Machlis Ph.D, Adelphi University and Vice Chairman of the International March of the Living
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- [LTBL countdown 2021](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=ltbl-countdown-2021) - Days Hours Minutes
- [Upcoming Webinars](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=upcoming-webinars-2) - Join the International March of the Living for a lecture with Historian Tali Nates in our continuing webinar series on October 27, 2021 at 12:00PM ET. Local times listed on website.In this talk, we will explore the moral choices that were made by people, groups and governments during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in
- [Alumni Spotlight](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=alumni-spotlight) - Alumni Spotlight: Yehoshua and Jordyn Stauber (’15), Broward County, Florida, USA Yehoshua and Jordyn Stauber (Broward ’15), Artist and Gallery OwnersThis month we are proud to feature March of the Living alumni Yehoshua and Jordyn Stauber, originally from Broward County, Florida. These two participants not only met each other on the March of the Living,
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- [Shavuot 2021](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=shavuot-2021) - Pre-Shavuot Virtual Day of Learning As we prepare to observe the holiday of Shavuot, join us on May 13, 2021 for an International March of the Living Virtual Day of Learning open to our global leadership, their local boards and professional staff. The 4-part program will include lectures followed by live Q&A. You must register for
- [2021 YH Landing](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2021-yh-landing) - 2021 International March of the Living Virtual Programming Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust and COVID-19 As Covid-19 continues plaguing the world, the March of the Living reflects on the courageous perseverance of the medical community who served as rays of light during the Holocaust.This year, we salute the relentless commitment of the selfless
- [2021 Virtual button + updates form](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2021-virtual-button-updates-form) - VIEW ALL 2021 VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING TO REGISTER, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW: MOTL Virtual March 2021 Name * First Last * Last Email * Phone Country AfghanistanAland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAmerican SamoaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBruneiBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCôte d'IvoireCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCook IslandsCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuracaoCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEast
- [Survivors Database](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=survivors-database) - Since 1988, some 300 Holocaust Survivors have traveled to Poland and Israel on the March of the Living.Below is a list of the March of the Living survivors, their home towns, and the delegations they traveled with.This page contains the names of survivors who have been provided by local delegation to the IMOL office. We
- [2021 Celebrate Yom Haatz](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=2021-celebrate-yom-haatz) - Join the International March of the Living as we celebrate Israel’s 73rd birthday in a grand global celebration! Salute to Israel's 73rd Birthday Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7:30 PM ET To find your local time, click here. Add to Calendar The program will feature:Intimate conversations with Holocaust survivors and their contributions to the State of
- [Irving Roth z"l](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=irving-roth-zl) - Irving Roth z”l International March of the Living mourns the passing of Holocaust survivor and educator, our teacher and mentor, Irving Roth, z”l. Irving Roth educated countless students and adults from all over the world about the history and lessons of the Holocaust through the March of the Living and many other worthy educational organizations. A
- [Light Gallery](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=light-gallery)
- [Let there be light](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=let-there-be-light) - The International March of the Living is proud to announce its 2020 Global Campaign of Unity “Let There Be Light,” encouraging all to unite in solidarity against antisemitism, racism, hatred and intolerance. The campaign will kick-off on November 2, 2020. To receive updates and a reminder email to submit your pledge on November 2nd, please fill
- [Videos](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=videos) - 2020 MARCH OF THE LIVING VIRTUAL YOM HA'ATZMAUT As there was no March of the Living this year due to Coronavirus, March of the Living musicians and song leaders from the past and present were asked to record and submit songs in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut. VIRTUAL MARCH OF THE LIVING For the first time
- [yom haatz home](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=yom-haatz-home) - 2020 MARCH OF THE LIVING VIRTUAL YOM HA'ATZMAUT As there was no March of the Living this year due to Coronavirus, March of the Living musicians and song leaders from the past and present were asked to record and submit songs in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut. VIRTUAL MARCH OF THE LIVING For the first time
- [Virtual March](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=virtual-march) - VIRTUAL MARCH OF THE LIVING
- [plaques 1](https://motl.org/?elementor_library=plaques-1) - For the first time in 32 years, there will be no March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day, due to the Coronavirus.The March of the Living Virtual Plaque Project will continue our tradition of placing messages on plaques on the train tracks of Auschwitz-Birkenau.Join us in honoring those lost in the Holocaust & commit

## Events

- [Dec 19th in Jerusalem, Israel: Prosecuting Evil: A Conversation on History and Justice with Gabriel Bach](https://motl.org/?event=dec-19th-in-jerusalem-israel-prosecuting-evil-a-conversation-on-history-and-justice-with-gabriel-bach) - Rutgers University, The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience & The International March of the Living present a special program featuring Gabriel Bach, Eichmann Trial Prosecutor and Former Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court Wednesday, December 19, 2018 - Jerusalem, Israel ABOUT THE EVENT In 1961, the Eichmann trial served as the most public
- [Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israel's Independence Day)](https://motl.org/?event=yom-haatzmaut) - Israel's Independence Day
- [Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception in South Florida](https://motl.org/?event=alumni-friends-dessert-reception-in-south-florida) - Loading...
- [March of the Living 2022](https://motl.org/?event=march-of-the-living-2022)
- [Let There Be Light Global Interfaith Initiative](https://motl.org/?event=let-there-be-light-global-interfaith-initiative) - - #LetThereBeLight campaign will invite people of all religions from around the world to illuminate homes, institutions and places of worship - Frankfurt’s main synagogue will be illuminated, as well as other religious institutions around the world - Personal prayers and messages from the virtual campaign to be projected onto the Walls of the Old
- [Let There Be Light: 2020 Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/?event=let-there-be-light-2020-kristallnacht-commemoration) - The International March of the Living, The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, and the Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt are pleased to present a specially produced media event – LET THERE BE LIGHT International March of the Living Kristallnacht Commemoration The program will air on the anniversary of Kristallnacht - The Night
- [Telling the Story though Art: Holocaust Art as a Primary Source](https://motl.org/?event=telling-the-story-though-art-holocaust-art-as-a-primary-source) - Join the International March of the Living for a lecture with Holocaust Educator Liz Elsby on October 29, 2020 at 2PM LA | 5PM NY | 11PM IL | 8AM AUS (10/30). Find your local time by visiting timeanddate.com. Click here to register. Focusing on individual artworks, Elsby demonstrates how exploring the artistic aspects of
- [Survivor Testimony Q & A: Mala Tribich MBE](https://motl.org/?event=survivor-testimony-q-a-mala-tribich-mbe)
- [Fireside Chat with Rav Israel Meir Lau](https://motl.org/?event=fireside-chat-with-rav-israel-meir-lau) - Join the International March of the Living for our inaugural Fireside Chat, premiering on September 13, 2020, featuring renowned Holocaust Survivor Rav Israel Meir Lau, Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Tel Aviv-Yafo. Rav Lau has participated in every March of the Living since its inception in 1988. Each year, he delivers a powerful and
- [RESISTANCE: Conversation with Jesse Eisenberg + Jonathan Jakubowicz](https://motl.org/?event=resistance-conversation-with-jesse-eisenberg-jonathan-jakubowicz) - The International March of the Living is proud to announce a new series of complimentary webinars for our alumni and friends around the world. We are kicking it off with with a conversation about the new film Resistance, based on the true story of legendary mime Marcel Marceau, who put his fledgling career as an
- [2020 Virtual March of the Living Ceremony](https://motl.org/?event=2020-virtual-march-of-the-living-ceremony) - For the first time in 32 years, there was no March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day, due to the Coronavirus. The International March of The Living and The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, in association with the USC Shoah Foundation, created the 2020 Virtual March of the Living
- [Think Tank of the Future: Alumni Meetup Tel Aviv](https://motl.org/?event=think-tank-of-the-future-alumni-meetup-tel-aviv) - Please join us for "Think Tank of the Future" March of the Living Alumni Meet-up in Tel Aviv on Monday, February 3, 2020 at 8:00PM at L'Entrecote located at Ahad Ha'Am St 28, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
- [“By Chance Alone” with Author Max Eisen](https://motl.org/?event=by-chance-alone-with-author-max-eisen) - At 15, Max Eisen was saved from certain death in Auschwitz by a Polish physician who employed him as a cleaner in his operating room. His remarkable memoir By Chance Alone received Canada’s top literary award in 2019. Celebrating the launch of the book’s American edition at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Eisen was joined
- [Heart And Sole: Rosh Hashanah Young Professionals 10 Minute Meetup For Making A Difference](https://motl.org/?event=heart-and-sole-rosh-hashanah-young-professionals-10-minute-meetup-for-making-a-difference)
- [Jerusalem Tour, Dinner & Light Show for March of the Living Alumni in Israel](https://motl.org/?event=jerusalem-tour-dinner-light-show-for-march-of-the-living-alumni-in-israel) - Loading...
- [NYC's Celebrate Israel Parade](https://motl.org/?event=nycs-celebrate-israel-parade) - Alumni and Friends from around the world celebrated Israel's 71st Birthday by marching with our float in NYC's Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday June 2, 2019.
- [March of the Living 2019 Begins](https://motl.org/?event=beginning-of-the-march-of-the-living) - The International March of the Living is an annual educational program, bringing individuals from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hatred. Taking place annually on Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – The March of the Living itself
- [14th Annual Friends of the March of the Living Golf Tournament](https://motl.org/?event=14th-annual-friends-of-the-march-of-the-living-golf-tournament) - FRIENDS OF THE MOTL (Miami) will be hosting the 14th annual Golf Tournament on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at the Miami Beach Golf Club. Proceeds from this event are utilized for scholarships for worthy students participating in the MOTL. Registration deadline is December 1, 2018
- [Yom HaZikaron (Day of Remembrance for Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism)](https://motl.org/?event=yom-hazikaron) - Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism
- [MOTL Alumni & Friends Reception at JFNA's GA in Israel](https://motl.org/?event=motl-alumni-friends-reception-at-jfnas-ga-in-israel) - On October 22, 2018 March of the Living hosted an Alumni & Friends reception in Tel Aviv, featuring remarks from guest of honor MK Sharren Haskel, the youngest member of the Israeli Knesset and alumna of the March of the Living. Additional speakers included Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, Chairman of the March of the Living, Phyllis
- [JQ International LGBTQ+ & ALLY 2019 Info Session](https://motl.org/?event=jq-international-lgbtq-ally-2019-info-session) - We are pleased to announce that JQ International will be sponsoring the first ever LGBTQ+ & Ally Adult March of the Living Delegation in 2019! This once-in-a-lifetime experience is open to interested participants worldwide with the opportunity to join for either the Poland only portion or both Poland and Israel. Adults interested in participating in
- [Celebrate Israel Parade 2018](https://motl.org/?event=celebrate-israel-parade-2018) - Loading...
- [Opening of March of the Living United Nations Exhibit "Witness" at United Nations](https://motl.org/?event=opening-of-march-of-the-living-united-nations-exhibit-witness-at-united-nations) - Opening of the March of the Living Exhibit "Witness", hosted by His Excellency Ambassador Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations. The reception and program will be held on Monday, 29 January 2018, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Visitors’ Lobby (Sputnik area) of the General Assembly Building at the
- [A Night of Hope and Remembrance at Sinai Temple](https://motl.org/?event=a-night-of-hope-and-remembrance-at-sinai-temple) - Sinai Temple Sisterhood Gala Benefitting the Suzanna Cohen z”l March of the Living Fund Honoring Rabbi Nicole Guzik Introduction by Rabbi David Wolpe And Holocaust Survivors Introduction by Lina Pournazarian, granddaughter of Suzanna Cohen z”l Sunday, October 29, 2017 5:30 P.M. Buffet Dinner by Pat’s Catering & Hosted Full Premium Bar 8:00 P.M. Speakers Remarks Followed by Dancing
- [Just Following Orders: Shaping Minds & Morals In Battle](https://motl.org/?event=just-following-orders-shaping-minds-morals-in-battle) - FREE ADMISSION for March of the Living Alumni plus a guest on Sunday October 15th at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in NYC. The program will feature Moshe Halbertal who wrote the Israel Defense Forces Code of Ethics and Dean Cindy Jebb West Point - The U.S. Military
- [The Nuremberg Symposium](https://motl.org/?event=the-nuremberg-symposium)

## Gallery

- [“We have to march this year. It might be our last chance.”​](https://motl.org/gallery/we-have-to-march-this-year-it-might-be-our-last-chance/) - “We have to march this year. It might be our last chance.”​ This year’s March of the Living may be the last chance for young participants to walk with survivors and bear witness to their stories. They need your help. SPONSOR A SURVIVOR https://motl.org/donate https://youtu.be/QBlAWE067uE
- [Highlights from the 2024 March of the Living](https://motl.org/gallery/2024-highlights/) - The 2024 March of the Living took place against the backdrop of the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jews during the Shoah, the October 7th attack on Israel, and the dramatic rise in antisemitism across the globe. On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a March was held in Budapest followed the next
- [2024 March of the Living Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2024-poland/) - The March of the Living, now entering its 36th year, took place in Poland on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 6th, 2024. The March renewed the call of "Never Again," a vow which was broken on October 7, when the State of Israel endured the most severe Jewish pogrom since the Holocaust, sparking an
- [Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – Marking 80 Years Since The Historic Uprising](https://motl.org/gallery/warsaw-ghetto-uprising-marking-80-years-since-the-historic-uprising/) - 80 years ago the heroic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising unfolded. This important anniversary is being commemorated at the 2023 March of the Living. Thanks to AI technology developed by Israeli startup D-ID, International March of the Living was able, if only for just a moment, to bring the heroes of the uprising - those who survived
- [Commemorating Jewish Heroism In Their Own Words: Abba Kovner](https://motl.org/gallery/commemorating-jewish-heroism-in-their-own-words-abba-kovner/) - Abba Kovner was one of the most prominent fighters of the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. Born in Lithuania, Abba Kovner was one of the leaders of the Vilna Ghetto Partisans. Thanks to AI technology developed by Israeli startup D-ID, the International March of the Living presents Abba Kovner’s courageous story in his own words,
- [Commemorating Jewish Heroism in Their Own Words: Women's Courier Network](https://motl.org/gallery/commemorating-jewish-heroism-in-their-own-words-womens-courier-network/) - When Poland was conquered by Nazi Germany, Jews were subject to movement restrictions. In order to pass through the ghettos, cities and various regions, a Jewish woman’s network of couriers was established. Young girls and women traveled the roads under false identities, transferring information, saving people and smuggling money and ammunition on their bodies. Two
- [Zalman Gradowski On The Auschwitz-Birkenau Uprising](https://motl.org/gallery/zalman-gradowski-on-the-auschwitz-birkenau-uprising/) - Zalman Gradowski was a Jewish prisoner at Birkenau who was forced to work in the Sonderkommando unit. While at the camp, Zalman wrote dozens of notes that he hid in various places throughout the camp, describing what he and the Jews went through in “hell on earth - Auschwitz-Birkenau”. Zalman participated in the Birkenau revolt
- [35 Years of Marching in Memory](https://motl.org/gallery/35-years-of-marching-in-memory/) - https://youtu.be/X7DPrBvsnLw
- [35 Years of Marching to the Future](https://motl.org/gallery/35-years-of-marching-to-the-future/) - https://youtu.be/NAcVpaS_-fE
- [35th Anniversary Gala](https://motl.org/gallery/gala-35/)
- [2023 March of the Living Highlights](https://motl.org/gallery/2023-march-of-the-living-highlights/)
- [2023 March of the Living Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/motl2023poland/)
- [2023 March of the Living Mega-Event Latrun](https://motl.org/gallery/motl2023latrun/)
- [Auschwitz survivor Max Eisen: 'Beware of hate'](https://motl.org/gallery/auschwitz-survivor-max-eisen-beware-of-hate/) - https://youtu.be/pCUV8bUuOPg
- [Virtual Chanukah Journey through Israel with Julian Resnick](https://motl.org/gallery/virtual-chanukah-journey-through-israel-with-julian-resnick/) - International March of the Living hosted virtual Chanukah journey through Israel with Julian Resnick which aired on December 1, 2021. Click on the video player to watch the program. Channukah is the quintessential Jewish holiday as its meaning has continually, over the centuries, been reinterpreted, according to the needs of the Jews celebrating. From the
- [Exploring the Narrative of Holocaust and Genocide Education in the Public Arena](https://motl.org/gallery/exploring-the-narrative-of-holocaust-and-genocide-education-in-the-public-arena-with-dafna-michaelson-jenet-colorado-house-of-representatives/) - On November 17, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a lecture with member of the Colorado House of Representatives and March of the Living Alumna, Dafna Michaelson Jenet. Explore with Colorado State Representative Member and March of the Living Alum, Dafna Michaelson Jenet, how she created, and was recently successful, in passing a
- [Holocaust through cinema with Rich Brownstein](https://motl.org/gallery/holocaust-through-cinema-with-rich-brownstein/) - International March of the Living webinar “Holocaust through cinema with Rich Brownstein” held on February 17, 2021. Click on the video player below to watch the program. Rich Brownstein created a monumental guide to Holocaust related film, Holocaust Cinema Complete: A History and Analysis of 400 Films, with a Teaching Guide. This text provides context
- [Yom Ha'atzmaut 2021](https://motl.org/gallery/yom-haatzmaut-2021/) - https://youtu.be/lGtOoNHXB54 International March of the Living Salute to Israel's 73rd Birthday International March of the Living celebrated Israel’s 73rd birthday in a grand global celebration! Enabling communities to experience Independence Day as one global community, the International March of the Living (MOTL) program, “Salute to Israel’s 73rd Birthday”, sponsored by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, includes panoramic
- [Erev Yom HaShoah 2021](https://motl.org/gallery/erev-yom-hashoah-2021/) - “Medicine and Morality: Lessons from the Holocaust and COVID-19”, presented by The Miller Center for Community Protection & Resilience, Rutgers University, International March of the Living, Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust, and Teva Pharmaceuticals, in cooperation with the USC Shoah Foundation, which aired on April 7, 2021 at 7:00PM ET. This Holocaust
- [March of the Living 2021](https://motl.org/gallery/2021-virtual-march/) - 2021 Virtual March of the Living took place on April 8, 2021 on Holocaust Remembrance Day and was led by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Holocaust survivors, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, The Jewish Agency for Israel's Chairman of the Executive, Isaac Herzog, KKL Chair Avraham Duvdevani, and Rabbi Israel Meir Lau. Among the Holocaust survivors participating
- [March of the Living 2022](https://motl.org/gallery/motl-2022/) - 2022 International March of the Living was held on April 28, 2022 at Auschwitz-Birkenau. https://youtu.be/cl5I5Tludd8 Narrator: Greg Masel The Reading of the Names Video: Why We March Lighting of the Yizkor Torch led by Holocaust survivors from the UK Moment of Silence for Victims of War in Ukraine Song: Vhi Sheamda – Harel Skaat &
- [Three Generations of Holocaust Memory – The Life and Legacy of Abe (Abram) Goldberg OAM](https://motl.org/gallery/three-generations-of-holocaust-memory-the-life-and-legacy-of-abe-abram-goldberg-oam/) - “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series featuring “Three Generations of Holocaust Memory – The Life and Legacy of Abe (Abram) Goldberg OAM”, presented by The International March of the Living and March of the Living Australia. The program aired on March 4, 2021 in Australia, followed by an
- [Briefing on the Rising Tide of Antisemitism with Dr. Michael Berenbaum](https://motl.org/gallery/briefing-on-the-rising-tide-of-antisemitism-with-dr-michael-berenbaum/) - On June 30, 2021 the International March of the Living held a Global briefing of the current rising tide of Antisemitism with world renowned scholar and historian, Dr. Michael Berenbaum. The program was moderated by Eli Rubenstein, Educational Director of the International March of the Living. To watch the program, click on the video player
- [Special Film Premiere of “Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations”](https://motl.org/gallery/witness-film/) - https://youtu.be/GoBz_uwgTP4 A special film premiere marking the first ever international Holocaust Survivor Day honoring the resilience, courage and contributions of Holocaust Survivors. International March of the Living is commemorating Holocaust Survivor Day by sharing the stories of Holocaust survivors transmitting their message to the next generation of witnesses during the March of the Living. The
- [The Destruction of the Lithuanian Jews – The Ponary Massacre with Jacob Shoshan](https://motl.org/gallery/the-destruction-of-the-lithuanian-jews-the-ponary-massacre-with-jacob-shoshan/) - From June 1941 to July 1944, over 75,000 people, mostly Jews, were brought to Ponary, a once idyllic forested area located south of Vilna, and brutally shot and buried in open pits thus creating Lithuania’s largest mass grave. Join Jacob Shoshan, esteemed and highly sought-after International March of the Living guide and historian for a
- [HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TRIBUTE VIDEO](https://motl.org/gallery/holocaust-survivor-tribute-video/) - The International March of the Living is proud to be a partner in the world’s inaugural Holocaust Survivor Day, on June 24, 2021, along with many other organizations around the world, as we honor and celebrate the lives of survivors worldwide with joy and gratitude. We asked March of the Living alumni, friends, staff and
- [Southern Wall Excavations – Jewish life and the celebration of Sukkot in Jerusalem in the time of the Temple with Assaf Boker](https://motl.org/gallery/southern-wall-excavations-jewish-life-and-the-celebration-of-sukkot-in-jerusalem-in-the-time-of-the-temple-with-assaf-boker/) - https://youtu.be/ipl6tIX8o2E The International March of the Living hosted a guided tour with Assaf Boker in our continuing webinar series on September 23, 2021. Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage Jewish holidays where hundreds of thousands of our ancestors have ascended to Jerusalem to celebrate the holiday and to feel part of the Jewish collective.
- [Portraits of Moral Choices during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda: Stories of Perpetrators, Bystanders and Upstanders with Tali Nates](https://motl.org/gallery/portraits-of-moral-choices-during-the-1994-genocide-against-the-tutsi-in-rwanda-stories-of-perpetrators-bystanders-and-upstanders-with-tali-nates/) - On October 27, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a lecture with Historian Tali Nates as part of its continuing webinar series. In this talk, we will explore the moral choices that were made by people, groups and governments during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Tali will focus on stories
- [Survivor Speaker Series with Gabriella Y. Karin](https://motl.org/gallery/survivor-speaker-series-with-gabriella-y-karin/) - International March of the Living continuing survivor speaker series with Gabriella Y. Karin was held on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Click on the video player below to watch the program. Gabriella is a survivor of the Holocaust and has dedicated her life to Holocaust education as a docent and speaker worldwide. She has become an
- [Erev Yom HaShoah 2022](https://motl.org/gallery/erev-yom-hashoah-2022/) - International March of the Living's Erev Yom HaShoah Event "Learning from the Past to Protect the Future" was held on April 27, 2022 at the Oskar Schindler Factory in Krakow, Poland. https://youtu.be/Mcm47aeEMcs OPENING REMARKS Baruch Adler, Vice Chair, International March of the Living Yasmin Fridman, Member of Israeli Knesset Michael Siegal, Chair of the Board of
- [Private Tour of the Y.A. Fine Art Gallery in Jerusalem](https://motl.org/gallery/private-tour-of-the-y-a-fine-art-gallery-in-jerusalem/) - On August 25, 2021 the International March of the Living hosted a private tour of the Y.A. Fine Art Gallery in Jerusalem, featuring March of the Living alumni and gallery founders, Yehoshua Aryeh and Jordyn Stauber. Yehoshua Aryeh and Jordyn Stauber met during the 2015 March of the Living and the rest, as they say,
- [Let There Be Light: 2021 Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/gallery/let-there-be-light-2021-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - International March of the Living and The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University present LET THERE BE LIGHT: Stories of Hope and Humanity to Illuminate the Darkness The program was simulcast on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 on the Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS), MOTL.org, Facebook Live & YouTube. 83 years ago, beginning on
- [Survivor Speaker Series Mala Tribich, MBE](https://motl.org/gallery/mala-tribich-mbe/) - International March of the Living’s inaugural “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series debuted on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The program featured Mala Tribich, MBE, from the United Kingdom, in an inspirational Q & A with Founder and Chairman of March of the Living UK, Scott Saunders. Click on
- [Blind Love Q&A with Eli Rubenstein and Liron Artzi](https://motl.org/gallery/blind-love-qa-with-eli-rubenstein-and-liron-artzi/) - On December 22, 2020, the International March of the Living held an Exclusive Screening and Q&A of “Blind Love: A Holocaust Journey through Poland with Man’s Best Friend.” The Q&A featured a discussion between the film’s producer and Director of Education for the International March of the Living, Eli Rubenstein and Liron Artzi, a March
- [Survivor Speaker Series with Mania Hudy](https://motl.org/gallery/survivor-speaker-series-with-mania-hudy/) - On Thursday, December 3, 2020, the International March of the Living held another “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness” Survivor Speaker Series featuring Mania Hudy, from Canada, in an inspirational Q & A with Dalia Mizrachi, Educator and active member of Fundacion Amigos de Yad Vashem Panama – EMET. This program
- [March of the Living Candlelight 2020](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-candlelight-2020/) - Wishing a Happy 8th night of Chanukah to all the alumni, survivors, staff, and friends of the International March of the Living around the world!
- [Descendants of Nazi Perpetrators Singing the Hatikvah](https://motl.org/gallery/descendants-of-nazi-perpetrators-singing-the-hatikvah/)
- [2009 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2009-poland/)
- [2010 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2010-poland/)
- [2011 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2011-poland/)
- [Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz-Birkenau (1990)](https://motl.org/gallery/elie-wiesel-at-auschwitz-birkenau-1990/)
- [March of the Living 2012](https://motl.org/gallery/2012-march/)
- [2012 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2012-poland/)
- [Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres Speech - 2013 March of the Living](https://motl.org/gallery/israeli-prime-minister-shimon-peres-speech-2013-march-of-the-living/)
- [March of the Living 2013](https://motl.org/gallery/2013-march/)
- [2013 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2013-poland/)
- [Israel 2014](https://motl.org/gallery/israel-2014-2/)
- [Poland 2014](https://motl.org/gallery/poland-2014/)
- [Israel 2014](https://motl.org/gallery/israel-2014/)
- [2014 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2014-poland/)
- ["MOTL, Our Story", 2014](https://motl.org/gallery/motl-our-story/)
- [Poland 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/intl-adults-poland-2015/)
- [Reading of the Names, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/reading-of-the-names-2015/)
- [March in Poland, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-2015/)
- [March in Israel, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/2015-march-from-kikar-safra-to-the-kotel/)
- [2015 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2015-poland/)
- [Israel 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/israel-2015/)
- [Promo for 2016 March of the Living](https://motl.org/gallery/promo-for-2016-march-of-the-living/)
- [2016 March of the Living Hungary](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-hungary/)
- [Avinu Shebashamayim / A Prayer for the State of Israel by Shai Abramson at Krakow Philharmonic](https://motl.org/gallery/avinu-shebashamayim-a-prayer-for-the-state-of-israel-by-shai-abramson-at-krakow-philharmonic/)
- [Hatikva at The Kotel by Dudu Fisher](https://motl.org/gallery/hatikva-at-the-kotel-by-dudu-fisher/)
- [Hatikva by Dudu Fisher, Shai Abramson & IDF Choir at Krakow Philharmonic](https://motl.org/gallery/hatikva-by-dudu-fisher-shai-abramson-idf-choir-at-krakow-philharmonic/)
- [2016 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2016-poland/)
- [2016 Introductory Melodies, Happie Hoffman, Eric Hunker, Chanan Elias](https://motl.org/gallery/2016-introductory-melodies-happie-hoffman-eric-hunker-chanan-elias/)
- [Survivor Edward Mosberg Speeches 2016 & 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/survivor-edward-mosberg-speeches-2016-2017/)
- [Former IDF lone soldiers at MOTL 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/former-idf-lone-soldiers-at-motl-2017/)
- [Arutz Sheva Interviews at MOTL 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/arutz-sheva-interviews-at-motl-2017/)
- [Special Interview in Krakow with son of Elie Wiesel on MOTL 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/special-interview-in-krakow-with-son-of-elie-wiesel-on-motl-2017/)
- [2017 Poland](https://motl.org/gallery/2017-poland/)
- [March of the Living - through the years](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-through-the-years/)
- [Erev Yom Hashoah 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/erev-yom-hashoah-2018/)
- [Poland 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/poland-2018/)
- [Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Poland 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/rabbi-israel-meir-lau-poland-2018/)
- [President Andrej Duda, Poland 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/president-andrej-duda-poland-2018/) - Address by the President of the Republic of Poland Mr Andrzej Duda during the March of the Living in Auschwitz 12 April 2018 Distinguished President Rivlin, Honourable Survivors, All Esteemed Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we meet at a place which is a symbol for the whole world, for the entire humanity, the synonym
- [President Reuven Rivlin, Poland 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/president-reuven-rivlin-poland-2018/)
- [Shlomo Artzi, Poland 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/shlomo-artzi-poland-2018/)
- [Yom HaShoah Ceremony 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/yom-hashoah-ceremony-2018/)
- [Erev Yom HaZikaron 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/erev-yom-hazikaron-2018/)
- [Groups in Israel 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/groups-in-israel-2018/) - March of the Living delegations from all over the world celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Israel!
- [Participant Interviews 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/participant-interviews-2018/) - Interviews with 2018 March of the Living participants from around the world talking about their experiences.
- [Jerusalem Highlights 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/jerusalem-highlights-2018/)
- [Jerusalem 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/jerusalem-2018/)
- [Mega Event 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/mega-event-photos-2018/)
- [Jerusalem Highlights 2018 (2)](https://motl.org/gallery/jerusalem-highlights-2018-2/)
- [Budepast March, 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/budepast-march-2018/)
- [This is Our Legacy Gala: Celebrating 30 Years](https://motl.org/gallery/this-is-our-legacy-gala-celebrating-30-years/)
- [30 Years of the March of the Living](https://motl.org/gallery/30-years/) - A look back at the 30 years of the March of the Living by Amit Productions. Watch more videos at motl.org
- [2020 Virtual March of the Living Ceremony](https://motl.org/gallery/2020-virtual-march/) - For the first time in 32 years, there was no March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day, due to the Coronavirus. The International March of The Living and The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, in association with the USC Shoah Foundation, created the 2020 Virtual March of the Living
- [2020 MOTL Virtual Highlights](https://motl.org/gallery/2020-march-highlights/)
- [The Accountant of Auschwitz](https://motl.org/gallery/the-accountant-of-auschwitz/)
- [Dan Kanter, Justin Bieber’s Musical Director and Guitar Player, Takes Emotional Visit to Auschwitz](https://motl.org/gallery/dan-kanter-justin-biebers-musical-director-and-guitar-player-takes-emotional-visit-to-auschwitz/)
- [The Holocaust Told Through Shadows, 2014](https://motl.org/gallery/the-holocaust-told-through-shadows/)
- [100,000 Souls: The Legacy of Raoul Wallenberg](https://motl.org/gallery/100000-souls-the-legacy-of-raoul-wallenberg/)
- [I stand with Israel from March of the Living Hungary](https://motl.org/gallery/i-stand-with-israel-from-march-of-the-living-hungary/)
- [70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/70th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-auschwitz/)
- [I Am Anne Frank, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/i-am-anne-frank/)
- ["When Brothers Cry", 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/when-brothers-cry-pablo-yafe-alan-senderowitsch-tarbut-school-argentina/) - By Pablo Yafe & Alan Senderowitsch, Tarbut School, Argentina Delegation, 2015
- [Video by Nicole Ender, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/video-by-nicole-ender/)
- [Project6Million](https://motl.org/gallery/project6million/) - Learn more about Project6Million HERE.
- [Lay Down Your Arms](https://motl.org/gallery/lay-down-your-arms/)
- [Mike Kauffman, 1995 Alum](https://motl.org/gallery/mike-kauffman-1995-alum/)
- [THE SHTICK S43-11 Seg.3 Adam Dostalek's MOL Documentary](https://motl.org/gallery/the-shtick-s43-11-seg-3-adam-dostaleks-mol-documentary/)
- [Auschwitz: Drone video of Nazi concentration camp](https://motl.org/gallery/auschwitz-drone-video-of-nazi-concentration-camp/)
- [Blind Love (Trailer)](https://motl.org/gallery/blind-love-trailer/) - Blind Love recounts a trip to Poland of six blind Israelis and their guide dogs who took part in the annual March of the Living, where they visited once thriving sites of Jewish life and culture. On Holocaust Remembrance Day, the blind participants and their guide dogs marched from Auschwitz-Birkenau in memory of the victims
- [Twice Liberated](https://motl.org/gallery/twice-liberated/)
- [Max Iland's Bar Mitzvah on Massada](https://motl.org/gallery/max-ilands-bar-mitzvah-on-massada/)
- [JAI - Los numeros de la vida](https://motl.org/gallery/jai-los-numeros-de-la-vida/)
- [Never Forget: A March of the Living Story](https://motl.org/gallery/never-forget-a-march-of-the-living-story/)
- [Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at The Nuremberg Symposium](https://motl.org/gallery/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-at-the-nuremberg-symposium/)
- [Nuremberg Symposium - May 4, 2016](https://motl.org/gallery/nuremberg-symposium/)
- [Holocaust Survivor Edward Mosberg at Nuremberg Symposium - May 4, 2016](https://motl.org/gallery/holocaust-survivor-edward-mosberg-at-nuremberg-symposium-may-4-2016/)
- [Bridges of Peace Delegation from Japan - March of the Living 2016](https://motl.org/gallery/bridges-of-peace-delegation-from-japan-march-of-the-living-2016/)
- [Honourable Ayelet Shaked, Minister of Justice, Israel - Nuremberg Symposium - May 4, 2016](https://motl.org/gallery/honourable-ayelet-shaked-minister-of-justice-israel-nuremberg-symposium-may-4-2016/)
- [March of the Living: Bringing Resurrection from Holocaust Death](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-bringing-resurrection-from-holocaust-death/)
- [Az Élet Menete dal "Soha többé Soá!" angol [English Version]](https://motl.org/gallery/az-elet-menete-dal-soha-tobbe-soa-angol/)
- [Az Élet Menete dal "Soha többé Soá!" héber [Hebrew Version]](https://motl.org/gallery/az-elet-menete-dal-soha-tobbe-soa-heber-english-version/)
- [March of the Living Documentary by Jessica Sanders](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-documentary-by-jessica-sanders/)
- [Participant Reflection Video by Michelle Poler Stramwasser](https://motl.org/gallery/hello-fears-motl-experience/)
- [March of the Living UK 2016 by Gregory Frank (Part I)](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-uk-2016-by-gregory-frank-part-i/)
- [March of the Living UK 2016 by Gregory Frank (Part 2)](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-uk-2016-by-gregory-frank-part-2/)
- [Video by Lucila Shuschner, Tarbut School, Argentina Delegation, 2016](https://motl.org/gallery/video-by-lucila-shuschner-tarbut-school-argentina-delegation-2016/)
- [March of the Living on The Shtick with Renny Richter](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-on-the-shtick-with-renny-richter/)
- [Once In A Lifetime - Official U.S. Trailer](https://motl.org/gallery/once-in-a-lifetime-official-u-s-trailer/)
- [Feeling the Jewish Journey](https://motl.org/gallery/feeling-the-jewish-journey/)
- [Noah Klieger, z"l, Keynote Speaker at the UN, Jan 27, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/noah-klieger-un-012717/) - On January 27, 2017, Noah Klieger, z"l, was the Keynote Speaker at the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Read more about Noah HERE.
- [Alejandra Rotman, Argentina, 2015](https://motl.org/gallery/alejandra-rotman-argentina-2015/)
- [Loyola Law Nuremberg Symposium: Opening Remarks, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/loyola-law-nuremberg-symposium-opening-remarks-2017/)
- [Polin Seminar Latin America 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/polin-seminar-latin-america-2017/)
- [The educational significance of the March of the Living](https://motl.org/gallery/the-educational-significance-of-the-march-of-the-living/)
- [Diaspora and Education Minister joins March of the Living](https://motl.org/gallery/diaspora-and-education-minister-joins-march-of-the-living/)
- [Survivor and Teens sing Am Yisrael Chai and dance in Krakow](https://motl.org/gallery/survivor-and-teens-sing-am-yisrael-chai-and-dance-in-krakow/)
- [From Auschwitz to Jerusalem by KKL-JNF](https://motl.org/gallery/from-auschwitz-to-jerusalem-by-kkl-jnf/)
- [Giana Gurrera, Western Region, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/giana-gurrera-western-region-2017/)
- [BJE LA, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/bje-la-2017/)
- [Tuscon Students, Western Region, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/tuscon-students-western-region-2017/)
- [Martin Buber School, Argentina, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/martin-buber-school-argentina-2017/)
- [Reflections from Orloff CAJE, Broward County, MOTL 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/reflections-from-orloff-caje-broward-county-motl-2017/)
- [Marcha 2017, Martin Buber School, Argentina](https://motl.org/gallery/marcha-2017-martin-buber-school-argentina/)
- [ORT Argentina at Treblinka, MOTL 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/ort-argentina-at-treblinka-motl-2017/)
- [Argetina Teen Interview MOTL 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/argetina-teen-interview-motl-2017/)
- [Prosecuting Eichmann](https://motl.org/gallery/prosecuting-eichmann/)
- [Sinai Temple, 2017](https://motl.org/gallery/sinai-temple-2017/)
- [March of the Living Exhibit Opening @ UN - Jan 29, 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-exhibit-opening-un-jan-29-2018/)
- [30th Anniversary at the United Nations](https://motl.org/gallery/30th-anniversary-at-the-united-nations/)
- [Celebrate Israel Parade NY 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/celebrate-israel-parade-ny-2018/)
- [Southern Region March of the Living 2018](https://motl.org/gallery/southern-region-march-of-the-living-2018/)
- [The Forgotten Camps](https://motl.org/gallery/the-forgotten-camps/)
- [Alumni & Friends Dessert Reception in Miami, Feb 2019](https://motl.org/gallery/alumni-friends-miami-2019/)
- [March of the Living by Fox5 Films](https://motl.org/gallery/march-of-the-living-by-fox5-films/)
- [Kristallnacht Commemoration 2019](https://motl.org/gallery/kristallnacht-commemoration-2019/)
- [Kristallnacht Commemoration featuring UN Secretary General](https://motl.org/gallery/kristallnacht-commemoration-un-secretary-general/)
- [75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz](https://motl.org/gallery/75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-auschwitz/)
- [RESISTANCE: Conversation with Jesse Eisenberg + Jonathan Jakubowicz](https://motl.org/gallery/resistance-movie/) - The International March of the Living kicked off our new webinar series on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 with a conversation about the film Resistance with its star Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and director and screenwriter Jonathan Jakubowicz (Hands of Stone, Secuestro Express). The program was moderated by Dana Arschin, 2X Emmy Award-Winning reporter for
- [Fireside Chat with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau](https://motl.org/gallery/rav-lau/) - Click on the video player below to watch the recording of International March of the Living’s inaugural Fireside Chat featuring renowned Holocaust Survivor Rav Israel Meir Lau, Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Rabbi Lau has participated in every March of the Living since its inception in 1988. Each year,
- [Telling the Story through Art with Liz Elsby](https://motl.org/gallery/telling-the-story-through-art/) - In our continuing webinar series, the International March of the Living hosted a lecture October 29, 2020 with Holocaust Educator Liz Elsby. Focusing on individual artworks, Elsby demonstrated how exploring the artistic aspects of each painting, together with the context in which they were created and the questions they raise, combine to deepen our understanding
- [Let there be Light: Jerusalem / UK](https://motl.org/gallery/let-there-be-light-kristallnacht-commemoration-in-jerusalem-and-the-united-kingdom/) - International March of the Living Kristallnacht Commemoration projected on the Old City Walls of Jerusalem and Coventry Cathedral in the UK. Help us send the message to the world, help us shine light over the darkness of hate by clicking here.
- [Let There Be Light: 2020 Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/gallery/let-there-be-light-2020-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht – The Night of Broken Glass – The International March of the Living hosted a Kristallnacht Commemoration in partnership with The Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University, and the Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt. Click on the video player below to watch the full program.
- [The Hampton Synagogue Kristallnacht Commemoration](https://motl.org/gallery/the-hampton-synagogue-kristallnacht-commemoration/) - On the eve of the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass - International March of the Living World Chairman and CEO, Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, participated the first-ever Kristallnacht Commemoration with official participation by a Gulf state, hosted The Hampton Synagogue Rabbi March Schneier Community Center. Click on the video player below
- [Presidents of Germany, Austria, and Israel say LET THERE BE LIGHT](https://motl.org/gallery/presidents-of-germany-austria-and-israel-say-let-there-be-light/) - “Eighty-two years, and the dark shadows of the past have not disappeared from our streets.” The Presidents of Germany, Austria, and Israel stand together in a joint call against hatred and antisemitism, on the eve of the Kristallnacht anniversary. It is our duty to bring light to the darkness. To remember the horrors of the
- [Let there be Light: Jerusalem Kristallnacht Commemoration Projections](https://motl.org/gallery/let-there-be-light-jerusalem-kristallnacht-commemoration-projections/) - To mark 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, the walls of the Old City in Jerusalem were illuminated with a projection of broken glass and different coloured lights and over 8,000 messages of hope from around the world and 700 houses of worship and institutions.
- [Let there be Light Gallery of Houses of Worship & Institutions](https://motl.org/gallery/let-there-be-light-gallery-of-houses-of-worship-institutions/) - Thank you to all of the Houses of Worship and institutions around the world who participated in our "Let there be Light" Kristallnacht commemoration campaign to fight anti-Semitism, racism, hatred and intolerance by shining light over the darkness of hate. Over 8,000 messages have been submitted from 72 countries, including 700 Houses of Worship and
- [Highlights from the LET THERE BE LIGHT Kristallnacht Campaign](https://motl.org/gallery/highlights-from-the-let-there-be-light-kristallnacht-campaign/) - Despite the fact that Kristallnacht, which saw the destruction of thousands of synagogues and Jewish institutions, took place 82 years ago, the world has still not learned the lessons of the past. Attacks on Houses of Worship of all faiths continuously occur, time and time again. This year, the International March of the Living launched
- [Fireside Chat with Ron Dermer](https://motl.org/gallery/fireside-chat-with-ron-dermer/) - International March of the Living Fireside Chat featuring Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, aired on Sunday, January 17, 2021. To watch the program, click here or on the video player below. Ambassador Dermer participated in the 2018 March of the Living, along with his wife Rhoda. On Erev Yom HaShoah, he delivered the keynote
- [“Our Liberation: Stories of Holocaust Survivors’ Road to Freedom”](https://motl.org/gallery/our-liberation-stories-of-holocaust-survivors-road-to-freedom/) - In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the International March of the Living and the March of the Living Digital Archive invite you to join us on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, for the premiere of the film “Our Liberation: Stories of Holocaust Survivors’ Road to Freedom“. Click on the video player below to watch the

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