• Alumni Reflection: Beth Strum, USA, 1994

    Posted by MOTLorg on February 6, 2013

    “I went on the March in 1994 with MetroWest NJ. I made some amazing friends and had amazing experiences. However, I have found it difficult to discuss amongst friends that have never been on the March. Throughout the years I have run into other March alum… we all share the

  • Liberation Stories from Holocaust Survivors

    Posted by MOTLorg on January 16, 2013

    On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, discovering the largest Nazi killing center in Europe. Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust, representing the depths of man’s inhumanity to man. Eighteen governments have legislated January 27 as an annual Holocaust Memorial Day. In November 2005,

  • Filling the Gaps in Israel’s Holocaust Reading List

    Posted by MOTLorg on December 13, 2012

    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

  • Churchill Teen Makes March of the Living

    Posted by MOTLorg on September 25, 2012

    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.

  • Survivor Story: David Shentow

    Posted by MOTLorg on May 11, 2012

  • Survivor Story: Elly Gotz

    Posted by MOTLorg on May 11, 2012

    Holocaust survivor, Elly Gotz tells his journey from liberation to March of the Living.

  • Survivor Story: Nate Leipiciger

    Posted by MOTLorg on May 9, 2012

    Holocaust Survivor, Nate Leipiciger, tells his liberation story.

  • Survivor Story: Alexander Henrik Laks

    Posted by MOTLorg on May 9, 2012

    Holocaust Survivor, Alexander Henrik Laks, tells his journey from liberation to March of the Living.

  • Survivor Story: Rick Carrier

    Posted by MOTLorg on April 19, 2012

  • Out of the Depths: The Story Of A Child Of Buchenwald Who Returned Home At Last

    Posted by MOTLorg on November 1, 2011

    By Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, with Forewords by Shimon Peres and Elie Weisel In his recent book, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau tells the miraculous story of his rescue from the Holocaust as a young child, and his subsequent aliyah to the land of Israel. Arriving as an eight-year-old orphan