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“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
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‘The most impactful and important journey of my life’ by Cynthia Sedlezky, Canada, 2015
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
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Video Reflections by Paula Romano from Martin Buber School in Argentina, 2017
Video created by Paula Romano
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March inspires participants to remember, take action
This year I was in Auschwitz-Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day as part of the March of the Living (MOL) contingent from North and South Carolina and Virginia. These few days reminded me to be so thankful for everything that has been given to me. The emotions I felt as a
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‘Ode to Poland’ – Reflections by Western Region, 2017
During the 2017 March of the Living, participants from Western Region each wrote one line reflecting on their experience traveling through Poland: Poland was a roller coaster of emotions Eye opening Paradigm shifting and revengeful We’re still here Life changing My eyes and heart have been opened through an amazingly journey
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Elie Wiesel’s Only Son Steps Up to His Father’s Legacy
New York Times – OSWIECIM, Poland — Back when all he wanted was to play baseball and tinker with his computer, Elisha Wiesel found himself touring Treblinka, evading KGB agents on the Moscow subway and watching his father accept the Nobel Peace Prize. “I wanted a normal American childhood,” said
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Alumni Reflection: Giana Gurrera, San Diego / Western Region, 2017
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
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‘We run like mouses to hide,’ a Holocaust survivor saved by ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ remembers
Holocaust survivor Stefania Sitbon (nee Kenigswein) visits the Warsaw Zoo, where she and her family hid for more than two months during World War II. (Sarit Shina / March of the Living) By Kristina Jovanovski / LA Times Stefania Sitbon sits in the dining room of her Toronto apartment, surrounded
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Jerusalem Post Special Report on the 2017 March of the Living
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