March of the Living
The International March of the Living called him “a symbol of defiance, dignity and Jewish courage.”
“Don’t make the same mistake again: Help the State of Israel,” urged survivor Arnold Clevs, who was seized by Lithuanian soldiers in 1941.
The International March of the Living and the Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience at Rutgers University will present a webinar examining the history and lessons of this chapter in human history.
Participants retraced the route from the Jewish cemetery to Radegast Station—the site of the last transport of Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Survivor Naftali Fürst: “The hollow faces and emaciated bodies of Rom and Evyatar take me back decades.”
The march honored the memory of over 550,000 Hungarian Jews murdered during the Holocaust—437,000 of whom were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Magda Baratz, 96, passed away while mourning IDF reservist Asaf Cafri, who was killed by a Hamas sniper in Beit Hanoun.
The delegation from the U.S. and Europe was the largest to date organized by Rutgers’ Miller Center on Policing and the University of Virginia.
The Israeli president joined Holocaust survivors and former Hamas captives in Poland to mark 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
“Even peaceful demonstrations can turn violent without warning,” it cautioned.
The visit and the forthcoming march are “pretty solemn but pretty special” events “bound by history,” Phil Murphy told JNS.
Merrill Eisenhower will join Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Polish President Andrzej Duda alongside 80 Holocaust survivors, some of whom were liberated by U.S. and Allied forces led by his great grandfather.
