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At the entrance to Auschwitz: "Triumph of the Spirit" director Miriam Cohen is flanked by producers Chani Kopilowitz (left) and Yuti Neiman. Credit: Courtesy of Triumph of the Spirit.

She fought not to forget

Sara Rus never gave up despite suffering unspeakable tragedies at the hands of the Nazis and then the Argentinean junta.

Dina Siegel Vann

March 12, 2024

At the March of the Living in Poland five years ago, when Israel was celebrating its 70th year, April 12, 2018. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.

March of the Living provides a powerful opportunity for Jewish unity amid political divisions

The Jewish people are in an emotional low point, elevating politics above peoplehood. Unity is the strength of the Jewish people. Such unity was on full display at the March of the Living.

Alex Traiman

April 18, 2023

The seven Holocaust survivors who attended the 2022 International March of the Living, April 28, 2022. Photo by Yossi Zeliger.

International March of the Living: Watch

JNS CEO and Jerusalem Bureau chief Alex Traiman is co-anchoring the event broadcast from Poland.

April 18, 2023

The annual March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Poland, April 28, 2022. Photo by Aloni Mor/MOTL.

35th March of the Living honors Jewish heroism in the Holocaust

The march from Auschwitz to Birkenau will be led by 42 Holocaust survivors, a stark improvement over last year when only seven survivors participated.

David Isaac

April 18, 2023

Shoes displayed at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 2018. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

March of Living raises $500,000 to conserve 8,000 shoes at Auschwitz museum

Part of one of the most powerful displays at the former concentration camp, the varied footwear of children has fallen into disrepair.

Feb. 20, 2023

A candle-lighting ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the eve of Kristallnacht, Nov. 2022. Credit: EJA.

Modern anti-Semitism on agenda as Europe’s Jews mark Kristallnacht at Auschwitz

The European Jewish Association conference is “fundamental” to the debate regarding measures to curb anti-Semitism in Europe, says Jewish Community of Oporto president.

Nov. 10, 2022

Memorial candles. Credit: irisphoto1/Shutterstock.

Sisters who survived the Holocaust together die days apart in Alabama

Ruth Scheuer Siegler died on Sept. 3 at the age of 95 a mere 10 days after her sister, Ilse Scheuer Nathan, died on Aug. 23 at the age of 98.

Sept. 8, 2022

The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, devoid of those participating in the annual March of the Living to mark Yom Hashoah, April 20-21, 2020. Credit: Marcin Kozlowski, March of the Living.

Holocaust-denier reportedly arrested for hate-speech stunt at Auschwitz

A white-supremacist Holocaust-denier was reportedly arrested in Poland for sharing hate speech at the entrance of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Sept. 6, 2022

Stuart E. Eizenstat, chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, presents historian Piotr Cywiński, director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, with the National Leadership Award on the site’s 75th year, July 13, 2022. Photo by Photo by Łukasz Lipiński.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum honors director of Auschwitz-Birkenau museum

“If we place the memory of the Holocaust only in the history books, it means that we have failed to understand the universal truth about humanity it reveals,” said historian Piotr Cywiński.

July 14, 2022