International March of the Living

The March of the Living is an annual educational program, which brings students from all over the world to Poland, in order to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hate. The March of the Living itself, a 3-kilometer walk from Auschwitz from Birkenau, is a silent tribute to all victims of the Holocaust. The March is designed to contrast with the death marches, which began towards the end of World War II, and continued virtually up until the Third Reich’s last days. The Nazis forced approximately 750,000 prisoners, almost half of whom were Jewish, on to the death marches.The March of the Living is joined each year by thousands of Jewish teens, adults and survivors from around the world along with many other people from diverse faiths and background, including the Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu and Jewish traditions. Students whose communities have experienced historic persecutions also participate, such as survivors of the Rwandan genocide, First Nation students and African Americans. After spending a week in Poland visiting other sites of Nazi Germany’s persecution and former sites of Jewish life and culture, many participants also travel to Israel the following week to celebrate Israel’s Independence Day.

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