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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Herzog to travel to Poland with 10 freed hostages to attend March of the Living
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
President Isaac Herzog will depart for Poland tomorrow to take part in the annual March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, along with 10 Israelis freed from captivity in Gaza.
Herzog will be joined by liberated hostages Eli Sharabi, Hagar Brodutch, Almog Meir Jan, Moran Stella Yanai, Gadi Moses, Keith Siegel, Chen Goldstein Almog, Raaya Rotem, Agam Berger, and Ori Megidish, according to the President’s Residence. He will also be joined by families of those slain on October 7 and families of hostages.
Before the march begins tomorrow, Herzog will meet Polish President Andrzej Duda at 10:30 a.m. local time. According to Herzog’s office, the two will focus on “efforts to secure the release of the hostages held in Gaza, and on the importance of combating antisemitism worldwide.” They will offer joint statements before laying a wreath at Auschwitz’s Black Wall, where executions took place.
The two leaders will also meet youth delegations from Israel and Poland.
Herzog will deliver remarks at the main memorial ceremony in Birkenau at 3:30 p.m. local time.
Some 80 Holocaust survivors will join Herzog for the March, which takes place on Yom Hashoah, the Jewish Holocaust memorial day.
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