The 2019 International March of the Living begins in the Auschwitz former concentration camp.
A delegation led by senior officials from around the world leads more than 10,000 people in walking the three kilometers to the Birkenau death camp, where the event will culminate with the central ceremony.
In a speech before the march, the event’s chairman Shmuel Rosenman says anti-Semitism is “yet again sweeping the world,”mentioning the California and Pittsburgh shootings as well as an attack on Christians in Sri Lanka and on Muslims in New Zealand.
“Let this be your first step, on a lifetime journey of fighting hatred and injustice, and creating a world where every single human life is valued,” he says.
“Let the March begin!”
Participants begin marching following the blowing of the hofar, a ram’s horn that is used in Jewish ceremonies.
— Michael Bachner
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