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March of the Living

People take part in the annual "March of the Living" between the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau to commemorate the Holocaust, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
April 15, 2026, 5:43 am
‘Echoes the dark times’: Recent deadly antisemitism features heavily at March of the Living
‘My father didn’t make it because he was a Jew,’ says daughter of man killed in Bondi Beach attack, as survivors of contemporary massacres join those who survived the WWII genocide by Nazi Germany
By AP and ToI Staff
Screen captures from video of far-right Polish lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz holding up a paper Israeli flag with a swastika in the Polish parliament, April 14, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 14, 2026, 9:28 pm
In parliament, Polish MP calls Israel ‘new Third Reich,’ waves Israeli flag with swastika
Far-right Konrad Berkowicz prompts outrage from fellow lawmakers with display, as he accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza; Israel embassy pans ‘antisemitic horror’
By Zev Stub and AFP
Catherine Szkop (left) and Abbie Talmoud, survivors of the terror attack at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, stands at the gate to Auschwitz on April 13, 2026. (Yossi Zeliger)
April 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
At Auschwitz, Diaspora Jews who lived through terror march alongside Holocaust survivors
In the deadliest year for Diaspora Jews in three decades, the March of the Living becomes a meeting place for those who experienced antisemitic persecution on three continents
By Lianne Kolirin
A memorial banner is displayed in Tel Aviv to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 14, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 14, 2026, 4:35 pm
With memorial siren wailing, Israel remembers Holocaust victims in shadow of war tensions
State ceremony at Yad Vashem takes place without audience amid fighting with Hezbollah, ceasefire with Iran; March of the Living held in Poland, with most Israelis unable to attend
By ToI Staff
Participants with Israel's flag walk along a rail track leading to the gate of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland, during the annual March of The Living to honor the victims of the Holocaust on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
April 12, 2026, 1:24 pm
Despite war cancellations, Holocaust survivors from Israel to join March of the Living
Around a dozen survivors, aged 90-100, will travel to Poland though most Israeli delegates forced to cancel; march to be led by survivors of attacks on Jews; former hostages to light torch
By Stuart Winer
Late president of the Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA (HSF), David Schaecter, looks on during a US Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on 'Never Again: Addressing the Rise of Antisemitism and Supporting Older Americans,' at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via JTA)
September 5, 2025, 10:32 pm
David Schaecter, Holocaust survivor and advocate who founded Miami memorial, dies at 96
Well-known activist lost 105 relatives during the Holocaust and spent his life pushing for restitution, Holocaust education and vigilance against antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
Asaf Cafri (left), an IDF reservist who was killed in Gaza on April 25, 2025, and his great-grandmother, Holocaust survivor Magda Baratz, pictured on a billboard set up in Rishon Lezion in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day before his death. (Oren Dai/Rishon Lezion Municipality)
April 28, 2025, 2:27 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 28: Day 570 – IDF reservist killed in Gaza as family marched at Auschwitz
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian visits Strip’s Morag Corridor, reports on rare airstrikes on Beirut; culture editor Jessica Steinberg on March of the Living, Beautiful Six rally
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Emanuel Fabian and Jessica Steinberg
An undated image of Nechama Grossman, a Holocaust survivor who passed away at age 110 on April 24, 2025. (Courtesy)
April 25, 2025, 4:28 pm
Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor Nechama Grossman dies on Remembrance Day, aged 109
Her son urges people to ‘remember her survival, so that her past never becomes our future’; Holocaust survivor and educator Eve Kugler, 94, also dies on Remembrance Day
By ToI Staff
Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar (R) speaks to rescued hostage Ori Megidish (L), while Holocaust survivor Gita Kaufman and released hostage Agam Berger embrace, draped in an Israeli flag outside the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign at Auschwitz during March of the Living on April 24, 2025 in Oswiecim, Poland. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images, via JTA)
April 25, 2025, 6:39 am
‘We beat the enemy, didn’t we, girls?’ Holocaust survivor tells freed hostage soldiers
Survivors of both the Nazi-led genocide and October 7 attack attend the March of the Living at Auschwitz, with the former group torn on whether it’s appropriate to compare the two
By Deborah Danan
Participants with Israel's flag walk along a rail track leading to the gate of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Poland, during the annual March of The Living to honor the victims of the Holocaust on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 11:31 pm
Former hostages, survivors and the bereaved walk together in March of the Living
Channeling horrors of the Holocaust on the march through Auschwitz, President Herzog says the ‘return of the hostages is a universal human imperative’
By Jessica Steinberg
People stand still in Jerusalem as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 24, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 24, 2025, 5:05 pm
Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day under shadow of ongoing Gaza hostage crisis
Two-minute siren brings country to a halt; wreaths laid at Yad Vashem; names of Nazis’ victims read at Knesset, March of Living held at Auschwitz; plight of captives constant theme
By ToI Staff and Jessica Steinberg
Bereaved Israelis, relatives of hostages and released hostages sing 'Hatikvah' at Auschwitz, April 23, 2025 (Channel 12 screenshot)
April 24, 2025, 10:04 am
At Auschwitz, Oct. 7 survivors and freed hostages sing ‘Hatikvah’
10 former hostages to participate in annual March of the Living event at former Nazi death camp; Holocaust survivor tells two released hostages: ‘We stand firm in the face of evil’
By ToI Staff and JTA
Holocaust survivor Suzanne Rosenberg, far left, looks in the Book of Names at Block 27 at Auschwitz to find her uncle's name on April 23, 2025 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2025, 2:11 am
Hostage families join Holocaust survivors ahead of 2nd Auschwitz march since Oct. 7
10 former captives and survivors of Oct. 7 onslaught among 8,000 participants who tour Holocaust death camp ahead of Thursday’s annual March of the Living
By Jessica Steinberg
Tzili Wenkert, a Holocaust survivor and the grandmother of Omer Wenkert who is held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, attends an event at 'Hostages Square' in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2023 (Gili Yaari /FLASH90)
April 23, 2025, 8:08 pm
Holocaust Remembrance Day marked by painful echoes amid Gaza hostage crisis
As Israel commemorates 80 years since Auschwitz’s liberation, survivors and hostage families highlight haunting resonance after October 7 and given captives’ ongoing plight
By Stav Levaton
Members of the 2024 TikTok delegation to the March of the Living in Poland (Cmedia)
April 22, 2025, 1:16 pm
TikTok video creators teach the next generation about the Holocaust
Hebrew University project seeks to develop a video library for teachers in partnership with social video platform, which is also sending content creators to the March of the Living
By Zev Stub
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