(April 18, 2023 / JNS) Thousands of participants from across the globe were set on Tuesday to walk down a 3-kilometer path leading from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Holocaust Remembrance Day—Yom Hashoah—as part of the International March of the Living.
Since 1988, March of the Living has brought students, Holocaust survivors, educators and leaders from around the world to Poland to study the history of the Holocaust and march from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
More than 300,000 people from over 150 communities across 50-plus countries have participated in the March, along with some 300 Holocaust survivors.
After spending the week in Poland, March participants will fly to Israel, where they will take part in celebrations marking the Jewish state’s 75th anniversary on Yom Ha’azmaut on April 25/26.