Thousands Join March of the Living at Auschwitz

Thousands of people from around the world, including dozens of Holocaust survivors, participated in the annual March of the Living on Tuesday at the former Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. The event, held on Yom HaShoah, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorated the six million Jews killed during World War II while highlighting a surge in global antisemitism since October 2023.

Organizers reported about 7,000 participants, comprising students, young adults, community leaders and survivors, who walked the roughly two-mile route from Auschwitz to Birkenau. The march began at the main Auschwitz camp and concluded at Birkenau, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews from across Europe, were murdered in gas chambers after arriving by train. Dozens of survivors led the procession, with around 50 taking part overall. Some had traveled from Israel despite airspace restrictions linked to regional conflicts involving Iran.

The 38th annual event emphasized the persistence of antisemitism, drawing connections between the Holocaust and recent attacks on Jewish communities. Participants included survivors of antisemitic violence in the United...