'Echoes the dark times': Recent deadly antisemitism features heavily at March of the Living
The Times of Israel • • world
Key Points:
- Holocaust survivors and thousands of participants gathered at Auschwitz for the 38th annual March of the Living, commemorating the 6 million Jews killed during World War II by Nazi Germany.
- Despite logistical challenges due to airspace restrictions linked to the Iran war, around 50 survivors, some from Israel, attended the event, which took place on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
- Revital Yakin Krakovsky, deputy chief executive of the organizing body, highlighted a surge in antisemitism following the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, warning that hatred reminiscent of the Holocaust era is spreading again.
- Survivors of recent antisemitic attacks, including Hannah Abesidon, daughter of a victim of the Bondi Beach massacre in Australia, joined the march, emphasizing that antisemitism remains a deadly threat today.
- The march started at Auschwitz and ended at Birkenau, the site where Jews were transported and murdered in gas chambers during the Holocaust.
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