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From Auschwitz to Jerusalem 3,000 Youths To Mark Israel Independence Day
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Joel Leyden Jerusalem ---- April 27, 2009 ...... Thousands of young people from around the world who just a few days ago gathered in front of the gates of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day have arrived in Israel for a day of enthusiastic celebrations on Israel's Independence Day, Wednesday, April 29th. "With the voices of hatred still being heard in Geneva at the Durban Review Conference, the journey of Jewish youths from around the world from the death camps of Poland on Yom Hashoa to the streets of Jerusalem on Yom Haatzmaut is the best answer to Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism," said Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, Chairman of the International March of the Living.
The events that will take place on Israel Independence Day include a Mass March from Safra Square (Jerusalem City Hall) to the Western Wall and a mega concluding event and party at the IDF Tank Corp Latrun Memorial with the participation of Holocaust survivors who fought in Israel's War of Independence
Since 1988, the March of the Living has brought over 120,000 students to Poland to participate in educational missions aimed at better understanding the horrors of the Holocaust. The March of the Living, with an attendance of over 10,000 young people from around the world, took place on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, 2009, and included a three kilometer march from Auschwitz to the death camp at Birkenau where over 1.5 million Jews were murdered. These participants are now visiting Israel during the week of its Memorial Day and Israel 61 Independence Day. The March of the Living is summed up by the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel: “To remain silent is the greatest sin of all .”
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