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| "My Shtetl - My Town” Book Project Sponsored by PJCRP. Learn about “My Shtetl - My Town”, a book of award-winning essays, with contributions from Polish high school students & Jewish students from around the world. Read about the project and submit your own essay. |
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NEW: JOIN THE 2010 CANADIAN National Young Adult Registration: March of the Living Canada expresses its sorrow Mayer Schondorf z”l
Mayer Schondorf, together with his wife Rena, imparted to thousands of Jewish youth the history of the Shoah and the importance of Jewish values and Israel, lessons that will remain with them for a lifetime. May the family find consolation in the legacy of his good works and in the many young people whose lives were touched by his courageous efforts. May the family be comforted among the mourners of Zion. Memorial contributions can be made to the Montreal March of the Living Scholarship Fund. Call (514) 345-6449. Watch videos from the 2009 March of the Living: Above: Meet Czeslawa Zak, a heroic Polish woman, who together with her parents, saved 15 Jews during the Holocaust. Canadian students met with her on Wednesday, April 23rd, on the 2009 March of the Living. Please visit the sites for: Pictured at right: Holocaust survivor Rachel Shtibel holds the violin that once held her own life story. It belonged to her uncle, who buried it before the war. Ms. Shtibel came into possession of the violin after two years in captivity and found inside it her baby pictures and photos of the uncle she later learned was her biological father. Her memoir is part of a boxed set. Photo by Tory Zimmerman for National Post.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, on the importance of the March of the Living: "The March of the Living is THE most important educational program for young people today ... it should be a program for Jews and non-Jews alike. I believe the day will come when thousands of Jews and non-Jews will march together, and will learn together, and will understand together, and will never forget ... together." View Ehud Olmert's speech.
Plus: View Ehud Olmert's speech at the 1990 March of the Living ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
View the MOL commercial that's currently airing on Canadian television. View Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech on the importance of the March of the Living And view a March of the Living Documentary View a video excerpt of Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler speaking to 2005 March of the Living participants, at Warsaw University on May 7, 2005, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day. Small | Large
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Read The lesson I learned at Auschwitz, an essay by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Listen to a BBC report on the March of the Living. Follow the news reports about the 2009 March from around the world. Read Speech given by U.S. President Barack Obama during the 2009 Holocaust Days of Remembrance Ceremony.
Download Just a Shoe, a powerful and eloquent new work by March of the Living participant Stevi Golden Plotnik.
Read speech by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in honour of Israel’s 60h Anniversary See/Listen to highlights from the 2008 March of the Living Ceremony on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), May 1, 2008. View selected images from the 2008 March of the Living from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom Hashoah. View selected images from the 2008 March of the Living in Jerusalem on Yom Ha'atzmaut. View photos from the 2008 Coast-to-Coast contingent. 'March of the Living Pledge' signed on on Holocaust Remembrance Day by 10,000 participants in the 2008 March. Read more. Read the news worldwide about the 2008 March. |
Memoirs By Canadian Holocaust Survivors Sought
View Elie Wiesel's speech, given April 22, 1990, during the March of the Living Yom Hashoah Ceremony amid the ruins of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Read speech by Tony Comper, co-founder of FAST (Fighting Anti-Semitism Together)
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Download Yad Vashem March of the Living Educational Materials:
On Sunday, April 19, 2009, the Hallmark Hall of Fame paid tribute to Polish social worker Irena Sendler, who is often called the "Female Schlinder".
| April 7-22, 2010 |
| View photos of the 2009 Toronto Student Contingent now. View photos of the 2009 Montreal Student Contingent now. |
