International March of the Living again virtual this year
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in front of the virtual Auschwitz gates.
Picture from the President s office.
Participants in the Virtual March from across the globe were filmed using innovative 3D technology so they appear to be marching along the traditional March of the Living route at Auschwitz – Birkenau.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Holocaust survivors will participate in this year’s International March of the Living which will be held virtually on April 8.
Among the Holocaust survivors who will participate are those who survived due to the selfless acts of medical professionals. Participants in the Virtual March from across the globe were filmed using innovative 3D technology so they appear to be marching along the traditional March of the Living route at Auschwitz – Birkenau.
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International March of the Living held a Virtual March on Holocaust Remembrance Day led by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Holocaust survivors, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Chairman of the Executive, Isaac Herzog, KKL Chair Avraham Duvdevani, and Rabbi Israel Meir Lau.
Among the Holocaust survivors who participated are those who survived due to the selfless acts of medical professionals. Participants in the Virtual March from across the globe were filmed using innovative 3D technology so they appear to be marching along with the traditional March of the Living route at Auschwitz – Birkenau.
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The March of the Living begins its main Holocaust Memorial Day virtual event, broadcast online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The “virtual march” is led by President Reuven Rivlin, Holocaust survivors, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog, KKL chair Avraham Duvdevani, and Rabbi Israel Meir Lau.
Thousands of people usually take part in the march on the grounds of the former Auschwitz death camp, which had been run by Nazi Germany, in Poland. This year, participants from across the globe were filmed using innovative 3D technology so they appear to be marching along the traditional route.
This week’s march is dedicated to medical professionals who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust often at a personal risk and linking it to the work of doctors during the current pandemic.
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The walk will be followed by an online memorial ceremony with the first torch of remembrance lit by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin.
Israel s President Reuven Rivlin in front of the virtual gates to Auschwitz as part of the 2021 March of the Living online event. Credit: Office of the President for March of the Living.
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(April 1, 2021 / JNS) The International March of the Living will hold a virtual march on Holocaust Remembrance Day to be led by Holocaust survivors and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael chair Avraham Duvdevani and Rabbi Israel Meir Lau.