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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WARSAW (Reuters) - The March of the Living, an annual event that brings together Holocaust survivors and family members at the former Auschwitz death camp, was held online for a second consecutive year on Thursday due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants usually stage a march at the site in southern Poland but restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus have made that impossible. Nevertheless, organisers and participants say it is important that the event goes ahead.
“We have no other choice,” said 84-year-old Holocaust survivor Tzipora Freund.
“This time it has to be virtual because every year people march. Each and every year youngsters and elderly will march there and will not forget.”
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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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