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Witness: Passing the Torch of Holocaust Memory to New Generations
Holocaust survivors are aging. Once they are no longer able to, who will tell their stories?
For more than 25 years the March of the Living has brought together survivors and students from all over the world to ensure that first-hand accounts of the Holocaust are not lost. During their visits to Poland, where millions of innocent people were enslaved and murdered by Nazi Germany during WWII, survivors, those who helped them, and liberators all share their memories with young people.
As they walk through concentration camps, ghettos, and towns depleted of Jewish communities, a special bond forms as the original witnesses to the Holocaust pass their mantle to a new generation whose task it is to remember what they hear and see. Moving photographs and firsthand accounts show us the remarkable passing of the torch to the young of many faiths and cultures who become the new witnesses, carrying the torch toward a future of peace.
Based on an acclaimed exhibit of photographs launched at the United Nations.
Message from His Holiness, Pope Francis:
"I ask you to convey to the organizers of the March of the Living my closeness to them and their mission. All the efforts for fighting in favor of life are praiseworthy and have to be supported without any kind of discrimination. For this reason I am very close to these initiatives, that are not only against death but also against the thousands of discriminatory phobias that enslave and kill."
For more than 25 years the March of the Living has brought together survivors and students from all over the world to ensure that first-hand accounts of the Holocaust are not lost. During their visits to Poland, where millions of innocent people were enslaved and murdered by Nazi Germany during WWII, survivors, those who helped them, and liberators all share their memories with young people.
As they walk through concentration camps, ghettos, and towns depleted of Jewish communities, a special bond forms as the original witnesses to the Holocaust pass their mantle to a new generation whose task it is to remember what they hear and see. Moving photographs and firsthand accounts show us the remarkable passing of the torch to the young of many faiths and cultures who become the new witnesses, carrying the torch toward a future of peace.
Based on an acclaimed exhibit of photographs launched at the United Nations.
Message from His Holiness, Pope Francis:
"I ask you to convey to the organizers of the March of the Living my closeness to them and their mission. All the efforts for fighting in favor of life are praiseworthy and have to be supported without any kind of discrimination. For this reason I am very close to these initiatives, that are not only against death but also against the thousands of discriminatory phobias that enslave and kill."
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136 pages, Hardcover
First published September 8, 2015
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August 20, 2015
This book is incredibly touching. Illustrated with photographs and quotes from Holocaust survivors, many of whom have participated in the March of The Living, this book is a factual and touching reminder of the Holocaust and the enormous suffering it caused. I received this book free to review from Netgalley for an honest opinion and I highly recommend it.
December 9, 2016
Very powerful!
August 7, 2023
Everyone should read this book about Holocaust survivors and their families. Actual and factual events and the aftermath. Beautiful stories from survivors from all over the world
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