\nThis year\u2019s march, which will take place on April 24, will include 80 Holocaust survivors from around the world, including about 40 from Israel.
\nThe march will be led by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog, alongside Polish President Andrzej Duda and Mary Jean Eisenhower, great-granddaughter of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who oversaw the camp\u2019s liberation in World War II.<\/p>\n
Holocaust Survivors, October 7 Survivors, and 15,000 Global Participants<\/strong> During the central closing ceremony, Daniel Weiss\u2014a resident of Be’eri whose parents were murdered on October 7\u2014and Agam Berger, a hostage survivor, will take the stage. Agam will play a 130-year-old violin that survived the Holocaust and was later brought to Israel.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery Person Has a Story and a Reason for Joining\u201d<\/strong> \u201cNow we\u2019re returning\u2014through the March of the Living\u2014to our grandparents’ past, to those who survived unthinkable horrors without a Jewish state to stand by them. It\u2019s deeply moving. Each participant in our group has a personal story and a reason for making this journey. I know this experience will stay with us for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A diverse delegation from Rambam Medical Center joins the international memorial, marking 80 years since Auschwitz was liberated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":20146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2277,88,65],"tags":[4415,2116,4414,4413,1514,1875],"class_list":["post-20145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-will-remember","category-world","tag-auschwitz","tag-holocaust","tag-interfaith","tag-march-of-the-living","tag-october-7","tag-rambam-hospital"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/march-of-living.webp\")
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\nInterfaith Delegation Embarks on Memorial Journey<\/strong>
\nThe Rambam delegation includes doctors, nurses, logistics and finance staff from different faiths. Led by Dr. Michal Makel, deputy director of Rambam, the group will tour key Holocaust sites across Poland\u2014including the Warsaw Ghetto, Treblinka, Lodz Ghetto, Chelmno, Majdanek, and Zbylitowska G\u00f3ra, also known as the Children\u2019s Forest.<\/p>\n
\nThe March of the Living traditionally concludes with a symbolic walk between Auschwitz and Birkenau. Joining Rambam\u2019s leadership for this final leg will be Prof. Miki Halberthal, Rambam\u2019s CEO. They will march alongside Holocaust survivors, survivors of the October 7 massacre, bereaved families, and over 15,000 participants from around the globe.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Makel shared her reflections before the journey: \u201cThere are mixed emotions in sending a delegation like this. The past year and a half\u2014especially for us at Rambam\u2014has been shaped by war, rocket fire, and the evacuation of our hospital into underground fortified units. It reminded us that as Israelis, we always have to be ready for existential threats.\u201d<\/p>\n