2012 March to reunite Concentration Camp Liberators and Holocaust Survivors for the First Time
- WWII liberator Rick Carrier with Israeli Ambassador to the US, Ron Proser. The Ex-Army corporal was the first allied soldier to enter Buchenwald and witness the atrocities committed by the Nazis at this infamous camp.
“On the March, standing in Auschwitz and Birkenau, hearing survivors speak
while standing in their old barracks, the words, ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ gained a
whole new meaning.” Ron Prosor, Israel Ambassador to the UN
(Reflecting on the lasting imprint that the March of the Living left on him)
“ The March of Living is an expression of always remember and never
forget. Those who do not remember the past are destined to repeat it.”
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Shlomo Grofman, Vice Chairman , March of the Living International
“We have a special obligation to remind [the children], to educate them, to teach them.
And the best teacher is experience, is having them walk that walk, visit the camps, and
stand in Auschwitz-Birkenau… There is nothing that can compare with [the March of
the Living], no lecture, no movie, that gives them that feeling, that instruction. You can
make all the difference by making it possible for young people to participate [in the
March of the Living]. I think this is the obligation of this generation, our obligation to
our grandparents and our grandchildren…” Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice
Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
