Posted on 04/30/2005 11:57:43 AM PDT by lizol
20,000 to join March of the Living in Auschwitz 30.04.2005
More than 20,000 people are expected to take part in this year’s March of the Living at the site of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, southern Poland. The march, commemorating victims of the Holocaust, will be the largest in the 18 year history of the event. Delegations from almost 50 countries are expected to arrive in Auschwitz on May 5. Alongside thousands of young people and the camp survivors, there will be prime ministers of Poland and Israel Marek Belka and Ariel Sharon.
The idea of the March of the Living originated 20 years ago, when voices could be heard doubting that the Holocaust took place. A group of people decided to organize the march to let young people see what happened in Auschwitz, where over 1 million people, mostly Jews, were exterminated by the Nazis during World War II.
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