March for Life in Holocaust Tribute to Be Held for the First Time in Argentina

The Third Reich was dying. Thousands of prisoners believed to have embarked on a journey of salvation. But no: they went from Auschwitz captivity – a concentration camp – to the terror of Birkenau – a camp of extermination. It was a journey of three kilometers: men, women and children in trouble, hungry and weak, outdoor cold and snow. They were 18 months of procession, between the Polish autumn of 1944 and April 1945. Birkenau was a death plant, an annihilation plan that ended with 850,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people died in the procession. They were baptized March of death.

Today & # 39; hui the March for Life is the counterbalance of this ordeal. It is a tribute to the victims of the Holocaust: delegations from 52 countries follow the same path by stealing life and memory. It began in 1988: "The International March of Life is an annual educational program that brings together people from around the world in Poland and Israel to study the history of the Holocaust and examine the root causes of prejudice. , intolerance and hatred. "

In number 31, more than 17,000 people will join Auschwitz in Birkenau. Argentina led the third largest delegation – behind the United States and Canada – with 470 protesters. The connection with the country is particularly special.

This year, for the first time, a March for Life will be celebrated in Argentina. The Thursday 2nd of May, as part of Holocaust and Heroism Day, the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, a heroic act of Jewish resistance to Nazism during the Second World War. They will walk like a tribute 500 meters in a symbolic way: in Buenos Aires They will depart at 8:30 from the Eduardo Sívori Museum (Avenida Infanta Isabel 555) to Plaza de la Shoá (Avenida Del Libertador and Avenida Mayor Bullrich).

The motto is "Walk for their life. This six million is not a numberAlejandra Tolcachier, historical coordinator of the Argentine delegation convened by the central organization Walking of the living, he said Infobae that the goal is to remember the victims and not as a number, but as a person with a name and a story behind it.

There will be few formal speeches and a lot of youth participation. The singing marchers who participated in the last edition and at the Plaza de la Shoá will see live images of marches in Poland taking place simultaneously. It will be special for the families of the students who will be in Buenos Aires watching their children pay homage to the victims of the Holocaust in place of the events. They will walk more than 250 students and expect a total attendance of about 500 people.

The event is organized by Remember Us, March for Life Argentina, the Buenos Aires Holocaust Museum, DAIA and Diller Teen Fellows. It is supported by the Government of Buenos Aires City, AMIA, BAMA and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.