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For the second year in a row, representatives of the London club will join the & # 39; March of the living & # 39; during a walk from Auschwitz to the nearby Birkenau camp in Poland on May 2nd.
They will also be joined by a delegation from the New England Revolution. Chelsea will face the Major League Soccer team at Foxboro's Gillette Stadium on May 15, in a friendly match to raise funds for charities involved in both Holocaust education and awareness . efforts to fight against anti-Semitism.
Avram Grant, former director of Chelsea, club director Eugene Tenenbaum, general manager Guy Laurence, and club ambbadador Steve Redgrave, a multiple gold medalist in rowing, will be among the participants .
"Chelsea honored to participate in the March of the Living for the second year in a row" said Tenenbaum.
"We launched this awareness initiative to combat anti-Semitism in all its forms over a year ago and share this experience of paying tribute to the millions of Jews who lost their lives in the Holocaust with members of the New England Revolution is widely contributing to spread the message of unity and tolerance. "
Although Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is Jewish, this has not stopped some Blues fans from engaging in anti-Semitic songs, especially with regard to rivals in the capital, Tottenham Hotspur – a club that has always attracted the support of London's Jewish community.
Some 10,000 people are expected to participate in the Auschwitz March of the Living in Birkenauthe largest Nazi concentration camp complex built during the Second World War.
Chelsea and New England will donate $ 1 million each to support the World Jewish Congress, the Tree of Life synagogue, the Anti-Defamation League and the Holocaust Educational Trust from funds raised during their match in Mbadachusetts.
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