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International March of the Living to Hold Virtual 2021 March
Among the Holocaust survivors participating are those who survived due to the selfless acts of medical professionals. Participants in the Virtual March from across the globe were filmed using innovative 3D technology so they appear to be marching along the traditional March of the Living route at Auschwitz – Birkenau.
As a tribute to the medical professionals who risked their lives at risk during the Holocaust, numerous medical associations around the globe, including the World Health Organization, as well as those on the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 will participate in this virtual program. Among those marching will be doctors, nurses and paramedics. Israel's Coronavirus Commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash , second generation to doctors during the Holocaust who is today leading physicians at the m front against Covid-19.
The Virtual March will air on / and will be followed immediately by an online memorial ceremony with the first torch of remembrance lit by President Rivlin.
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One of the most moving aspects of the March of the Living is the opportunity for participants to memorial plaques with personal messages on the train tracks at Birkenau. The public is invited to participate and have their personal message virtually placed against the backdrop of the infamous train tracks at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
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International March of the Living is the largest annual international Holocaust education program which, until the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020, has taken place in Poland and Israel without interruption, since its inception in 1988.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdIQv9M9dk
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