Together for a Better Future
without Antisemitism and Hatred of Jews
April 8-11, 2021
The reading of the names
is in cooperation with Yad Vashem
International Online Memorial Event
Eyewitness testimony – Live Music – Personal Family Stories
Thursday, April 8th, 7PM (CEST)
With Holocaust survivor Helena Weinrauch (USA), Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau (Israel), Knesset Member Sharren Haskel (Israel), Sari Granitza of Yad Vashem (Israel) and March of Life founder Jobst Bittner (Germany) – as well as the musicians Yair Levi (Israel), Ben Salomo (Germany), Friedhelm Chmell (Germany) and Samuel Haas (Germany), together with March of Life representatives from all over the world.
The following cities are taking part:
Argentina
Catamaraca
Cordoba | April 9
Dean Funes | April 8
Luque
San Salvador de Jujuy | April 9
Belarus
Grodno
Svetlogorsk
Bolivia
La Paz
Sucre
Colombia
Bogotá
San Gil
Germany
Albstadt-Ebingen | April 8 | 4:30 pm | next to the city hall
Annaberg-Buchholz | April 8 | 5:00 pm | Marketsquare
Bad Langensalza
Berlin | April 14 |1:00 pm | Paul-Löbe-Haus
Buchen | April 11 | 5:00 pm | former synagogue square
Crimmitschau | April 12 | 5:pm | Lutherhof
Dornhan
Dusslingen | April 11 | 11:30 am | city hall square
Ebersbach an der Fils | April 9 | mdl.ebersbach@gmail.com
Eichstetten | April 18
Freiburg
Flensburg | April 8 | 2:30 pm | Holzkrugweg 10
Griesheim | April 9 | 4:00 pm | Hintergasse 10, 64347 Griesheim
Halle | April 9 | 5:00 pm | next to Steintor
Leipzig | April 8 | 5:00 pm | Marketsquare
Oberndorf am Neckar | April 11 | 11:00 am
Plauen
Schiltach
Tübingen | April 8 | 01:00 pm | Marketsquare
Ueckermünde | April 8 | 6:00 pm | Schlosshof
Vaihingen an der Enz | April 11 | 11:30 am | Marketsquare
Wankheim | April 8 | 03:00 pm | next to the city hall
Wittstock/Dosse | April 9 | 11:00 pm | Marketsquare
Wolfratshausen
Worms | April 9 | 03:00 pm | alter Güterbahnhof (Güterhallenstraße)
Dominican Republic
Posua
Santo Domingo
Ecuador
Abdón Calderón | April 8
Guayaquil | April 8
Quito | April 10
Finland
Helsinki | April 8
France
Vogelsheim | April 9 | 02:00 pm
Greece
Thessaloniki
India
Chennai
Lithuania
Kaunas
Austria
Vienna
Paraguay
Aregua
Asuncion
Lomo Plata
Nemby
Neuland
Peru
Lima, Sucro
Lima, La Victoria
Poland
Gdańsk | April 11
Gdynia | April 11
Hrubieszów | April 11
Kęty | April 7
Kielce | April 8
Cracow | April 10
Lublin | April 11
Rumia | April 11
Sztutowo | April 11
Warszawa | April 11
Władysławów, k. Turku
Rumania
Iasi
Russia
Kaliningrad
Rostov-on-Don
Basel | April 18 | 2:30 pm
Bern | April 8 | 9:30 am | Bundeshaus Ost
Davos | April 11 | 1:00 pm
Geneva | April 18 | 2:30 pm | Place de la Synagogue
Schaffhausen | April 9 | 06:00 pm | Fronwagplatz
Werdenberg | April 9 | 1:00 pm
Zurich | April 8 | 6:00 pm
Ukraine
Nikolaev
Kiev
Hungary
Barcs
Budapest
Debrecen
Dombóvár
Hatvan
Hódmezővásárhely
Kaposvár
Kiskunhalas
Mezőtúr
Nagyatád
Nyíregyháza
Paks
Pécs
Sopron
Sülysáp and neihgbouring villages
USA
Austin, TX | April 11 | 2 pm
Kingwood, TX | April 11 | 2 pm
Murrieta, CA | April 11
New York City, NY | April 11
Rochester, NY | April 11 | 3:00 pm
Trenton, NJ
Woodinville, WA | April 9 | 8:30 pm PDT
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland - Belfast
Northern Ireland - Carrickfergus
England - High Wycombe
Scotland - Troon
Wales - Newport
United to be a Light: March of Life worldwide on Yom HaShoah
Together for a Better Future without Antisemitism and Hatred of Jews
Yom HaShoah is the Jewish-Israeli day of remembrance for the Holocaust. In Israel and Jewish communities worldwide the names of the victims are read and six candles are lit in remembrance of the 6 million murdered Jews. We have a collective responsibility that something like this never happens again.
Through the Corona pandemic we are standing in one of the greatest societal upheavals worldwide. Conspiracy theories and hate on the streets and on the internet are increasing. And with this an alarming explosion of Antisemitism in its various forms. Jews in many countries no longer feel safe. Will we perceive our collective responsibility? Will we overcome the lethargy of the inner lockdown? Will we stand for remembrance and reconciliation on Yom HaShoah and publicly raise our voices in friendship to Israel and the Jewish community worldwide?
The March of Life is calling to take to the streets worldwide between April 8-11, 2021 with the message “Together for a better Future without Antisemitism and Hatred of Jews” and be a part of the Yom HaShoah commemoration. We want to publicly raise our voices with marches and events per local Corona restrictions and not surrender the streets to hatred and hostility!
In cooperation with Yad Vashem – the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem – we want to encourage everyone to read the names of the victims of the Shoah at a public place. It is a statement against the attempt of Nazi Germany to rob the Jewish people of their identity and to regard them as mere numbers. The reading of the names of the victims acknowledges every individual as a valuable person with a distinct name and a unique identity, which one consciously remembers.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – Erev Yom HaShoah
7:00 pm (CET)
State Opening Ceremony of Israel in Yad Vashem with Online Broadcasting
Thursday, April 8, 2021 – Yom HaShoah
During the day
Local Events and Marches all over the World
7:00 pm (CET)
Online Conference live from Tuebingen with international guests
Friday, April 9, 2021 (before Shabbat)
During the day
Local Events and Marches all over the World
Saturday, April 10, 2021 -Shabbat
During the day
No Events
Sunday, April 11, 2021
During the day
Local Events and Marches all over the World
Donation
Each name matters!
Yad Vashem has been collecting names and biographical data about all victims of the Shoah on Pages of Testimonies since its founding. To date the Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names includes 4.8 million names. These names are stored in the Hall of Names. There remains some 1.5 million unidentified victims.
The cost of collecting, processing and archiving each name is approximately €10. Your donation supports Yad Vashem’s important work and helps ensure that each and every victim will always be remembered!
How can you plan a March or Event in your City in commemoration of Yom HaShoah?
- Call people to the streets in your city. Whether 5 or 5,000 – the main point is that you are publicly visible!
- Register your event and/or March of Life on our website and download the tutorials and graphic templates.
- Read the names of victims of the Shoah, light 6 candles and read aloud the declaration that we have provided you with in a public place in your city (for example the town square).
- Conduct a march through your city in accordance with the possibilities under Corona restrictions.
- Present the declaration to public representatives in your city/country.
- Take a photo or make a short video clip for our joint message and upload the files here: https://marchoflife.org/upload.
Contents of Organizers‘ Kit (to download)
- Flyers
- Large Banner
- 3 different Posters
- Sticker