Survivors of Hamas ' October 7 incursion into southern Israel were in attendance as participants marched the two-mile (three kilometre) walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators massed near the grounds of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp today, rolling out flags and hoisting balloons as groups gathered for the 'March of the Living' in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust.
Just last week, distressing footage invoked fury as a man filmed himself walking through the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Auschwitz and saying: 'You belong here. This is your place of origin. You left these camps and ghettos. Long live Palestine.' 'We marched with survivors of the Nazi atrocities as well as survivors of Hamas' crimes and families of those still held in captivity.
This year, Israeli hostages released from captivity in Gaza and families whose relatives are still being held captive will also join the march. Hamas, the de facto governing authority in the Palestinian enclave, took more than 250 people hostage and killed some 1,170, mostly civilians, in a surprise attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
Bellha Haim, grandmother of the murdered hostage Yotam Haim, participates in the March of the Living at Auschwitz on May 6, 2024
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