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For 25 years, the March of the Living has organized visits for adults and students from all over the world to Poland, where millions of Jews were enslaved and murdered during WWII by Nazi Germany. The organization's goal is not only remembrance and ongoing witness to the terrible events of the past, but also a looking forward. They want to inspire participants to build a world free of oppression and intolerance, a world of freedom, democracy and justice for all members of the human family. Rooted in a touring exhibit launched at the United Nations, this book is a compilation of photographs and text that give firsthand accounts from the survivors who have participated in March of the Living programs, together with reaction and responses from the people, young students in particular, of many faiths and cultures who have traveled with the group over the years. I tell my story for the purpose of improving humanity, drop by drop by drop, says Holocaust survivor and March of the Living participant Pinchas Gutter. At a recent memorial event, US President Barack Obama defined the purpose of Holocaust remembrance by praising Gutter's words: Those are the words of one survivor . . . performing the sacred duty of memory that will echo throughout eternity. Those are good words for all of us to live by.

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Witness is a courageous, eloquent and hopeful book. As the survivors near the horizon of their lives, they can rest assured that the torch of Holocaust memory has been successfully passed to a new generation, whose sincerity, idealism and commitment fill the pages of this uplifting and inspirational work. - Irwin Cotler - National Post - 20160426

Witness is a moving project, serving as both a memorial to those lost and a charge to not let such events repeat themselves. - Foreword Reviews - 20151201 With many extant works on the Holocaust, this book stands out for its firsthand accounts from survivors... The many photographs (both archival and contemporary) are compelling: individual faces help make the ungraspable numbers personal... Recommended for most libraries. - School Library Journal - 20151001 Witness is respectful of those who perished, those who survived and the young people who now bear witness to the memory of the Holocaust. It is sad in content, appropriately so, but ever so hopeful about our ability to be good and bring peace to our world. - The Huffington Post Canada - 20151030 ... a remarkable volume that testifies to the power of remembrance, commemoration, and education. - Cosmopolitan Review - 20160131 With its many primary source artifacts, Witness is a great starting point for intermediate- level inquiry-based learning and a superb addition to school libraries... One might expect, given the unfathomable depravity of the Holocaust, an undertone of bitterness or even hatred in this text. Yet it is the absence of these sentiments that renders the book so powerful. The contemporary and archival photographs, poems and personal statements all underscore a central point: the power of mankind to respond, resist and reunite as one. - ETFO Voice - 20160318 Unlike conventional printed books, which contain information in the text and images on the pages themselves, almost all of the images of the Holocaust survivors in the book and some of the WWII liberators and Righteous Among the Nations have a hidden QR code embedded in the page. - Gil Zohar - The Jerusalem Post - 20160430 Witness is a courageous, eloquent and hopeful book. As the survivors near the horizon of their lives, they can rest assured that the torch of Holocaust memory has been successfully passed to a new generation, whose sincerity, idealism and commitment fill the pages of this uplifting and inspirational work. - Irwin Cotler - National Post - 20160426 This book, based on a photo exhibit launched at the United Nations, movingly records memories and reflections from Holocaust survivors as they revisited Nazi concentration and death camps, as well as the thoughts and feelings of teenage visitors to those sites as they came to grips with the horrors that the Nazis inflicted on Jews, Roma, gay and disabled people, and others.... highly recommended as an educational resource and inspiration for any reader. - Publishers Weekly ... well-written and emotionally provocative. [Witness] delivers on its promise and catalyzes thinking around one particular sentence from a 20-year- old's poem: No one survived the Holocaust. - Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews

With many extant works on the Holocaust, this book stands out for its firsthand accounts from survivors... The many photographs (both archival and contemporary) are compelling: individual faces help make the ungraspable numbers personal... Recommended for most libraries. - School Library Journal - 20151001 Witness is respectful of those who perished, those who survived and the young people who now bear witness to the memory of the Holocaust. It is sad in content, appropriately so, but ever so hopeful about our ability to be good and bring peace to our world. - The Huffington Post Canada - 20151030 ... a remarkable volume that testifies to the power of remembrance, commemoration, and education. - Cosmopolitan Review - 20160131 With its many primary source artifacts, Witness is a great starting point for intermediate- level inquiry-based learning and a superb addition to school libraries... One might expect, given the unfathomable depravity of the Holocaust, an undertone of bitterness or even hatred in this text. Yet it is the absence of these sentiments that renders the book so powerful. The contemporary and archival photographs, poems and personal statements all underscore a central point: the power of mankind to respond, resist and reunite as one. - ETFO Voice - 20160318 Witness is a moving project, serving as both a memorial to those lost and a charge to not let such events repeat themselves. - Foreword Reviews - 20151201 Unlike conventional printed books, which contain information in the text and images on the pages themselves, almost all of the images of the Holocaust survivors in the book and some of the WWII liberators and Righteous Among the Nations have a hidden QR code embedded in the page. - Gil Zohar - The Jerusalem Post - 20160430 Witness is a courageous, eloquent and hopeful book. As the survivors near the horizon of their lives, they can rest assured that the torch of Holocaust memory has been successfully passed to a new generation, whose sincerity, idealism and commitment fill the pages of this uplifting and inspirational work. - Irwin Cotler - National Post - 20160426 ... well-written and emotionally provocative. [Witness] delivers on its promise and catalyzes thinking around one particular sentence from a 20-year- old's poem: No one survived the Holocaust. - Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews This book, based on a photo exhibit launched at the United Nations, movingly records memories and reflections from Holocaust survivors as they revisited Nazi concentration and death camps, as well as the thoughts and feelings of teenage visitors to those sites as they came to grips with the horrors that the Nazis inflicted on Jews, Roma, gay and disabled people, and others.... highly recommended as an educational resource and inspiration for any reader. - Publishers Weekly

With its many primary source artifacts, Witness is a great starting point for intermediate- level inquiry-based learning and a superb addition to school libraries... One might expect, given the unfathomable depravity of the Holocaust, an undertone of bitterness or even hatred in this text. Yet it is the absence of these sentiments that renders the book so powerful. The contemporary and archival photographs, poems and personal statements all underscore a central point: the power of mankind to respond, resist and reunite as one. - ETFO Voice - 20160318

With many extant works on the Holocaust, this book stands out for its firsthand accounts from survivors... The many photographs (both archival and contemporary) are compelling: individual faces help make the ungraspable numbers personal... Recommended for most libraries. - School Library Journal - 20151001 Witness is a moving project, serving as both a memorial to those lost and a charge to not let such events repeat themselves. - Foreword Reviews - 20151201 Witness is respectful of those who perished, those who survived and the young people who now bear witness to the memory of the Holocaust. It is sad in content, appropriately so, but ever so hopeful about our ability to be good and bring peace to our world. - The Huffington Post Canada - 20151030 ... a remarkable volume that testifies to the power of remembrance, commemoration, and education. - Cosmopolitan Review - 20160131 With its many primary source artifacts, Witness is a great starting point for intermediate- level inquiry-based learning and a superb addition to school libraries... One might expect, given the unfathomable depravity of the Holocaust, an undertone of bitterness or even hatred in this text. Yet it is the absence of these sentiments that renders the book so powerful. The contemporary and archival photographs, poems and personal statements all underscore a central point: the power of mankind to respond, resist and reunite as one. - ETFO Voice - 20160318 Unlike conventional printed books, which contain information in the text and images on the pages themselves, almost all of the images of the Holocaust survivors in the book and some of the WWII liberators and Righteous Among the Nations have a hidden QR code embedded in the page. - Gil Zohar - The Jerusalem Post - 20160430 Witness is a courageous, eloquent and hopeful book. As the survivors near the horizon of their lives, they can rest assured that the torch of Holocaust memory has been successfully passed to a new generation, whose sincerity, idealism and commitment fill the pages of this uplifting and inspirational work. - Irwin Cotler - National Post - 20160426 This book, based on a photo exhibit launched at the United Nations, movingly records memories and reflections from Holocaust survivors as they revisited Nazi concentration and death camps, as well as the thoughts and feelings of teenage visitors to those sites as they came to grips with the horrors that the Nazis inflicted on Jews, Roma, gay and disabled people, and others.... highly recommended as an educational resource and inspiration for any reader. - Publishers Weekly ... well-written and emotionally provocative. [Witness] delivers on its promise and catalyzes thinking around one particular sentence from a 20-year- old's poem: No one survived the Holocaust. - Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews

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Eli Rubenstein is the National Director of The March of the Living Canada. He is a religious leader at a Toronto synagogue founded by Holocaust survivors which sponsors Passover seders for the homeless, Holocaust education programs, and award-winning documentaries. The March of the Living is an annual educational program that takes students from all over the world to Poland, in order to study the Holocaust.

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