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Survivors of the Holocaust and Oct. 7 embrace at Auschwitz, marking annual March of the Living

JL;DR SUMMARY At the annual March of the Living, Holocaust and recent hostage survivors gathered at Auschwitz to commemorate their shared resilience. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHamasAuschwitzHolocaustHolocaust SurvivorsResilienceCollective MemoryMarch Of The LivingHostage Survivors

Places mentioned

Oswiecim, Lesser Poland, Poland
"survivors embrace, draped in an Israeli flag outside the Arbeit Macht Frei sign at Auschwitz during March of the Living on April 24, 2025 in Oswiecim, Poland."
London, United Kingdom
"she was meant to depart for Auschwitz, 94-year-old survivor, Eve Kugler, died in her London home, bringing the number down to 79."
Israel
"Tzili Wenkert, grandmother of released hostage Omer Wenkert, said that despite being a Holocaust survivor, my real Holocaust was when they kidnapped Omer. When I came to Israel in 1965, I never thought Id go through another Holocaust."
New Jersey, United States
"Fran Malkin, 87, who now lives in New Jersey and survived the war hidden for two years by a Polish woman, agreed."
Ukraine
"Born in the town of Stepan then Poland, now Ukraine Weinstein spent nearly two years in a ghetto."
Italy
"She and her two surviving sisters were sent to an orphanage, and later, before her 10th birthday, to Italy. In 1947, Weinstein immigrated to Palestine."

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