(28 Apr 2022)
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Oswiecim, Poland - 28 April 2022
1. Various of Polish President Andrzej Duda (centre left of screen, wearing purple tie) among people marching through gate at Auschwitz
2. Various of people marching, some carrying flags
3. Holocaust survivor Arek Hersh showing tattooed prisoner number on his arm
4. Close of tattoo
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Arek Hersh, Holocaust survivor:
"It is a different thing (war in Ukraine). We've been surrounded by barbed wire, electric wire, and so they take you out for work. It was different altogether than the Ukraine. The Russians, obviously, they climbed into Ukraine, took a few cities over and, I don't know what will happen, unfortunately. I hope it all comes out OK but I doubt it."
6. Various of people marching, chanting
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Olesya Buzeniyk, Ukrainian refugee and march participant:
"Support is very important because when it (Holocaust) happened - there was great grief, and now, unfortunately, our country is experiencing a similar situation. And I just want to support."
8. People marching holding banner reading (English) "International March of the Living 2022"
9. People marching
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Vlada Podlipskaya, Ukrainian refugee and march participant:
"I am participating in the March of the Living to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. It is a great honor for me to be here. I am glad that I was invited and I want to see how it really was."
10. Podlipskaya holding Ukrainian flag
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Vlada Podlipskaya, Ukrainian refugee and march participant:
"I arrived on the 4th (March) as soon as the war began. It was hard to stay at home because the constant alarm signals had a powerful effect on the nervous system, and we decided that we needed to leave until the war was over."
12. Various of people walking through Birkenau Gate
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Fienberg, son of woman who was killed in the 2018 shootout at synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
"She was killed for being Jewish. That's... full stop. And every time that someone tries to pretend that's not the case they're doing a disservice to her memory and they're doing a disservice to Jews worldwide."
14. People placing remembrance messages on railway tracks
15. Close of message reading (English) "Never forget"
16. Various of people placing remembrance messages on railway tracks
17. Wide of people with Israeli flags with Birkenau Gate in background
STORYLINE:
Polish President Andrzej Duda joined marchers in Oswiecim, southern Poland, to walk through the infamous Auschwitz gates Thursday in remembrance of those who died during the Holocaust.
Only eight Holocaust survivors led the March of the Living procession, which resumed after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
They were joined by some 2,500 Jews and non-Jews in the annual march that was scaled down this year because of the war in neighboring Ukraine.
Also marching were some Ukrainian refugees who had fled the conflict in their homeland.
"I am participating in the March of the Living to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. It is a great honor for me to be here," said refugee Vlada Podlipskaya.
The theme of the march, held on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day - Yom HaShoah, is the need to pass on the knowledge of the Holocaust and the responsibility for guarding its memory to new generations.
Participants came from Israel, United Arab Emirates, Canada, Poland, and other parts of the world.
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