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About 565 thousand out of about 800 thousand Hungarian Jews were murdered at the end of World War II in the extermination camps, mainly in Auschwitz-Birkenau, on the death march at the end of the war and on the banks of the Danube, where they were shot as Jews.
Among the leaders of the March of Life in Budapest are the Chairman of the Jewish Agency Major General Doron Almog, KKL Chairman Yifat Ovadia-Losky, Israel’s Ambassador to Hungary Jacob Handsman, Jewish organizations and hundreds of Holocaust survivors alongside their children and sometimes their grandchildren.
Chairman of the Jewish Agency, Major General Doron Almog: “The Jewish people are experiencing a terrible crisis. We are exposed to anti-Semitism not seen since World War II. Students who are forced to hide their Jewishness on the most prestigious campuses in the United States and Europe. The attack on the seventh of October caused an upheaval in the entire Jewish world alongside displays of solidarity and unconditional love by the Jews of the world, in delegations , in donations and fundraising, over a billion dollars from the Foundation and the Federations. The Jewish Agency operates in all countries in the world with an array of emissaries that strengthen and support communities everywhere, including the campus emissaries who are the beating heart of the Jewish people on campus. We at the Jewish Agency are committed to continuing to fight anti-Semitism. The State of Israel gives strength and pride to every Jew.”
“This year we commemorate Holocaust Day, against the background of a severe crisis in which the State of Israel and the Jewish people find themselves. The position we stand in today is the image of our victory. We stand here in front of all our enemies, who seek time and time again to harm, destroy, destroy. We are here. Upright, proud, loving and committed. In the spirit of Hana Senesh, in the spirit of thousands of soldiers and female soldiers who left everything and fight for the Jewish people, for the State of Israel. If I had to explain the words to the world, I would never again. The young generation standing here – you are our promise. You are our hope, you are our only guarantee that the Jewish people will continue and exist, despite all those who wish us harm,” he added.
Marian Miller, the mother of the comedian Adir Miller who survived the holocaust in Budapest, came to the March of Life together with her four children and three grandchildren. She, like old Holocaust survivors, will participate in the parade riding a scooter.
Adir Miller He said: “I am very excited, this is our victory march. To see the Israeli flags in front of the synagogue in Budapest, to hear the song ‘Aam Yisrael Chai’ – this is a feeling of strength, victory and understanding that no one can erase us.”
KKL chairman Yifat Ovadia-Losky She noted that “it is very symbolic that the March of Life takes place near the house where the State President Binyamin Ze’ev Herzl was born”, and emphasized the importance of the parade to commemorate the Holocaust and against the background of October 7.
Aviva Kenan who was a one-year-old baby during the Holocaust in the Budapest ghetto and her father was murdered, came with her son Yuval and daughter Anati, and said: “The excitement is enormous, this is my victory march, that the Nazis did not succeed.”
The march is led by the Zionist Youth Nest in Hungary. The head of the branch Daniel Ava-Laslau said: “There is great excitement, we are active and will lead the parade.”
Shimon Itzhaki (Shitz) a son of Holocaust survivors from Transylvania, said: “When I was in senior management positions at Elbit Damiya, we established 17 shopping malls in Hungary and 45 in Eastern Europe. The largest and last shopping mall we built is located in front of the Kelty train station, from where the Jews were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. This is the closing of our circle In this parade, this is my mother’s will and my duty to her. Holocaust survivors are heroes who managed to survive, build and establish families. This is their great victory over the Nazis.”
Before the parade, a moving ceremony took place at the Shoe Monument on the bank of the Danube, where 60 pairs of shoes are placed as a testimony to the mass murders of Jews who were thrown into the river and only a few of them survived.