“Surviving is a gift. What I do with this gift is to share my story. Because it makes a difference to people to hear it directly from us”.
Holocaust survivors are a rapidly diminishing generation. For many, each March of the Living may be their last opportunity to walk with students, to testify in Auschwitz, and to ensure their voices are not lost to time.
Eva Kugler was born in 1931 in Halle, Germany. She experienced the horrors of Kristallnacht before fleeing to France on a forged visa on the outbreak of World War II, eventually making her way to the United States. Eve dedicated her life to Holocaust education, sharing her testimony with thousands of young people around the world. As a witness-educator with March of the Living UK, she believed deeply in the power of survivors telling their stories directly, in the places where history happened.
Eve passed away last year, on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Help us continue her legacy.
The March of the Living is an educational journey that reclaims history. It transforms the death marches of the Holocaust into a victory march, honoring those who perished and affirming the survival and continuity of the Jewish people.
For nearly four decades, the program has brought together Holocaust survivors and young people from around the world, bridging generations through memory, testimony, and shared responsibility. Elie Wiesel’s words, “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness,” guide its mission to create new generations committed to remembrance and moral courage.
On April 14th, 2026, Yom HaShoah, the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, survivors will once again lead the March alongside thousands of students from across the globe, bearing witness in the very places where history unfolded.
Why This Year is Different
As the 81st anniversary of liberation approaches, the March of the Living takes on a profound urgency. With each passing year, the opportunity to walk alongside Holocaust survivors, to hear their firsthand accounts of unimaginable suffering and resilience, becomes rarer and more precious.
Since the horrific October 7 massacre, antisemitism around the world has become increasingly normalized, reaching alarming levels, with Jews targeted, harassed, discriminated against, and murdered in Bondi Beach (Australia), Manchester (UK), Boulder Colorado and Washington DC (USA).
The March of the Living has never been more important
Professor Mark Spigelman, “I am a Holocaust survivor living in Sydney. After the October 7 attack, I was surprised at how swiftly and widespread antisemitism arose, but I now realize it has always been there.
"At the university where I teach, there have been hate encampments, and I am conscious not to openly show my identity when I am on campus. I am afraid, particularly after the Bondi massacre, and I worry about my family being attacked for being Jewish. Despite this, I have not changed my way of life or stopped attending synagogue or Jewish events. I proudly wear my cap from the March of the Living.”
“Holocaust education is essential”, Mark says. “The March of the Living exposes the Holocaust to the younger generation and the wider community, and anybody who has been on a March will be forever changed.”
The survivors need your help.
We follow the legacy of Holocaust Survivor Max Eisen z”l who gave us a warning just before he passed away in 2022:
“We, the survivors, have a very difficult job. We’re up against a huge steamroller. Without history there will be no memory, and without memory there will be no future.”
Your sponsorship enables survivors to share their testimony and march alongside students, inspiring new generations to remember, to bear witness, and to stand against antisemitism.
Join us. Stand with the survivors. So that the world will never forget.
Written in collaboration with March of the Living