The March of the Living, a global initiative dedicated to Holocaust remembrance and combating hatred, held “a powerful March of Remembrance” on Aug. 29, 2025, in Lodz, Poland, it said in a press release.

The event commemorated the liquidation of the ghetto 81 years ago. The mayor of Lodz, community members, dignitaries and Holocaust survivor Leon Weintraub marched together “to honor the victims of the Łódź Ghetto and to promote a future free from racism, antisemitism and hatred,” it said.

The march began at the historic Jewish Cemetery and concluded at Radegast Station, retracing the final, tragic path of the last transport of Jews from the Lodz Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau 81 years earlier. The Lodz Ghetto was one of the largest ghettos established by Nazi Germany, where more than 20% o

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