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March of the Living in Budapest
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Budapest, April 16 (MTI) – Thousands of people participated in the March of the Living commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in Budapest on Sunday afternoon.
The event held for the fifteenth time began at the “Shoes on the riverbank” memorial honouring the memory of Holocaust victims killed on the banks of the Danube, where participants placed stones, candles and flowers. The memorial march led across the Chain Bridge to Clark Adam Square on the Buda side.
The aim of the event is to allow participants to pay their respects to victims of the Holocaust together regardless of their religious and political affiliation and to express their commitment to solidarity and democratic political culture.
Speakers warned of the dangers of discrimination and strengthening anti-Semitism and the importance of remembering and learning the lessons of the past.
Gábor Gordon, chairman of the board of the March of the Living Foundation, said this year Easter Sunday coincides with the 6th day of the Jewish Passover and Hungary’s Holocaust Memorial Day.
I grew up in the ghetto of Budapest in the 1940s. A lot of my family was deported to the camps .,I stand with the Hungarian Jews on this day of the memorial of The Living . G-D Bless the Hungarian Jews . BH