The history of the March of Life
The “March of Life” was initiated by Jobst and Charlotte Bittner and TOS Ministries. Prior to the march in the Ukraine, the March of Life was done in Germany twice, in 2007 and 2008. Inspired by his impressions on the marches in Germany, the American musician Ted Pearce initiated the “March of Remembrance” in several cities throughout the United States in 2009. Here is a brief overview of the Marches of Life up to now:
2007
The first March of Life on April 11-15, 2007, followed the footsteps of the historical death marches from the Swabian Alb to Dachau. Besides nu¬merous Christians from different parts of Germany, the 320 participants in¬cluded the Jewish Holocaust survivors Peter Loth and Rose Price, Rabbi Boris Grisenko from Kiev, as well as more than 20 guests from Jewish-Messianic congregations in the U.S.
Click here for an online documentation
2008
The vision: a Star of David on the Eas¬tern part of Germany that would con¬nect the most important sites of the Holocaust in Germany. The realization: 9 days – 1485 miles of walking – 192 sections – 7 federal states – 22 events in 18 places. About 900 participants from 9 different nations, including Is-rael, the US and Belarus, joined the March of Life in August 2008.
Browse through pictures, videos and documents about this moving event.
2009
In April 2009, the first March of Re¬membrance was held in 9 cities across the U.S. on Yom HaShoa. The main event in Dallas, Texas featured, besides to the initiators, the Holocaust survi¬vors William and Rosemarie Schiff, as well as Peter Loth.
Watch pictures of this event on the TOS Facebook Site.
2010
The main event of the March of Re¬membrance 2010 took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. with Paul Argiewicz, who survived the concentration camp of Buchenwald, and other Holocaust survivors. This time it was not only seven other cities in the U.S. who participated – also in Lima, Peru; Asuncion, Paraguay and La Paz, Bolivia, Christians took to the streets in order to take a stand against anti-Semitism.
See photos of this remarkable event.