The Jerusalem Post website reports that tens of thousands of people today (May 2, 2011) took part in the March of the Living -- the annual rally held in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, honoring the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their allies during the Holocaust in World War II.
Participants included Israeli President Shimon Peres, former Israeli Chief Rabbi Meir Lau, Conference of Presidents head Malcolm Hoenlein, and thousands of Jewish and non-Jewish youths from Israel and around the world.
From Jerusalem, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called the March of Living an "ultimate reminder that evil does not triumph."
The ceremony was emceed by Haim Topol, who played the lead role of Tevye the Milkman, in the movie version of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof."
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