On August 5, the International March of the Living organized a special visit of Holocaust survivors from across Israel who had participated in April’s March of the Living to Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, where they met freed hostages and representatives of the families of hostages, offering strength and solidarity.
The emotional meeting took place just days after the harrowing videos of hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski were released, showing them emaciated and in severe physical and emotional distress. Since the footage surfaced, many Holocaust survivors have reported being deeply shaken, both physically and psychologically.
Attending the meeting were freed hostages Yocheved Lifshitz and Danielle Aloni; Yocheved’s granddaughter Danielle Lifshitz; Gilad and Nitza Korengold, the