A Jewish prayer was once forbidden, as the marchers set out under the rain and under the sign that bears one of history’s most horrible lies: “Arbeit Macht Frei” - “Work Makes (One) Free.”“The March of the Living” takes place on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, and it has been held every year since 1988.The event stands in opposition to the death marches carried out here by the Nazis.Branko Lustig, who produced the movie Schindler’s List, took part in one of them. He said he could not have imagined this day."Never. You know when I was here in the camp I was just thinking how to survive one more minute," he said.More than a million people, mostly Jews, were sent to their deaths in gas chambers, while others were forced to live in conditions that few survived.“Nations should never forget this, it can never happen again,” said Fanni Gal, who toured the camp just before the march.There were many participants from Hungary, the country of origin for one-third of the Jews who died here.Kristina Kuhn is also Hungarian, and also one of many non-Jews who marched."It's important for the young generation, because in Hungary it's a big problem, the anti-Semitism," said Kuhn.
