1 · The night before
Kraków
Arrive with the crew. Meet the Jewish community of Kraków.
Chapter 1 · Part 1
Mensch in Poland: The March of the Living
May 4, 2027 · Yom HaShoah · Auschwitz to Birkenau
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Live countdown to May 4, 2027
Why we start here
We begin where so many journeys ended.
On Yom HaShoah, I ride to the gates of Auschwitz. Then I set my bike down and walk, with thousands of Jews from every corner of the world, to Birkenau.
Every mile of Mensch on a Mission starts from this moment. We remember, and then we ride, from the darkest place in our history to the Jewish state, alive, proud and together.
— Alex Gordon
The day
May 4, step by step
2 · Morning
The ride to the gate
Mensch rides up to Auschwitz. The wheel slows and stops.
3 · The shofar
The March begins
The bike is set down. A shofar sounds at the gate.
4 · The walk
3 km to Birkenau
Thousands walk in silence, carrying Israeli flags.
5 · The ceremony
Kaddish and Hatikvah
Candles, survivors' words, and every voice singing Hatikvah.
6 · Next
On to Israel
From the camps to the Jewish state, in time for Memorial Day.
Walk with us
Send a name. We'll carry it.
Share the name of a family member lost in the Holocaust. Mensch carries every name on the March of the Living, and each one joins the memorial wall on this page.
The memorial wall
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After May 4
The photos and the film from the March of the Living will live here.
Next stop: Israel →