Sharon leads 'march of the living' at Auschwitz site

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, accompanied by 20 survivors of the Holocaust and their grandchildren, joined thousands of people today in an emotional memorial for the victims of the Nazis at the biggest World War II death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Some 18,000 people – a number chosen to symbolise the Hebrew word for life, “Chai” – participated in this year’s March of the Living on a cold, grey day. It was the largest group to attend the memorial since it began in 1988.