Piešťany Holds March of the Living to Commemorate 1942 Jewish Deportations

Piešťany held a March of the Living event to commemorate the tragic events of March 23, 1942, when the first transport of Jewish women was deported from the town. The march serves to break the silence surrounding this dark chapter of Slovak history during World War II. The commemoration connects to Slovakia's participation in the Holocaust, when the country's wartime government collaborated with Nazi Germany in deporting its Jewish population to concentration camps.