New Delhi, April 16 -- Holocaust survivors from around the world joined thousands of people on Tuesday in the March of the Living, an annual event held at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Of the 50 survivors taking part, some had travelled from Israel, organizers said, despite logistical difficulties caused by airspace restrictions associated with the Iran war.

Revital Yakin Krakovsky, deputy chief executive of the International March of the Living organization, warned that anti-Semitism is alive today despite the lessons of the Holocaust.

"Since Oct. 7, anti-Semitism has surged and is spreading everywhere," she said. "The scale and normalization of...