Patriots in Poland: Owner Robert Kraft Leads Holocaust Remembrance March
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft led the 35th annual "March of the Living" to honor the victims and survivors of the Holocaust on Tuesday in Poland. The march covers the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex, the biggest Nazi-operated concentration camp during World War II.
Kraft attended the event as part of the mission of his "Foundation to Combat Antisemitism," which he began in 2019 to fight to hate against the Jewish people.
Before the march, Kraft was given the honor of lighting one of the six torches that symbolized the memories of the six million people who died during the Holocaust.
Two-time Grammy nominated rapper Meek Mill joined Kraft for the march. Kraft has become friendly with Mill after he was one of several people to call for the rapper's release from prison in 2018. Mill was sentenced prison for violating his probation agreement.
Kraft has also become a prominent figure - along with Mill and Fanatics CEO and ex-Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin - in the Reform Alliance, a group that speaks out to change state parole and probation laws.
Kraft has a history of taking former players to Israel and learning more about the Jewish people's homeland. Most recently in 2019, he was seen touring the Holy Land with 15 current and former players, including Julian Edelman and Drew Bledsoe.
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