Moore Square vigil: 200 gather to remember Holocaust and advocate for peace in Gaza

It's been 79 years since the Holocaust when nearly six million Jews were killed by Nazis.

A group gathered in Moore Square Saturday afternoon to mourn those who had died and to call for peace in Gaza.

It was a solemn and reflective day for the 200 people who turned out to Moore Square for a vigil to remember the Holocaust.

Some of them are descendants of holocaust survivors, like Kevin Georges, whose grandmother was a toddler when the nazis invaded Poland.

"They fed her chocolate in the middle of the night so she wouldn't make noise while they escaped," said Kevin Georgas, Pastor of Jubilee Baptist Church.

They shared stories and sang Hebrew prayers while mourning the lives lost both back then and now.

"I see the stories of what's happening to Palestinians, children being killed, and families having to flee with their kids, reminded me of my own family's experiences," Georgas said.

The event was led by the Anti-Zionism group Jewish Voice For Peace.

JVP honored the day with a plea for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

"Never again means never again, and for me as a descendant, my family didn't survive for there to be another genocide," Marlo Kalb, a member of Jewish Voice for Peace, said.

Those in attendance rang a bell almost every six minutes - signifying each Palestinian death during the conflict.