Today is the annual Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day. Across the world, communities come together to honor and reflect on one of the most horrific genocides in history.

In Pennsylvania, dozens of lawmakers and members of the public poured into the Governor's reception room in the Capitol.

A high school student presented an essay she wrote, another student serenaded the room with a Yiddish song written during WWII. The pinnacle of the ceremony was when the sons, daughters, and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors stood to click on lamps with Star of David lights.

Men and women dedicated to teaching about the Holocaust, now that their loved ones have died.

As lawmaker after lawmaker got up to speak, their theme was consistent. The atmospheres on college campuses and in neighborhoods concern them.

Several pointed to how the Holocaust did not start with violence, but ended with it.

"And therefore, we have a responsibility to say ‘Never again'. Is that simply a slogan or a catchword? It's an actuality that we must put into practice and experience to ensure that our future generation will not suffer, god forbid, a holocaust in the future,” said  Rabbi Howard Finkelstein during the service. "But to the contrary, we'll be able to live peaceful and successful lives."

Several of today's speakers looked to improved education as the solution to hatred and rising rates of people who do not believe the holocaust happened at all.