By Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs / Published May 02, 2019
Displays of the stories from victims of the Holocaust lead to the ceremony of the 2019 A Day of Remembrance on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. The theme is ‘Learning from the Holocaust: Beyond Religious Boundaries’ with a mission of remembering those who suffered at the hands of injustice, confronting the action and inaction of bystanders, embracing the lessons learned from failure to act and vowing to take action against genocide and anti-Semitism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
An Airman reads the program of the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony of the Holocaust on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. The Holocaust was the mass murder of Jews under the Nazi regime during 1941 to 1945 where more than six million people were murdered due to conflicting religious or moral beliefs against the then president, Adolf Hitler. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
U.S. Air Force Chaplain Col. Michael Husfelt, 87th Air Base Wing senior chaplain, reads a display during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Each display contained a person or family’s story about being captured or killed during the events of the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
U.S. Air Force chaplain Lt. Col. Menashe Miller, 87th Air Base Wing captain chaplain, sits during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Miller was selected to give the invocation because his Jewish faith corresponds with the events of the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
U.S. Air Force Col. James Hall, 621st Contingency Response Wing commander, presents an award to Phil Kirschner, New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education chairman, during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Kirschner was the guest speaker during the ceremony and discussed what happened to his parents and their families during Holocaust and how they met. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
Six lit candles line the edge of a table during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Each candle represents one million people and six candles are lit for the six million people that were killed during the Holocaust. In some communities, seven candles are lit, thereby linking up to the menorah symbolism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
Audience members applaud during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Military members from multiple services, family members and other Joint Base community members gathered to remember and honor those who suffered during the world’s largest recorded genocidal mass murder known as the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jennifer Thorpe, 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron superintendent, and Phil Kirschner, New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education chairman, light the ceremonial candles during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Survivors or family members of survivors are asked to do the lighting if they are present. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
Phil Kirschner, New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education chairman, speaks during the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. Kirschner discussed what happened to families during the Holocaust and the injustice, hatred and prejudice they endured. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)
An Airman stands in prayer during an invocation at the 2019 A Day of Remembrance ceremony on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 30, 2019. The ceremony focuses on remembering those who suffered through the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Owings)