Jewish Federation seeks Holocaust writing, art, multi-media | The annual student contest is held in conjunction with Holocaust Memorial Day.
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is inviting students in grades 7-12 in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties and Western Pennsylvania to enter its annual Holocaust writing, art and multi-media contest.
The annual program is held in conjunction with Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), an internationally recognized day set aside for remembering all victims of the Holocaust. Yom Hashoah will be commemorated this year on April 24.
This year’s theme is “Auschwitz – A Place on Earth.” The title is drawn from a 16-panel exhibit from Yad Vashem titled “Auschwitz – A Place on Earth: The Auschwitz Album.” The Auschwitz Album is the only surviving visual evidence of the process leading to mass murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II.
Submissions must relate to the genocide of Jews at Auschwitz or any other extermination camp. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the victims, the perpetrators, the process employed at Auschwitz or any other extermination camps to kill, and the antisemitic reasons used to justify the genocide of Jews.
The deadline is March 28. Email submissions to Nancy Sentelik at the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation. Visit jewishyoungstown.org… for more information and guidelines.
A presentation of contest awards will be made during the Yom Hashoah Community Commemoration, which occurs noon, Tuesday, April 29 at the Mahoning County Courthouse. The community is also invited to the Shoah Memorial Service 4 p.m., Sunday, April 27 at the Jewish Community Center.
As part of the annual remembrance, the Auschwitz Album will be on display from April 23-30 at the Jewish Community Center in Youngstown. The exhibit includes photographs from 1944 depicting the arrival of Hungarian Jews from Carpatho-Ruthenia. Admission is free.
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