The Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center and the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center (HERC) are proud to partner each year on a contest that encourages middle and high school aged students to draw lessons from the Holocaust. This contest is generously sponsored by the Habush Family Foundation.
PROMPT: Choose a lesson or story that inspired you when studying the Holocaust and discuss how it motivated you to be an upstander.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2022 at 11:59pm
*Only accepting applicants from Wisconsin schools.
Original writing or art entry may be one of the following:
Essay
Poetry (single poem or collection of poems, not to exceed 3 pages, single spaced)
Short story
Film/video (maximum lengths: 5 minutes)
Visual art (painting, drawing, collage, etc.)
Past Winning Submissions
2021
2019
2017
2016
2015
Some of the materials for the Writing and Art contest have been adapted from Chapman University’s Holocaust Art and Writing Contest, presented by the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, in partnership with The 1939 Society. We are grateful for their support and collaboration.