Chapman University th and The 1939 Society 17 Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest

Sponsored by Chapman University The 1939 Society, an Organization of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants and Friends The Samueli Foundation Yossie and Dana Hollander With support from USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education In partnership with Anti-Defamation League Catholic Schools, Diocese of Orange Telling It Forward: College of Educational Studies, Chapman University Echoes and Reflections Making Memory Matter Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, Inc. Orange County Department of Education Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Chapman University In collaboration with Forum for Dialogue, Poland Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Center, South Africa Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, Canada Vancouver Holocaust Education Center, Canada With generous contributions from Publications International, Ltd.

Awards Ceremony March 4, 2016 The Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education The Stern Chair in Holocaust Education The Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library

The 17th Annual Holocaust Art And Writing Contest

Music by the Orange County Klezmers

Welcome and Introductions Marilyn Harran Stern Chair in Holocaust Education and Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Chapman University

Special Greetings The Honorable Ed Royce United States House of Representatives, 39th District William Elperin President, The 1939 Society

Looking Backward—And Forward James L. Doti President, Chapman University

Participants, Middle School Division Margaret Grogan Dean, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University

Participants, High School Division Patrick Fuery Dean, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Chapman University

18th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest Friday, March 10, 2017 • 11 a.m. The 17th Annual Holocaust Art And Writing Contest

Announcement of Middle School Liz Vogel Division Winners, Prose Category Los Angeles Director, Facing History and Ourselves First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Announcement of High School Mike Rubin Division Winners, Prose Category Regional Board Chair, Anti-Defamation League First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Announcement of Middle School Porter Hahn Division Winners, Poetry Category First Place High School Poetry (2010); First and Second Prize Chapman University, ‘16 Reading of First Prize Announcement of High School Division Winners, Poetry Category First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Announcement of Middle School William Elperin Division Winners, Art Category First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Announcement of High School Division Winners, Art Category First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Announcement of Middle School Amy Carnes Division Winners, Film Category Associate Director Education - Evaluation and Research First and Second Prize USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute Reading of First Prize Statement for Visual History and Education Announcement of High School Division Winners, Film Category First and Second Prize Reading of First Prize Statement

Congratulations Daniele Struppa Chancellor and President-Elect, Chapman University

Closing Thoughts Marilyn Harran

Distribution of certificates and prizes to student representatives and teachers will follow the awards ceremony in the lobby of Memorial Hall. Reception in the tent located outside of Memorial Hall. Non-finalist artworks will be available for pick-up in the lobby of Memorial Hall. Contest Judges

Shannon Annarella, Screenwriting Major, Dodge College Jeff Koerber, Research Associate, Rodgers Center for of Film and Media Arts and University Honors Minor, Holocaust Education and History Department, Chapman University; First Place Poetry, Middle School Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Division, 2009 Chapman University Sherry Bard, Training Specialist, Echoes and Reflections, Jack Pariser, Founder and Activist for Precluding Genocide Anti-Defamation League Project; Child Survivor; Member of The 1939 Society Deborah Batiste, Project Director, Echoes and Reflections, Marianne Petersen, Retired Teacher, Orange High School Anti-Defamation League Heather Schlossnagle, Producer, Panther Productions, Jeff Brouwer, Director of Creative Services, Strategic Chapman University Marketing & Communications, Chapman University Kori Street, Director of Education, USC Shoah Foundation Penny Bryan, Professor, College of Educational Studies, - The Institute for Visual History and Education Chapman University Rob Vicario, History/Social Science Coordinator, Orange Nancy Chase, Community Volunteer; Co-Benefactor, “The County Department of Education Indestructible Spirit” photography and memoir project Gregory Dhuyvetter, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, National Honorary Judge Diocese of Orange Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Distinguished William Elperin, Los Angeles Attorney-at-Law; President, Presidential Fellow, Chapman University, The 1939 Society 2011–2015 Barbara Gard, Retired Teacher, Trabuco Hills High School Porter Hahn, Business Administration Major, Argyros Honorary Judges School of Business & Economics, Chapman University; Natalie Weinstein Gold, First Place Poetry, High School Division, 2010 Psychotherapist; Child Survivor; Marilyn Harran, Stern Chair in Holocaust Education Member of The 1939 Society; and Director, Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education; Benefactor Professor of Religious Studies and History, Chapman Marie Kaufman, University Child Survivor; President, Mary Robinson Hendra, Associate Program Director Child Survivors of the for Los Angeles and Organizational Innovation, Holocaust, Los Angeles Facing History and Ourselves Mila Page, Founding Member, Dana Hollander, Benefactor; Community Volunteer; The “1939” Club, now The 1939 Society; Sponsor of “Echoes and Reflections” Holocaust Member of Schindler’s “List” Education Program Sally Roisman, Award-winning Artist; Kanani Hoopai, Art History Major, Chapman University, Member of The 1939 Society 2007; Curator of Education at Mission Inn Foundation, Sally Schwartz, Benefactor, Riverside, California The Jerry and Sally Schwartz Fr. Jerry Horan, Vicar for Faith Formation, Diocese of Orange Holocaust and Tolerance Education Fund, managed Claudine Jaenichen, Associate Professor, Chair, by the Community Foundation Department of Art, Wilkinson College of Arts, of the Jewish Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Orange County Eileen Jankowski, Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Director, Fellowships and Scholar Programs, Chapman University The 17th Annual Holocaust Art And Writing Contest Registered Schools

We encourage all our visitors today to visit the exhibit Holocaust Survivors: The Indestructible Spirit on the Second and Fourth Floors of the Leatherby Libraries.

Photography by Bill Aron. Summaries by Dr. Marilyn Harran with research assistance from Chapman University students. This exhibit is made possible by a generous gift from Irving and Nancy Chase in honor of Sol (Z”L) and Fay (Z”L) Chase. The 17th Annual Holocaust Art And Writing Contest

REGISTERED MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Buena Park Irvine Buena Park Junior Jeffrey Trail Middle School High School Lakeside Middle School Plaza Vista School Chula Vista South Lake Middle School High Tech Middle Chula Vista La Habra Our Lady of Guadalupe School Corona del Mar Washington Middle School Harbor Day School Laguna Beach Costa Mesa St. Catherine of Siena Mariners Christian Catholic School School Thurston Middle School St. Joachim Catholic School Laguna Niguel St. John the Baptist St. Anne School Catholic School Lake Elsinore Cypress Lakeland Village School Juliet Morris Elementary School Lakewood Lexington Junior High School Hoover Middle School St. Irenaeus Parish School Long Beach Dana Point Alexander Hamilton Middle School St. Edward the Confessor Parish School Los Alamitos St. Hedwig School Fountain Valley CALIFORNIA Vista View Middle School Los Angeles Aliso Viejo Los Angeles Academy Middle School Fullerton Aliso Viejo Christian School St. Agnes Parish School Ladera Vista Junior High School St. Mary’s School Menifee Garden Grove Anaheim Ethan A. Chase Middle School Christ Cathedral Academy Acaciawood College James Irvine Intermediate School Moreno Valley Preparatory Academy John A. Murdy Elementary School Vista Heights Middle School Fairmont Private Schools St. Columban School Hansen Elementary School Walton Intermediate School Orange James Guinn Elementary School Far Horizons Montessori School St. Catherine’s Academy Hesperia Holy Family Cathedral School St. Justin Martyr Parish School Shadow Ridge Learning Center La Purisima Catholic School McPherson Magnet School Anaheim Hills Huntington Beach Portola Middle School Fairmont Private Schools Mesa View Middle School St. Norbert School Trinity Lutheran Christian School Spring View Middle School Yorba Academy of the Arts St. Bonaventure School Banning Stacey Middle School Orange County Nicolet Middle School Sts. Simon & Jude School Community Home Education Program Brea Talbert Middle School Palo Alto Brea Junior High School David Starr Jordan Middle School St. Angela Merici Placentia Yorba Linda New York Kraemer Middle School Bernardo Yorba Middle School Brooklyn Parkview School Calvary Chapel Academy Academy of Arts & Letters St. Joseph Catholic School St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School North Carolina Tuffree Middle School Travis Ranch School Huntersville Valadez Middle School Academy Yorba Linda Middle School St. Mark Catholic School Rancho Palos Verdes Tennessee St. John Fisher School NATIONAL Nashville Rancho Santa Margarita Donelson Middle School Arizona St. John’s Episcopal School Scottsdale St. Junipero Serra Catholic School INTERNATIONAL Rancho Solano Preparatory School San Clemente CANADA Queen Creek Our Lady of Fatima Parish School British Columbia Sossaman Middle School Surrey San Diego Colorado Goldstone Park Elementary San Diego Jewish Academy Fort Collins San Jose Kinard Core Knowledge Ocala STEAM Academy Middle School San Juan Capistrano Connecticut Mission Basilica School Hamden St. Margaret’s Episcopal School Hamden Middle School Santa Ana Illinois MacArthur Fundamental Oak Lawn Intermediate School Oak Lawn Hometown School of Our Lady Middle School Sierra Madre Nevada The Gooden School Las Vegas Adelson Educational Campus South Gate Hollydale Elementary School New Jersey Spring Valley Bloomsbury Spring Valley Middle School Stepping Stone School Stanton Lawrenceville Robert M. Pyles Elementary School St. Ann School Tustin Long Valley Pioneer Middle School Long Valley Middle School Red Hill Lutheran School Princeton St. Cecilia School St. Paul School of Princeton Villa Park Randolph Villa Park Elementary Gottesman RTW Academy Vista Wayne St. Francis of Assisi School Benway School Walnut West Windsor South Pointe Middle School Thomas Grover Middle School Westminster New Mexico Blessed Sacrament School Roswell Johnson Middle School Sidney Gutierrez Middle School The 17th Annual Holocaust Art And Writing Contest

REGISTERED HIGH SCHOOLS

CALIFORNIA Huntington Beach San Juan Capistrano Huntington Beach High School Capistrano Connections Academy Aliso Viejo JSerra Catholic School Irvine Saddleback Valley Christian Schools Arnold O. Beckman High School Anaheim Crean Lutheran High School San Marcos Acaciawood College Tarbut V’Torah High Tech High North County Preparatory Academy University High School Canyon High School Santa Ana Woodbridge High School Mater Dei High School La Mesa Middle College High School Western High School Grossmont High School Samueli Academy Baldwin Park Laguna Hills Upland Sierra Vista High School Upland High School Camarillo Lake Forest Van Nuys Adolfo Camarillo High School Los Angeles Hebrew High School Chino Long Beach Yorba Linda Chino High School Millikan High School La Entrada High School Poly Academy of Achievers Chino Hills and Leaders Chino Hills High School Los Angeles Corona NATIONAL Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad Santiago High School Arizona Mission Viejo Costa Mesa Mesa Trabuco Hills High School Early College High School Dobson High School Newport Coast Cypress Peoria Sage Hill School Oxford Academy Sunrise Mountain High School Orange Diamond Bar Colorado Orange High School Diamond Bar High School Golden Placentia Golden High School Fremont El Camino Real High School Mission San Jose High School Georgia El Dorado High School Atlanta Parkview High School Fullerton Atlanta Jewish Academy La Vista High School Valencia High School Louisiana Rancho Santa Margarita Metairie Santa Margarita Catholic Glendale Archbishop Chapelle High School Glendale High School High School Maryland San Diego Hawthorne Baltimore St. Augustine High School Hawthorne Math & Science Academy Baltimore City College High School San Jacinto Hesperia Mountain Heights Academy Massachusetts Canyon Ridge High School Mountain View Alternative Harvard Shadow Ridge Learning Center High School The Bromfield School Lexington New Milford Pennsylvania Lexington High School New Milford High School Alverton Southmoreland High School Michigan Ocean Township Battle Creek Hillel Yeshiva High School Austin Lakeview High School Austin Area High School Teaneck Nebraska Torah Academy of Bergen County Bethlehem Lincoln Bethlehem Catholic High School Wayne Lincoln East High School Benway School Texas New Jersey Denton New Mexico Cream Ridge John H. Guyer High School Santa Fe New Jersey United Christian Pojokaque Valley High School Elkhart Academy Elkhart High School New York Elizabeth Great Neck Houston Jewish Educational Center of North Shore Hebrew Academy KIPP Northeast College Elizabeth High Schoo Preparatory Academy Lodi New York Virginia Immaculate Conception High School Bishop Grimes School Staunton Mountainside Manhattan High School for Girls Robert E. Lee High School Cornerstone Day School Poughkeepsie Our Lady of Lourdes High School INTERNATIONAL CANADA Ontario Port Colborne Lakeshore Catholic High School NIGERIA Abuja Durumi American International School of Abuja POLAND Chojnice Zespół Szkół w Chojnicach SOUTH AFRICA Gauteng Henley-on-Klip, Meyerton Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Johannesburg Redhill High School

We extend our appreciation to Sodexo for their generous contribution to the reception following the Awards Ceremony. We are grateful to Chapman University Enrollment Services for donating Chapman University t-shirts to contest finalists. The 17th Annual Holocaust Art And Writing Contest The Holocaust Art and Writing Contest was launched in 1999 as a partnership between the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University and The “1939” Club, now The 1939 Society, an Organization of Holocaust Survivors, Descendants, and Friends. Each year, the contest has grown, now including some 200 public, private, and parochial schools across the nation and several countries. This growth would not have been possible without the extraordinary support of the Samueli Foundation. Thanks to the generosity of Dana and Yossie Hollander, we are able to offer first-place students and their teachers two days of special events in Los Angeles. A special word of appreciation must go to Louis Weber and Publications International for their years of extraordinary generosity and the nearly 7,000 copies of The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures they have donated. Thanks to Publications International, each student representative has the opportunity to have a book signed by the Holocaust survivors attending the awards ceremony and reception. With these signatures, each book becomes a unique testimony to the memories created on this very special day in which witnesses to the Holocaust meet their witnesses to the future.

We invite you to attend An Evening of Holocaust Remembrance Lighting of Candles of Remembrance Tuesday, May 3, 2016 I 7:00 p.m. Chapman Auditorium I Memorial Hall