Telling It Forward: Making Memory Matter

Chapman University th Submissions Criteria Background and The 1939 Society 17 Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest Your school’s three entries may be submitted General Criteria – All Categories As you listen to the oral testimony of a Holocaust survivor or rescuer, you may sense Entry postmark date: beginning December 4, 2015, and must be Entries must be submitted with a cover sheet postmarked by February 3, 2016, or digitally (available at chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest). a change in tone that makes you stop and listen again. Something about the way the February 3, 2016 submitted by February 5, 2016. Prose and poetry Entries must reflect genuine engagement with person speaks tells you that this memory matters in a special way. For the survivor or Digital submission due date: entries may be mailed or submitted electronically the survivor’s or rescuer’s testimony in its rescuer, this memory needs telling forward. February 5, 2016 to [email protected]. Art work must be mailed to: historical context and constitute a thoughtful Awards Ceremony: Ms. Jessica MyLymuk and creative response. Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Entries must be based on the survivor’s or Irene Gut Opdyke was a young nurse when Gerda Weissmann Klein was liberated in Friday, March 4, 2016 Chapman University rescuer’s testimony available from one of the Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland Volary, in what is now the Czech Republic, in One University Drive following sources: Orange, CA 92866 in September 1939. After months in Soviet April 1945, one day before her 21st birthday. Sponsored by n The 1939 Society website at the1939society.org captivity, she returned to her home in Radom, Gerda was one of only 120 from 4,000 girls to Chapman University All entries become the property of the Sala and n Chapman University’s Holocaust Art and which was under German control. Irene was survive a brutal, months-long death march. The 1939 Society, an Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at Writing Contest website featuring video assigned to forced labor, first in a munitions She vividly remembers the first American Organization of Chapman University. Artists are encouraged testimonies from the collection of the Holocaust Survivors, factory and then as the housekeeper to a soldier who approached her and his simple Descendants and Friends Telling It Forward: to retain a color copy of their work since the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute German army officer. A devout Catholic, one act of courtesy in opening a door for her The Samueli Foundation original may not be returned. The Sala and Aron for Visual History and Education at day Irene witnessed SS men murdering Jews and allowing her to precede him into the Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library shall own chapman.edu/contest-testimonies Yossie and Dana Hollander Making Memory Matter all the rights to the entries, including copyrights in the nearby ghetto. She could not erase the room. For Gerda, this memory is not only of n With support from and may display and publish the entries, in USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for memory from her mind. She thought about liberation but of regaining her humanity, of USC Shoah Foundation – whole, or in part. Visual History and Education’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/uscshoahfoundation it every day; at night it haunted her dreams. being treated for the first time in years as a The Institute for Visual History and Education (“Full-Length Testimonies” playlists only) The memory became a summons to action person deserving of respect. She shares this In partnership with Entries that do not follow the criteria will be as a rescuer. Irene shares this memory in her memory in her testimony and book, disqualified. testimony and book, In My Hands: Memories of All But My Life: A Memoir. Anti-Defamation League a Holocaust Rescuer. Catholic Schools, Diocese Please see the resource guide or visit of Orange chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest for College of Educational Studies, specific criteria, rubrics for the various Chapman University Memory is intensely personal. Yet, memory can also be shared. categories and other supporting information. Echoes and Reflections When it is shared, a relationship is created between the person Facing History and Ourselves speaking and the person listening. As listeners, we in turn National Foundation, Inc. become witnesses or stewards of those memories. When Orange County Department we tell memory forward and share it with others, we of Education Wilkinson College of Arts, demonstrate to the witness and to ourselves that memory Humanities and Social Sciences, matters--and that it matters to us, and to the futures we Chapman University

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“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” Elie Wiesel

Your school is invited to participate in the 17th Annual Holocaust Art and School Participation Prompt Writing Contest. Participating schools Each participating school will receive: Select and view one full-length survivor or rescuer testimony from any of the following: may submit a total of three entries from n 5 seats (availability permitting) at the 1 n The 1939 Society website at the1939society.org awards ceremony on Friday, March 4, 2016 three individual students in the following n Chapman University’s Holocaust Art and Writing Contest website featuring video testimonies at Chapman University categories: art, film, prose, and/or poetry. from the collection of the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education n a copy of The Holocaust Chronicle: at chapman.edu/contest-testimonies A History in Words and Pictures for every n USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education’s YouTube channel at Students will be eligible to win a first prize award of student representative in attendance $500 in each category. Educators and schools will also youtube.com/uscshoahfoundation (“Full-Length Testimonies” playlists only) Prizes will be distributed at the awards ceremony on * Lists of testimonies that are one to two hours in length are available on the contest website. be eligible to win a first prize of $250 each. First-place March 4, 2016 at Chapman University. Students must student winners, their parents/guardians and teachers be in attendance (either in person or via Skype) to be As you listen to the testimony, choose a specific memory that resonates will be invited to participate in an afternoon conversation eligible for first and second place prizes. Exceptions or stands out to you. followed by a special event dinner in Los Angeles with 1939 must be approved in advance. 2 As the recipient of this memory you have the ability to share it with others, Society members who are survivors and witnesses to the Three student representatives from each school, their not just today, but in the future, by Telling It Forward. Make this memory Holocaust. Transportation costs will be covered for those teacher and/or principal (depending on seat availability) matter through an original work of art, film, prose, or poetry. participating locally and transportation and two nights at are invited to the awards ceremony: a hotel for those participating nationally. When possible, Friday, March 4, 2016 at 11 a.m. in If an internet connection is not available, students may view these testimonies in the Sala 17 th Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest students and teachers from schools outside of the United Chapman Auditorium, Memorial Hall and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at Chapman University from Monday through States will be Skyped in for the conversation. The date Chapman University, One University Drive, Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please contact Jessica MyLymuk, Assistant Director, at (714) 628-7377 Please return reply card or The teacher and principal listed below plan to escort our school’s Orange, CA 92866. register electronically at representatives to the Awards Ceremony or to participate via Skype on for the conversation and dinner will be scheduled for regarding access to video testimony and scheduling a visit. chapman.edu/ March 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Chapman University (Please Print) the latter part of June 2016. The highlights of the event will include: We encourage teachers to consult chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest holocaust-arts-contest Principal’s name______n the announcement of the winning art, film, for lesson plans and other information. o Students awarded second prize in each category prose, and poetry entries (middle school Yes, we plan to submit a Teacher’s name______will receive $300 and their sponsoring educator and and high school categories) maximum of three entries from our school for the School name______school will receive $150 each. n the presentation of the first place art, The 1939 Society is an organization of Holocaust survivors, descendants, and friends. It takes its name from the year that Germany invaded Poland, changing forever the lives of those who would later join Holocaust Art and Writing film, prose, and poetry entries Street address______together in Los Angeles to form the Society in 1952. Contest to be postmarked n a reception to honor our guests by February 3, 2016 or The 1939 Society has available on its website nearly 100 full-length oral testimonies. Some of these City______Zip______submitted digitally by n the opportunity to meet and talk with oral histories were recorded in the early 1980s at the University of California, Los Angeles; others were February 5, 2016. Holocaust survivors, many of whose recorded in the mid-1990s in Orange County by the Anti-Defamation League. Teacher’s school telephone______video testimonies are posted on The 1939 Society, Rodgers Center for USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education has an archive of more Teacher’s email address______than 50,000 videotaped testimonies from Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. Holocaust Education and USC Shoah School district______Foundation – The Institute for Visual The USC Shoah Foundation is part of the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, History and Education’s websites. Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California. Superintendent’s name______Chapman University th Submissions Criteria Background and The 1939 Society 17 Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest Your school’s three entries may be submitted General Criteria – All Categories As you listen to the oral testimony of a Holocaust survivor or rescuer, you may sense Entry postmark date: beginning December 4, 2015, and must be Entries must be submitted with a cover sheet postmarked by February 3, 2016, or digitally (available at chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest). a change in tone that makes you stop and listen again. Something about the way the February 3, 2016 submitted by February 5, 2016. Prose and poetry Entries must reflect genuine engagement with person speaks tells you that this memory matters in a special way. For the survivor or Digital submission due date: entries may be mailed or submitted electronically the survivor’s or rescuer’s testimony in its rescuer, this memory needs telling forward. February 5, 2016 to [email protected]. Art work must be mailed to: historical context and constitute a thoughtful Awards Ceremony: Ms. Jessica MyLymuk and creative response. Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Entries must be based on the survivor’s or Irene Gut Opdyke was a young nurse when Gerda Weissmann Klein was liberated in Friday, March 4, 2016 Chapman University rescuer’s testimony available from one of the Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland Volary, in what is now the Czech Republic, in One University Drive following sources: Orange, CA 92866 in September 1939. After months in Soviet April 1945, one day before her 21st birthday. Sponsored by n The 1939 Society website at the1939society.org captivity, she returned to her home in Radom, Gerda was one of only 120 from 4,000 girls to Chapman University All entries become the property of the Sala and n Chapman University’s Holocaust Art and which was under German control. Irene was survive a brutal, months-long death march. The 1939 Society, an Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at Writing Contest website featuring video assigned to forced labor, first in a munitions She vividly remembers the first American Organization of Chapman University. Artists are encouraged testimonies from the collection of the Holocaust Survivors, factory and then as the housekeeper to a soldier who approached her and his simple Descendants and Friends Telling It Forward: to retain a color copy of their work since the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute German army officer. A devout Catholic, one act of courtesy in opening a door for her The Samueli Foundation original may not be returned. The Sala and Aron for Visual History and Education at day Irene witnessed SS men murdering Jews and allowing her to precede him into the Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library shall own chapman.edu/contest-testimonies Yossie and Dana Hollander Making Memory Matter all the rights to the entries, including copyrights in the nearby ghetto. She could not erase the room. For Gerda, this memory is not only of n With support from and may display and publish the entries, in USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for memory from her mind. She thought about liberation but of regaining her humanity, of USC Shoah Foundation – whole, or in part. Visual History and Education’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/uscshoahfoundation it every day; at night it haunted her dreams. being treated for the first time in years as a The Institute for Visual History and Education (“Full-Length Testimonies” playlists only) The memory became a summons to action person deserving of respect. She shares this In partnership with Entries that do not follow the criteria will be as a rescuer. Irene shares this memory in her memory in her testimony and book, disqualified. testimony and book, In My Hands: Memories of All But My Life: A Memoir. Anti-Defamation League a Holocaust Rescuer. Catholic Schools, Diocese Please see the resource guide or visit of Orange chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest for College of Educational Studies, specific criteria, rubrics for the various Chapman University Memory is intensely personal. Yet, memory can also be shared. categories and other supporting information. Echoes and Reflections When it is shared, a relationship is created between the person Facing History and Ourselves speaking and the person listening. As listeners, we in turn National Foundation, Inc. become witnesses or stewards of those memories. When Orange County Department we tell memory forward and share it with others, we of Education Wilkinson College of Arts, demonstrate to the witness and to ourselves that memory Humanities and Social Sciences, matters--and that it matters to us, and to the futures we Chapman University

3730-886087065 will choose to create. With generous contributions from Publications International, Ltd.

“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” Elie Wiesel

3730-886087065 will choose to create. With generous contributions from Publications International, Ltd.

Ms. Jessica MyLymuk Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Chapman University One University Drive The Rodgers Center for Orange, CA 92866 Holocaust Education The Stern Chair in Holocaust Education The Sala and Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library Chapman University th Submissions Criteria Background and The 1939 Society 17 Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest Your school’s three entries may be submitted General Criteria – All Categories As you listen to the oral testimony of a Holocaust survivor or rescuer, you may sense Entry postmark date: beginning December 4, 2015, and must be Entries must be submitted with a cover sheet postmarked by February 3, 2016, or digitally (available at chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest). a change in tone that makes you stop and listen again. Something about the way the February 3, 2016 submitted by February 5, 2016. Prose and poetry Entries must reflect genuine engagement with person speaks tells you that this memory matters in a special way. For the survivor or Digital submission due date: entries may be mailed or submitted electronically the survivor’s or rescuer’s testimony in its rescuer, this memory needs telling forward. February 5, 2016 to [email protected]. Art work must be mailed to: historical context and constitute a thoughtful Awards Ceremony: Ms. Jessica MyLymuk and creative response. Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education Entries must be based on the survivor’s or Irene Gut Opdyke was a young nurse when Gerda Weissmann Klein was liberated in Friday, March 4, 2016 Chapman University rescuer’s testimony available from one of the Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland Volary, in what is now the Czech Republic, in One University Drive following sources: Orange, CA 92866 in September 1939. After months in Soviet April 1945, one day before her 21st birthday. Sponsored by n The 1939 Society website at the1939society.org captivity, she returned to her home in Radom, Gerda was one of only 120 from 4,000 girls to Chapman University All entries become the property of the Sala and n Chapman University’s Holocaust Art and which was under German control. Irene was survive a brutal, months-long death march. The 1939 Society, an Aron Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library at Writing Contest website featuring video assigned to forced labor, first in a munitions She vividly remembers the first American Organization of Chapman University. Artists are encouraged testimonies from the collection of the Holocaust Survivors, factory and then as the housekeeper to a soldier who approached her and his simple Descendants and Friends Telling It Forward: to retain a color copy of their work since the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute German army officer. A devout Catholic, one act of courtesy in opening a door for her The Samueli Foundation original may not be returned. The Sala and Aron for Visual History and Education at day Irene witnessed SS men murdering Jews and allowing her to precede him into the Samueli Holocaust Memorial Library shall own chapman.edu/contest-testimonies Yossie and Dana Hollander Making Memory Matter all the rights to the entries, including copyrights in the nearby ghetto. She could not erase the room. For Gerda, this memory is not only of n With support from and may display and publish the entries, in USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for memory from her mind. She thought about liberation but of regaining her humanity, of USC Shoah Foundation – whole, or in part. Visual History and Education’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/uscshoahfoundation it every day; at night it haunted her dreams. being treated for the first time in years as a The Institute for Visual History and Education (“Full-Length Testimonies” playlists only) The memory became a summons to action person deserving of respect. She shares this In partnership with Entries that do not follow the criteria will be as a rescuer. Irene shares this memory in her memory in her testimony and book, disqualified. testimony and book, In My Hands: Memories of All But My Life: A Memoir. Anti-Defamation League a Holocaust Rescuer. Catholic Schools, Diocese Please see the resource guide or visit of Orange chapman.edu/holocaust-arts-contest for College of Educational Studies, specific criteria, rubrics for the various Chapman University Memory is intensely personal. Yet, memory can also be shared. categories and other supporting information. Echoes and Reflections When it is shared, a relationship is created between the person Facing History and Ourselves speaking and the person listening. As listeners, we in turn National Foundation, Inc. become witnesses or stewards of those memories. When Orange County Department we tell memory forward and share it with others, we of Education Wilkinson College of Arts, demonstrate to the witness and to ourselves that memory Humanities and Social Sciences, matters--and that it matters to us, and to the futures we Chapman University

3730-886087065 will choose to create. With generous contributions from Publications International, Ltd.

“When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.” Elie Wiesel