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2004 May Family National Art & Writing Contest
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is no longer offering May Family National Art & Writing Contest.
 Holocaust Related Art and Writing Contests
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Hidden children quickly grasped the need for security and adopted strategies to avoid discovery. Twelve-year-old Lida Kleinman, in hiding at a Catholic orphanage, scratched her face out of this photograph after one of the Catholic nuns warned that she looked “too Jewish.” Lomna, Poland, circa 1942.
— USHMM, gift of Lidia Siciarz
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In the face of the terror and brutality of the Holocaust, many Jewish parents sought to save their children by placing them with friends, strangers, or institutions. In making such a decision, they had to surmount immense difficulties and not all efforts were successful. Finding an individual willing to take in a Jewish child, when the penalty for such an undertaking in German-occupied Europe often meant death for both rescuer and Jew, was far from easy, and children frequently had to move from home to home in search of safe refuge from the police, informers, and blackmailers.
With the risks high, and the danger of discovery ever present, hidden children, whether physically in hiding or passing as non-Jews, endured great hardships, ranging from the painful separation from their parents and siblings to the anxiety of living under an assumed identity to the fear of being cast out by their foster families. Some were able to record their experiences in diaries and art; many others had to remain silent.
Explore the Museum’s Web site and the online exhibition Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust. Select one or more of the individuals (parents, children, or rescuers) associated with this history.
What were the challenges they faced and how did they respond to these challenges?
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2004 Contest Winners
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Art
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Middle School: 8th Grade, Honorable Mention
The Valley
Art
Maria Chung
Jay M. Robinson Middle School
Charlotte, NC
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High School: 12th Grade, First Place
Baby Shoes, Too
Art
Emma Green
Penney High School
Hamilton, MO
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High School: 12th Grade, Second Place
Faceless Children
Art
Anna Membrino
Episcopal High School
Ponte Vedre Beach, FL
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High School: 12th Grade, Third Place
For Her Sake
Art
Sheila Toy Brown
Coronado High School
Henderson, NV
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High School: 12th Grade, Third Place
Safe Without a Sound
Art
Julie Pisano
Wayne Valley High School
Wayne, NJ
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High School: 12th Grade, Third Place
We Run
Art
Jared McDade
Falmouth High School
East Falmouth, MA
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Media
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Middle School: 9th Grade, Honorable Mention
The Story of the Hidden
Media
Lauren Childers
Emily Gray Junior High
Tuscon, AZ
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High School: 12th Grade, First Place
Hidden
Media
Nathan Blair
Spotsylvania High School
Partlow, VA
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Writing
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Middle School: First Place Writing
The Test
Alexa Bryn
8th Grade
R.A.S.G. Hebrew Academy
Hollywood, FL
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The Test
Fear simmers in the cramped kitchen
Along with the cabbage on the stove
The misty steam warms the family...
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Middle School: Second Place Writing
Another Night to Live
Emily Rials
9th Grade
The Columbus Academy
New Albany, OH
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Middle School: Third Place Writing
Hiding in the Open:
The Story of Two Sisters Hiding
in the Holocaust
Aleah Romer
7th Grade
Classical Kids Arts Program
Ocean Shores, WA
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High School: First Place Writing
Stories to Tell
Alexander Cohen
12th Grade
Flintridge Preparatory
Glendale, CA
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Stories to Tell
...He greeted us at the door and welcomed us in. His step was shaky, but his voice was strong and clear....
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High School: Second Place Writing
Lida
Evan Elise Easton-Calabria
9th Grade
Roosevelt High School
Seattle, WA
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Past Contests
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