This contest is held under the auspices of the Holocaust Education Committee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton. It is sponsored by Renate Frydman and family in memory of Grandfather Max May.

Click here for some photos of entries from previous years.

Here is the complete exhibit catalog from 2002.

Any of the following media may be used:

The theme for 2009: Seventy years ago, starting with the violence of Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938), some people prepared to leave their homes, others wanted to stay in Germany.

Reflect on the changes in people's lives after Kristallnacht.

For more information about Kristallnacht, the 'Night of Broken Glass,' look at the following websites.(There is a great deal more on the web as well as in books and videos, but these links will give you a start). Kristallnacht convinced many Jews, and even some non-Jews, that the Nazis were taking Europe into an unprecedented catastrophe, and in the short ten months before the war began, many left or tried and failed to leave. Others were unwilling or unable to leave, hoping for the best. Either way, lives were terriblydisrupted."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/knacht.htm

http://www.aish.com/holocaust/overview/Kristallnacht.asp

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/kristalltoc.html

PLEASE NOTE that the deadline is Friday, April 3. E-mail the director for more information.

DIVISIONS: Division I is for grades 5-8. Division II is for grades 9-12. Students at any greater Dayton area school, public, parochial or private, are eligible. Entries are usually submitted through a teacher, but may also be sent to us directly. No more than two entries per student, please.

AWARDS: the first, second and third-place winners will receive an award. All entries will be exhibited at the annual Yom haShoah commemoration, and this year, some will be exhibited at the Victoria Theatre during the March presentations of "Brundibar."

FORMAT:

Entries can involve the creative use of any of the following visual media: drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, three-dimensional sculpture (assemblages, woodcarving, clay or wood sculptures), or mixed media.  Please note that if we receive more than ten photographic entries, we will judge them as a separate category.

All entries must be of manageable size and suitable for public display.

The Holocaust Education Committee reserves the right to exhibit any of the art entered in this contest, including photos of entries on this website or elsewhere. The art remains the property of the Holocaust Education Committee.

Each entry must have TWO entry forms: one attached to the artwork itself (on the back or bottom) and another copy to be included in an envelope mailed to the Resource Center by the teacher. This envelope may include forms for all the entries from a school or class. This makes it easier to identify and keep track of all entries. You may use photocopies or originals of the form in the print version of the Holocaust Education Newsletter, or download this online form.

mailing address:

Dayton Holocaust Resource Center

100 East Woodbury Drive

Dayton, OH 45415