First Place
Kayla Mercier
Trinity Lutheran School
7th grade
My visual art presentation is on writing prompt number four, The Survival Story Of Amelia Bendex. Amelia Bendex knew she was lucky surviving the Holocaust, but it was not without a fight. Even though she was able to avoid the yellow Star of David patch on her clothes and the barbed wire camps, Amelia still felt like a prisoner. After she was ripped away from her family, she was able to hide from the Nazis on a friend's farm. She spent each day struggling for food and fearing that she would be captured by the Nazis. Hope and prayer is what helped her survive. This collage represents the hardships she encountered during this difficult time of her life.
Second Place
Max Malkin
Gildersleeve Middle School
8th grade
A Holocaust Survivor's Memoirs
The life of a Holocaust survivor in comic book form. He's captured from hiding, brought to Birkenau, attempted escape, liberated, and reunited with his family. All the backgrounds are all pictures of the concentration camps and 1940-45 houses and transportation. Decoupage and acrylics on canvas are the mediums used.
Third Place
Emilee Roueche
Trinity Lutheran School
7th grade
My project shows how the other European countries reacted to the action of Hitler. Some countries fought against him, fought with him, some stayed neutral, some people helped Jewish people hide and escape. They all did something or nothing in their own ways.
Honorable Mention
Caroline Myers
Trinity Lutheran School
7th grade
The art is split down the middle using barbed wire showing her life split in two ways. The first side was when she was care free and did not have to worry about anything happening. The birds in the background show how she is free with not knowing what was about to happen around her. The other side shows her when she was put in a concentration camp and was mistreated by others, showing that her life had been turned upside down so quickly.
First Place
Abigail Adams
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade
History is Screaming
My work captures the darkness of the Holocaust and the events surrounding ICE with the fences, prison bars, gas from the chambers, handcuffs, and striped uniform worn by European Jews. The ability to flip the painting upside down and view it in a similar way, portrays the similarities between the two events. European Jews were captured and killed unlike the people captured by ICE who are placed into detention centers, and then deported back to the country they came from. These events share the story of innocent people being punished by a group for living their lives, both share a single leader that creates the rules for what is considered illegal.
Second Place
Zion McHenry-Wilson
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade
Bullet Train
The following artwork symbolizes how fast injustices can occur. The speeding train in the foreground of the image represents past tragedies, such as Kristallnacht and Jim Crow laws, that were stepping stones for the mass violence of bigoted governments. In addition, the train showcases a new potential threat to civil rights via the absence of due process for immigrants in the United States. Although the train is far from its final destination, it is increasing speed, just like the immoral treatment of Jews gradually increased under the Nazi government. It is our duty as people, to take action against unjust treatment before it is too late.
Third Place
Lily Lopez
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade
How The Holocaust Compares to ICE
This meaningful piece of art was carefully crafted to showcase the true effects of the Holocaust and how the same actions still take place in today's world. To help you get a visual the drawing displays a split comparison of the Holocaust to ICE, where the police are actively taking families, separating them, and deporting them. This shows the same characteristics as the Holocaust where they would separate families and send them off to camps.
Honorable Mention
Katelyn Brown
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade
This piece was done fully in pen. It represents a girl’s eye, specifically a young girl, looking into a crowd of protesters. Some prominent posters within this protest consist of “Don’t make me repeat myself," "1 death is a tragedy, 10,000 is a statistic,” “The holocaust started as a mass deportation,” and “There is a little girl in an attic writing about ICE.” This shows the similarities within America today, to the Holocaust.