First Place
Lainey Thompson
Trinity Lutheran
7th grade

The Jewish people lived in fear for many years because of the Nazi Soldier. FEAR. "F" Frightened people boarding the cattle cars. "E" Evil Nazi Soldiers dehumanizing the Jews. "A" A pile of shoes from all the Jews that were massacred in the concentration camps. "R" Razor sharp barbed wire surrounding the camps to keep the Jews inside.

Second Place
Bryce Royston
Trinity Lutheran
7th grade

My drawing shows the terror Jewish children felt. In the middle you can see a Jewish boy, as he wears the Star of David badge. Those blurred are not Jewish and can be seen looking at the boy. Maybe whispering about him or muttering under their breath. Being a Jewish child around that time would probably have you thinking "Are they looking at me?"

Third Place
Kai McCoy
Trinity Lutheran
7th grade

This picture describes how different countries were affected by the Holocaust. It shows Britain as they adopted kindertransport for taking children who are Jews to safety. It shows Russia because Germany broke the Non-Aggression Pact and invaded Russia. It shows Israel with a star hanging from the flag and a baby. This shows how Israel will be a refuge for Jews. Underneath that it shows Austria and the Stairs of Death that Jews of camp Mauthausen had to carry stone blocks up those 186 steps. Right next to that picture is Poland with the most exterminated Jews there. That is where the biggest and most productive camp, Auschwitz, is. Finally, for Germany I showed Kristallnacht, also known as the night of broken glass. This was the Nazi declaration of war against Jews.

Honorable Mention
Maxwell Malkin
Gildersleeve Middle School
6th grade

I painted a timeline of the Holocaust which started with 1933 when the concentration camps opened and ended in 1945 which is when all concentration camps closed. My timeline also includes the following: Kristallnacht, Auschwitz, Birkenau, the first city blockade, J stamps on passports, the Jude armbands, Hitler's suicide, and the Jews being rescued.

First Place
Josephine Bridley
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade

More Than Skin Deep
The watercolor painting depicts an arm with the number 6 million tattooed where a victim in a concentration camp would receive an identification serial number. In each digit there are symbols of the Holocaust; barbed wire, an emaciated body, Auschwitz II, a train car, and a crematorium smokestack.

Second Place
Percy Bevilacqua
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade

Can't Look Away
Many children of the Holocaust were not even kept alive upon arrival in concentration camps as they would be killed with no regard for the value of their lives both in the present and future. My piece features 257 names of children who died in concentration camps to never forget.

Third Place
Elizabeth Smith
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade

Set Ablaze
A Jewish kid is missing his parents and does not know what happened to them. He wonders if he will ever see them again, but he is held back by the barbed wire of Nazis. The background shows the truth with a pile of burning bodies lit aflame.

Honorable Mention
Isabella Candelario Clarke
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade

In the poem "The Action in the Ghettos of Rohatyn, March 1942" by Alexander Kimel, he mentions "mothers searching for children in vain." That one line was the motivation for my work. The painting depicts a scene of a mother holding her child's skull, symbolizing the heartfelt loss and grief experienced during the Holocaust. Jewish children in Europe during that time had led a life full of fear, uncertainty, and in most cases, death. I did not want my artwork to just reflect the child, but also the impact that was left on the mother.

Honorable Mention
Kathryn Easterling
Hampton Roads Academy
10th grade

Reaching For Hope
In this painting, a boy in a concentration camp is reaching up to a dove stuck in the wire. The dove symbolizes hope. The boy will never be able to reach the dove because the tall fencing with the sharp and impassable barbed wire surrounding the camp. Despite his attempts to reach for hope, it remains outside of his grasp because of the cruel reality of the Holocaust.