For 25 years, the Annual Holocaust Art & Writing Contest presented by Chapman University and The 1939 Society has provided an opportunity for students in high school and middle school to learn about the Holocaust by asking them to engage with first-person accounts from survivors and to produce their own creative work in response.

Now, a $3 million endowment from the Samueli Foundation will ensure that the contest will be able to continue its mission of educating future generations about the lives and experiences of Holocaust survivors.

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