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The contest is sponsored by the Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education and the Memorial Committee for the Six Million Jewish Martyrs of the Jewish Community Relations Council, in cooperation with the Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Interfaith Council on the Holocaust, and Sons and Daughters of Holocaust Survivors. These excerpts were selected from winning poetry and prose entries from 1996-97, and included here in the hope that they encourage extended reflection on the themes associated with A Holocaust Remembrance. The accompanying artwork was also created by students participating in the Mordechai Anielewicz Contest, and made available courtesy of Rich Cohen, art instructor at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts.

The Jewish Community Relations Council also sponsors an annual Youth Symposium on the Holocaust. Unique to the Philadelphia area, the symposium attracts close to 1,000 students and teachers from public, parochial, and private high schools. This year's theme was "Lessons from the Past - Actions for the Present - Responsibilities for the Future." Students met in small group workshops to discuss a film about the Holocaust with educators and Holocaust survivors. Concurrent workshops were held for teachers. For additional information, call: