During September 26-28, the final stage of XVI International Contest of Creative Works of School and University Students, Postgraduates and Teachers “Lessons of War and the Holocaust – Lessons of Tolerance”, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, “Tkuma” Ukrainian Institute for Holocaust Studies and Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine”, was held in Dnipro. Among 250 creative works, which were sent to the Contest this year, only 50 became finalists. The winners were:

Students, postgraduates
The 1st Degree Diploma
Yana Kostryhina, Tetiana Shmalko (Dnipro)
„View into the Abyss” (painting)
“The History of the Unconquered” (painting)
(Creative work)
The Dnipro State College of Construction and Installation Technologies and Architecture
The 2nd Degree Diploma
Tamara Mandych (Kherson)
The Holodomor of 1932-1933 in the Kherson Region: Genocide Verbalization in Witness Recollections
(Research work)
Kherson State University
Anastasiia Datsiuk (Ostroh, Rivne region)
The Study of Ostarbeiters’ everyday life from the Rivne Region through the Prism of Their Personal Correspondence (1941-1944)
(Research work)
Rivne Economic and Law Lyceum (currently, the student of the National University of Ostroh Academy)
The 3rd Degree Diploma
Kateryna Zourab, Stanislav Suprun (Poltava)
Virtual guided tour and interactive map “The Jewish History of Poltava”
Poltava Polytechnic College
Karina Akopian (Nizhyn, Chernihiv region)
Remember, Do Not Forget, Remind.
(Creative work)
Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University
Teachers
The 1st Degree Diploma
Yevhen Mazur, Maryna Mazur (Transcarpathia region)
1. “Millstones of Hunger”. A lap book for students in grades 8-11.
2. “The Hungry Conscience”. A theatrical performance for high school students.
(Pedagogical skill)
Head of the “Melpomene” Theater Studio of the District Center for Extra-curricular Education of Zaperedillia secondary school, teacher
History teacher, Mezhhiria specialized secondary school of I-III degrees
The 2nd Degree Diploma
Liudmyla Humeniuk (Lityn, Vinnytsia region)
Study guide „The Holocaust Topic in Teacher Extra-Curricular Work”
(Pedagogical skill)
Lityn secondary school №1, deputy director for educational work
Iryna Fridman (Kyiv)
The Persistence of Memory. Babyn Yar: yesterday, today, tomorrow
(Pedagogical skill)
Teacher of the history and traditions of the Jewish people, Educational Complex №41 “Educational Resources and Technology Training”, Kyiv
The 3rd Degree Diploma
Valerii Nehmatov (Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region)
Literary and musical composition “Kadysh: street to the sky…”
(Pedagogical skill)
Teacher, Sievierodonetsk secondary school №20
Andrii Mahaletskyi, Kateryna Mahaletska (Zhytomyr)
The History of XX Century Genocides
(Pedagogical skill)
History teacher, secondary school №21
History teacher, Zhytomyr city gymnasium №3
Schoolchildren
The 1st Degree Diploma
Polina Torubarova (Kupiansk, Kharkiv region)
The Latest History. Political Association
Intellectual game „Mind Control”
(Creative work)
Kupiansk secondary school of I-III degrees №6, grade 11
The 2nd Degree Diploma
Yuliia Nikolenko (Zaporizhzhia)
The Holocaust through Teens’ Eyes
(Creative work)
Zaporizhzhia Multidisciplinary Lyceum №99, grade 10
Anastasiia Lysak (Dnipro)
By the Babyn Yar Roads. Places of executions of civilians in Dnipropetrovsk. Interactive map
(Research work)
Secondary school №62, grade 10
The 3rd Degree Diploma
Oleksii Naumenko (Lysychansk, Luhansk region)
Defenders of the Motherland – Participants in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, volunteers and Maidan activists
(Research work)
Municipal Institution “Lysychansk specialized school of I-III degrees №8”, grade 9
Anastasiia Pavkovych (Rivne)
2020 Calendar “Diplomats – the Righteous among the Nations”
(Creative work)
Rivne classical gymnasium “Prestige”, grade 11
Special awards:
Diploma for the original embodiment of a creative idea
Valentyna Obodovska, history teacher, gymnasium №7 (Odesa) and Kateryna Bednaryk, student, Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University (joint work)
Reflective etudes on the same topic “Three Days about the Holocaust and Another Poetry”
Diploma for introducing new historical sources to the scientific circulation
Karina Boldin (Vinnytsia region)
Interethnic Assistance during the Tragic Trials of World War II
Samhorod secondary boarding school, grade 11
Nelia Nemyriuk (Opishnia, Poltava region)
We must remember this…
Teacher, State specialized boarding school of art of I-III degrees “Collegium of Arts in Opishnya”
Diploma for a new format of creative work
Oleksandr Lytvynov, Vladyslava Pavlivska, school students (Kharkiv)
RAP as a Debate Tool
Instagram as a Space of Tolerance
Kharkiv specialized school of I-III degrees №80, students
Diploma for the best creative work
Svitlana Predko, Kyrylo Boiko (Dnipro)
Composition from vytynanka „The Light of Hope”
Dnipro University of Technology, students

We would like sincerely congratulate the winners! Please note that all contestants who have submitted their works this year will soon receive participants' diplomas.