First-, second- and third-place art winners are Jennifer Kung, an 11th-grader at College Preparatory; Eric Lerner, an 11th-grader at Lynbrook High School in San Jose; and Jared Leiderman, an 11th-grader at College Preparatory.

Participants in the writing contest submitted a documented research paper of 1,500 words or fewer on the theme of “Never shall I forget that night: Survivors remember the Holocaust.”

Participants in the art contest submitted a piece of original artwork responding to the the same theme.

First-place winners and their sponsoring teachers will visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

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