The winners of the XXV I.B. Medvynsky All-Ukrainian Competition of Student Research and Art Works “History and Lessons of the Holocaust”
We sincerely congratulate the talented participants of the anniversary competition, which each year unites young people from across Ukraine in their commitment to remembering, researching, and understanding the tragedy of the Holocaust.
📖Research section
I place - Yana Yatselenko, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro Oblast
II place - Dariia Yanishevska, Zvenyhorodka, Cherkasy Oblast
III place - Karina Dustova, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro Oblast
💡Educational section:
I place - Kateryna Menshykova, Odesa
II place - Sofiia Tsybulka, Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv Oblast
III place - Iryna Mukha, Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast.
🖼Art section:
I place - Anastasiia Kovernichenko, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro Oblast
II place - Khrystyna Zakhozha, Kostopil, Rivne Oblast.
III place - Anastasiia Savytska, Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast.
📝Literary and creative section:
I place - Roman Byliuk and Sofiia Patiuk, Radovel village, Zhytomyr Oblast.
II place - Bianka Chala, Bilytske, Donetsk Oblast.
III place - Daryna Kurash, Oster, Chernihiv Oblast.
This year's competition is supported by the Jewish community of Düsseldorf within the framework of the Memory Paths Project, as well as the Gerhard Hauptmann House, Vaad Ukraine, and the Embassy of the State of Israel in Ukraine.
We thank all the participants, teachers, and partners for the important common cause of preserving historical memory.
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