Irit Amiel Poetry and Prose Recitation Competition
Sources: Juliusz Słowacki Comprehnsive Senior High School, Alon Goldman
One of the events leading up to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Częstochowa ghetto was a student competition reciting the poetry and prose of Częstochowa Holocaust survivor, Irit Amiel z”l. The event took place in the Zofia Idzikowska Auditorium of the Juliusz Słowacki Comprehensive Senior High School.
The competition organiser was the Częstochowa Municipal Education Department, in conjunction with the Częstochowa Branch of the TSKŻ (Social-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland) and the Juliusz Słowacki Comprehensive Senior High School.
The competition was divided into two categories: Recitation and Derivation From the Word.
To learn more about Irit Amiel z”l, click HERE.
The competition Judging Panel comprised Deputy Chair of the Częstochowa City Council and Consultant to the Council on the Częstochowa Jewish Community Ms. Jolanta Urbanska, Chair of the Częstochowa Branch of the Association for Jewish Culture (TSKŻ) Ms. Izabela Sobańska-Klekowska, Literary Secretary of the Adam Mickiewicz Theatre Ms. Ewa Oleś, who is co-scriptwriter of the film “Map of Childhood” dedicated to Irit Amiel, Ms. Dorota Chamoń, and Ms. Agnieszka Łuczak-Wielgórka, both teachers at the Juliusz Słowacki High School.
Competition winners were:
RECITATION
1st place: Aleksander Kopeć, K.K.Baczyński No. 2 Elementary School, Częstochowa
2nd place: Zuzanna Kowalczyk, A.Mickiewicz No.1 Elementary School, Krzepice
Equal 3rd place: Antonina Grywacz, No.27 Elementary School, Częstochowa
Equal 3rd place: Klaudia Rachwał, No.1 School and Pre-School Complex, Częstochowa
DERIVATION FROM THE WORD
1st place: Łucja Aftowicz, Armia Krajowa No.48 Elementary School, Częstochowa
Awards and certificates will be presented on 6th October 2021, at the rooms of the Częstochowa Branch of the TSKŻ (Social-Cultural Association of Jews in Poland), during an major event summarising the series of events connected with the Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Częstochowa Ghetto.