Holocaust memorial day creative writing competition 2023
These are the six winning pieces of creative writing produced by our students. We are very proud of their thought-provoking and inspiring pieces of writing.
Holocaust Poem
by Jack Wood
Herded into trains,
Carriages of gloom.
Every bump on the track,
One step closer to doom.
Sealed in a chamber,
With nowhere to go.
Innocent lives taken,
And now we all know.
The wrath of one man,
Hitler was his name.
All those lives lost,
Did he ever feel shame?
The deadly Days of Holocaust
Chuga Chug Chug the Train Goes…
By Madeleyn McCollom
Chuga chug chug the train goes,
Back and forward,
Forward and back…
The train tracks screeching,
Hundreds of people weeping,
Everyone having to fit into one train,
Bodies lay on top of each other,
‘Everyone pile in’
Everyone huddles together not knowing what’s to come,
Bellies empty, starving them out,
Chuga chug chug the train goes,
Ready to pick up innocent people,
People would die for their religion, for no reason,
Chuga chug chug, the death train goes.
REMEMBER
Let’s all remember the people who died for the life we have today. Innocent people: children, mums, dads, all being murdered because of what they believe in. starved, being put in gas chambers. Why? Just because they didn’t like them. Next time you’re moaning because you didn’t get a new phone or a new dog, just remember what they did for the life you have today.
This Tale Has to be Told
by Tia Abbott
They stare, eyes wide
arms out, pushed aside
they look, in fear,
In Faithlessness, Poor dears.
No man, no child,
No faith left to fight,
Love is all lost
Because of these fateful nights.
The flames grow higher
as the screams dim
this nightmare, this horror
ready to begin.
Steam from the chimneys
Twirl in pain,
Scratching on the tracks,
Here come the trains.
More and more arrive
Without say,
Because of who they are
They all need to pay.
From thousands to millions,
Each day goes by,
Now sound asleep
Listening to the lullabies
of screaming infants.
Blood runs cold.
The sound of death.
This tale has to be told.
Holocaust
By Hallie-May Tudor
Men went on the right, women on the left,
I knew then I was alone, nowhere to run
Nowhere to hide – Our last moments together I
Shall not forget. It was all a lie until we die!
My last words couldn’t come out I had tears
In my eyes begging it to end – until I looked
Over to my mum and sister waving their last
GOODBYE!
I knew at that moment we were long, long
Gone. We could be separated forever, they could be gone. I can’t be alone forever
I can’t lose my family!
Let’s not forget how hard the Holocaust would have been.
Holocaust
By Grace E Murray
Women to right, men to left,
Terrified screams echoed in the air,
Women to right, men to left,
People stood with no hope left.
Corpses lay with grey blank faces.
Children stood putting on their brave faces.
The sky was grey, the corpses lay,
Women to right, men to left,
Finally the day’s over,
Hardly anyone left.
Hanukkah
By Olivia Smith
As we gather together around the menorah
Weslot in the candles from right to left
We feel this Hanukkah is different
As they committed theft.
Theft of our Hanukkah, a celebration of joy
Theft of the people who simply love another boy
Theft of those who lack sky blue in their eyes
And theft of the family members who now live beyond the skies
Theft of the boy with a disability
And theft of the girl not in touch with her femininity
Theft of those who tried to help the helpless
And theft of the religious Jehovah’s Witness
Satans Slaves come knocking at the door,
They don’t see us as humans but just another chore.
Mum hides the candles, Dad responds to the knocks,
They drag us kicking and screaming out of the ghetto blocks.
The train and its wheels cry with its clacks
Like the families that fear the end of those train tracks.
We grind to a halt, my nightmares come true.
I am pulled from my mother’s grip and my father’s too
We line up, single file, one after another
The Nazis shout their language that’s of other
As I wait for the bullet to pierce through my skin
I remember my last Hanukkah in this world that we live in.