The Danube Swabian Foundation of the U.S.A., Inc.
Die Donauschwaebische Stiftung der USA, Inc.
The Oma Abt Youth Heritage Award
3rd year’s (2016) essay topic was:
Create some form of visual art that represents Donauschwaben culture.
OMA ABT YOUTH HERITAGE AWARD RESULTS 2016
1st prize: Kirsten Ittner Chicago Donauschwaben 2nd prize: Tomas Botsch Cleveland Donauschwaben 3rd prize: Kayla Finn
Their Entries:
Kirsten Ittner Chicago Donauschwaben
“My Opa, who is Donauschwaben, always would tell my cousins and I stories about his life in the old country, so that is what inspired the painting.”
Tomas Botsch Cleveland Donauschwaben
My nickname is Schwoblife. What does Schwoblife mean? I get his question from almost everybody that’s not from our German club. To me Schwoblife means to live life as a Schwob would. Whether it is incorporating the Donauschwaben heritage in my everyday life whether that be to speak Schwowish to my Oma cooking recipes from the old country or sporting our wappen everywhere I go. Last year I had the chance to take wood shop in school, and I thought that was cool already. When it came time to
start our last project I was very excited because we were asked to make a clock. As soon as I heard we were going to make a clock, I instantly thought about the Donauschwaben wappen. It took me a long time to finish the clock, about 6 weeks. All the hard work and dedication going into this project meant so much to me. The time flew by. While I was making the clock I did some research on the wappen. The blue represents the Donau river, the black eagle spreads its protective wings over the Danube region. The six taller represents the six major settlement areas of the Donauschwaben. I love the SCHWOLIFE and my heritage.
Kayla Finn
Explanation: The three photos were made by using other photos to make the bigger photo. Attached are the three photos by themselves as well as together in order to see it better.
