VOLUME 4 NO. 3 Dear Child Survivors We are pleased to let you know we have a number of wonderful new child survivor projects to offer you all. Child Survivor Portrait Exhibition: Drawn from Oblivion Artist Jeffrey Kelson has offered to paint 20 portraits of child survivors for a very special exhibition. The portraits will be on canvas using mixed media (oil and acrylic paint) dim: 50 x 60 cm. There is no obligation to purchase your portrait. If you would like to, the cost is $300. Half of the proceeds will be donated to the Jewish Holocaust Centre who in turn provide for our child survivor events.
SEPTEMBER 2016
The first portrait completed for you to see is of Paul Valent. There is a separate 50 x 60 cm artist statement next to Paul’s portrait with Paul’s story. Jeffrey has also provided a sketch of Paul as a child. If you decide to participate (15 places left) please phone Viv Parry on 0419 819 131 to book your place. Jeffrey will then contact you, take 4 photos, and then send you the one he wishes to you use for your approval. In 2-3 weeks you can see your portrait. If you want to purchase the artist statement, the cost is a further $150. Please let me know as soon as possible if you wish to take part in this exciting Child Survivor Portrait Exhibition to be held at the Jewish Holocaust Centre. Viv Parry, Chairperson, CSH
New Child Survivor anthology: “My Story... My Life...” The second Child Survivor Project is a new volume of child survivor stories. Working Title: My Life... My story. Mentioned in the last Connections Newsletter, I was able to raise $10,000 for this project. The book is different in several ways. There will be a short family history / family tree at the beginning of each story together with a photo of the CSH family to show the early days. There will also be a recent photo at the end and a few lines about how your life evolved – the aftermath. Julia Reichstein, Librarian at the JHC, has written the following letter to child survivors to tell you about the project. There will be updates in forthcoming editions of Connections. *** The JHC publishing house is very honoured to be working
with Viv Parry and participating child survivors in this endeavour. Mid-2017 is our target date for publishing this latest anthology from the CSH Group. Very soon we will work out a timeline of short term goals for achieving our publication date. We are very fortunate to have Danielle, our compassionate and caring pioneer interviewer who thus far has interviewed three child survivors and documented a snapshot of their Holocaust experience, as well as gained an insight into their pre-war life. Our interviewer has been so humbled and awe-struck by the courage and humanity that has shone through with each interview undertaken. We are in the process of finalising our story formatting style to best represent each participating survivor who