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From: Steven Lasky <steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com>
Please visit the Museum of Family History's newest online exhibition, entitled
"The Works of Martin Kieselstein."
Within this exhibition you will see more than two dozen of his sculptures, just
a small sampling of his large body of work. Dr. Kieselstein has been a
prodigious artist, creating hundreds of emotive works that represent the tragic
events that befell the Jews of his hometown both before and during the
Holocaust, e.g. life in the ghetto, the transports and Jewish existence within
the concentration camps such as Auschwitz. To do this, Dr. Kieselstein has used
a wide variety of materials, such as clay, bronze, wood, stone and glass.
His work has been exhibited in many locations, such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
Beer-Sheva and Safed in Israel; Budapest, Hungary; Helsinki, Finland;
Heidelberg, Dachau, Kronach and Worms in Germany; Nijkerk in
Holland,Torremolinos in Spain, and Maryland in the U.S.A.
Here is the introduction to the Museum's exhibition of Dr. Kieselstein's works,
in his own words:
"My name is Dr. Martin Kieselstein. I was born in Romania in 1925, during the
Second World War, the area belonging to Hungary. In 1944 I was deported to
Auschwitz, together with all the Jews of my hometown. Of our family only my
father and I survived. My mother and my sister died while doing forced labor. I
still suffer due to the lack of knowledge whether they perished during the cold
winter, hunger, or the beatings of the Nazis. After my release I returned to my
hometown, studied medicine, graduated in 1952 and worked there as a physician.
In 1959 I came to Israel and worked there as a geriatrician in Jerusalem,
because I saw it as my duty to help elderly people, especially those who were
Holocaust survivors. In recognition of my activities I was awarded the 'Yakir
Yerushalyim,' ('Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem') award. I am married; we have two
sons and five grandchildren. I don't regard myself as an artist, but feel
obliged and duty bound to convey to future generations the awareness of the
horror of the Holocaust through creations made from various materials."
You can visit this exhibition using the following link:
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/ce/kieselstein/mk.htm.
Your comments are always welcome.
Steven Lasky
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
blog: http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com
steve@museumoffamilyhistory.com
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