The University of New Haven (UNH) will present its fifth annual Holocaust Remembrance Event at 3 p.m. in the UNH Library on Tuesday, April, 29. The keynote speaker, Martin Schiller, '64 is a Holocaust survivor who has written of his experiences in a book entitled "Bread, Butter and Sugar: A Boy's Journey Through the Holocaust and Postwar Europe." Schiller, a native of Poland, was released 62 years ago from Buchenwald, the second of two concentration camps he had been sent to as a boy.

In addition to remarks by Schiller, the program of remembrance will include a reading of names of those who perished in the Holocaust who are in some way related to a member of the UNH community. The ceremony will include the lighting of ceremonial candles, the chanting of a memorial blessing, a moment of silent contemplation, musical accompaniment and an art exhibit by local artist Deborah N. Sessel. All members of the community are invited to attend the event. For more information, call 203-932-7095.

See the works of 86 artists auctioned off by the world reknown auctioneer Simon de Pury and make them your own while contributing to a cause that is so essential to the survival of our families in Israel. 

Please look at the active, on-line auction at www.sensi6.org now!  I have donated a drawing that can be found on page 7. Make your bids now to secure your purchase.

Simon de Pury is one of the art world’s leading figures, renowned for his deep and long-standing knowledge of the global marketplace and his legendary performance at the auction podium. He generates excitement in the saleroom with a display of great wit and can conduct sales in four languages – English, French, German and Italian.

Born in Basel in 1951, Simon de Pury studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Tokyo in the 1970s with an eye towards becoming a fine artist. After working at the Bern auctioneers, Kornfeld & Klipstein and subsequently studying at Sotheby’s Institute, Simon de Pury joined Sotheby’s working London, Geneva and Monte Carlo. From 1979 through 1986, Simon de Pury curated the celebrated Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in Lugano. In 1986, Simon de Pury returned to Sotheby’s first as Chairman of Sotheby’s Switzerland and then as Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and the company’s Principal Auctioneer. Throughout the 1990s, he conducted all of Sotheby’s major sales in Europe which included the Thurn und Taxis sale in Geneva and Regensburg, the Margrave sales in Baden-Baden and from 1994, all the major Impressionist sales in New York.

In 1997, Simon de Pury co-founded with Daniella Luxembourg, de Pury & Luxembourg Art, a Geneva-based art advisory firm. In 2001, this firm merged with Phillips Auctioneers to become Phillips, de Pury and Luxembourg which specialized in the sale of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art, Jewelry, Photography, and 20th and 21st Century Decorative Arts.

In 2004, Simon de Pury became the majority shareholder of Phillips de Pury & Company and focused the selling activity of the auction house to four main collecting categories featuring works from the 20-21 centuries: contemporary art, design, photographs and jewelry. The new company re-located to the Meatpacking district in Chelsea which at the time was developing to be the international art community that it is today. In addition to auctions, Phillips de Pury & Company handles private treaty sales of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary works of art, builds private collections for a select group of clients and hosts a regular schedule of selling exhibitions for artists, designers and photographers.

Phillips de Pury & Company has become the world leader in the sale of contemporary art by emerging talent and been the auction house above all others to successfully introduce a number of artists to the secondary market. Simon de Pury’s unique and enterprising approach to the sale of important works of art has made Phillips de Pury & Company the most dynamic art company for today’s market.

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7:00 PM Cocktails and Auction Registration
8:00 PM Program
8:30 PM Live Auction, Dinner and Wine Tasting

 
In commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Rememberance Day, (April 15), Dactyl Foundation presents "Faith," paintings and drawings by Deborah N. Sessel. Sessel's first solo exhibition in NYC features eleven still lifes of personal items left behind by Jews who suffered the Holocaust and five impressionistic landscapes depicting the camp yard and towers around Auschwitz-Birkenau.  The exhibition's title, "Faith," refers to prisoners' persistent faith in life itself, their resilience and perseverance. Accordingly, Sessel's artwork finds serene beauty where one m ight not expect it. The quality of her workmanship and her careful attention to detail reflect the untiring dedication found in the hearts and minds of the faithful. The opening reception will be Thursday, April 19th, 7- 9, with a conversation with the artist at 8:30. Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities is located at 64 Grand Street (between Wooster and West Broadway) in SoHo, NYC. Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10:00 - 6:00 PM; Sunday 1:00 - 6:00 PM. Closed Saturday for Shabbat. Office: 212 696-7800 /  Gallery: 646 329-5398 (during exhibitions times only). Subway: A, C, E, at Canal Street, or 1 at Canal Street. Open to the public. Admission free. See www.dactyl.org for further information.

Deborah will present several pieces from her newest collection titled "FAITH" at the opening to the film "Sophie School: The Final Days"

Today – May 5, 2005 – is Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew). On this rain-soaked afternoon, 18,000 Jews and non-Jews from 40 countries will walk in silence from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the Nazis' largest death camp. The march symbolically recreates the death marches the Germans forced on Jews and other camp inmates, particularly in the last days of the Third Reich.

Most participants will begin the three-kilometre march from the gates of Auschwitz I death camp, which proclaim "Arbeit Macht Frei" (work brings freedom). Of course, this declaration was untrue – most of the camp's inhabitants never saw freedom. Instead, they wound up in the gas chambers or killed by firing squad, torture, starvation, disease.

The oppressive gateway to Birkenau offers no such illusory message. It is here that the march will culminate in a ceremony featuring Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Polish Prime Minister Marek Belka and Nobel Peace Laureate Eli Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor. This is the largest March of the Living ever held.

Why Poland for a Holocaust pilgrimage? Several reasons. It was Poland that had the largest Jewish population in Europe leading up to World War II, Poland that had the largest number of Nazi death camps, and Poland where millions of European Jews and at least two million Polish non-Jews were murdered.

For more information about these most meaningful events, and to continue reading about this event in particular, go to www.marchoftheliving.org