Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Artwork of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel

A baby survivor of the Holocaust, Trudie Strobel settled in California, elevating a household and by no means discussing the horrors she witnessed. After her kids grew up, the trauma of her youth caught up along with her, triggering a paralyzing despair. A therapist steered that Trudie try to attract the reminiscences that haunted her, and she or he did―however with needle and thread as a substitute of a pencil. Resurrecting the Yemenite stitches of her ancestors, and utilizing the abilities taught by her mom, whose grasp seamstress expertise saved their lives within the camps, Trudie started by stitching huge tableaus of her darkish and private reminiscences of the Holocaust. What started as remedy exploded into works of breathtaking artwork, from narrative tapestries of Jewish historical past rendered in exacting element to portraits of exceptional likeness, and plenty of of her works at the moment are in private and non-private collections.

In
Stitched & Sewn, Jody Savin tells the dramatic story of how a needle and thread saved Trudie Strobel’s life twice, and Ann Elliott Slicing’s images showcase Trudie’s exceptional artistic endeavors. With a foreword by Michael Berenbaum, creator of eighteen books, co-founder of america Holocaust Memorial Museum, and co-producer of the Academy Award–successful documentary
One Survivor Remembers.