11/11/2011 - 01/29/2012

Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley Center (on the Mall)
Washington, DC

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Bernice Steinhardt, one of Esther's daughters and co-author of "Memories of Survival", is available for school classes and organizations. Contact us.

Hilos de la Vida
Fabric Art & Story
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Art & Story Education Program

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"Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz" at the Smithsonian

EXHIBIT ENDS SUNDAY, JANUARY 29

Nov. 11, 2011 - Jan. 29, 2012 in the S. Dillon Ripley Center on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Hours and Directions
Read about the exhibit (from Smithsonian.com)
Listen to an Audio Tour on a Cell Phone - (202) 595-1732 or
in a web browser [for iPod/MP3 Download before visiting.]
Guides for Teachers and Students, to help students visiting the exhibit develop a deeper appreciation of issues of tolerance, social justice and peace. Download the Educator Guide * and Student Questions *.
* pdf files require Adobe Reader

Through the Eye of the Needle
The Art Of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
A film by Nina Shapiro-Perl
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Fabric of Survival - Esther's Story

ESTHER NISENTHAL KRINITZ, along with her sister Mania, were the only members of their family, and among the few Jews in their Polish village, to survive the Holocaust. At the age of 15, Esther refused the Nazi order for the Jews to report to a nearby railroad station for relocation. She and her sister separated from their family and never saw them again.
In 1977, at the age of 50, Esther Nisenthal Krinitz began creating works of fabric art to depict her stories of survival. Over a 20-year period she created a collection of 36 needlework and fabric collage pictures - Fabric of Survival - which is now a traveling exhibition.

Esther's Art & Story In Print