| Dear friend, Today is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Today we remember the six million who died at the hands of an evil regime. We honor their memory and make a vow to never forget what happened so the world does not allow it to happen again.  To commemorate Yom Hashoah, The Jerusalem Connection presents the first of a series of paintings motivated by the Auschwitz Album. Pat Mercer Hutchens is working on a series of paintings in response to seeing the photos recently found and presented to Yad VaShem (Holocaust Museum) in Israel.
From the artist: "Because of the insane time in which we live, when people actually have the gaul to deny the horrors of the Holocaust, I feel absolutely compelled to present evidence to the contrary. These innocents sitting among the crowds of the Nazi-condemned, these real life women and children stir my heart.
By zooming in on individuals and small family groups, by trying to grasp how it feels to be hated
not for what you have done, but for who you are and what you believe, we humanize them and feel for them as we would for a friend, a neighbor or family member who perished.
Although it is difficult to experience the depths of sorrow they felt for the life of their little ones cut short by a madman and his cold hearted followers, I do know well the heart of a loving, protective mother who would gladly give every bone in her body to save her babies.
May their God and ours use these paintings for His eternal purposes." Please consider making a $75 donation to The Jerusalem Connection and receive a giclee print of this special piece of artwork. Click here to donate using Paypal or mail your donation to the address below (be sure to note on the check that you would like to receive the print "Mother and Babies at Aushwitz.")
Measure of the artwork is 7" x 7". Copyright 2010 Pat Mercer Hutchens. God bless you for your partnership in these crucial days,
Rev. James M. Hutchens, Ph.D.
Chaplain (Brigadier General) US Army (Ret.)
President, The JerUSAlem Connection, Int'l |
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