Jewish Culture and Holocaust Remembrance JCHRnow.com Group presents Yom HaShoah JCHRnow.com 2023 Series Part 3 Tibor and Neomi Spitz are both Holocaust Survivors. The Spitz ‘s are Slovak-born artist and authors. After escaping from communist Czechoslovakia o the West, Tibor lived and worked in Canada and the US. They currently reside in Kingston, NY. Suppressed memories of his tragic childhood required an outlet only art could fully provide. The Communist country where he lived for two decades would not tolerate it, while political freedoms in the West fully supported his free artistic expression. Next to his scientific and technical profession Tibor Spitz became simultaneously an active artist as well. The unusually creative artistic environment in both Kingston and nearby Woodstock, NY gradually turned him into a professional artist. As his interest in art continued growing, besides painting he has been also sculpting, making ceramics, wood carvings, and wood burnings. Joining Tibor and Noemi is Poet Sarah Hawes-Hughes. Tibor is also featured in the PBS documentary entitled “Songs Of Survivors” which will featured To access the wonderful and beautifully emotive PBS Documentary "We Remember: Songs of Survivors" on paid Amazon Prime at https://amzn.to/42BXcx0 I know you will enjoy this amazing film and see Survivors from the Kingston NY, USA area and their survivor stories featured in new musical compositions. Jackie Gmach and Jeffery Giesener co-moderate the program. April 2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theobligationofmemory/message