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Shlomo Selinger - Biography

Shelomo Selinger (born ) is an Israeli sculptor who was born in Jaworzno in Poland and immigrated to Israel in From to , he studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

His sculptures in public places include:

  • The Unknown Righteous Among the Nations, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel
  • The Gates of Hell in Drancy, France
  • Monument to the Liberation from the Nazi Occupation at La Courneuve, France
  • The Poet, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey
  • Elijah, Haifa, Israel
  • Requiem for the Jews, (Bostalsee, Germany)

Shelomo survived 9 extermination camps in Germany, was forced to watch his father's murder (Nazi's forced a tube of water down his father's throat and drowned him), and was ripped out of his mother's arms.

Shlomo selinger biography examples photos Israeli-Franco sculptor Shelomo Selinger survived the National Socialist terror as the sole survivor of his family. After the war, he suffered from amnesia which he endured for a period of seven years. He emigrated to Palestine, where he met his wife-to-be Ruth Shapirovsky and started sculpturing.

Upon American liberation of the camps, a Russian soldier found him twitching on top of a pile of dead bodies about to be burned. He was rescued and put into an American hospital, where he suffered years of Amnesia and post-traumatic stress. When pieces of his memory started coming back and to channel his memories of what he had suffered, he started sculpting pieces that depicted life, creation, love, and hope.

Currently living in Paris with his devoted wife, he never hesitates to tell his story of survival and to show his work for those who wish to see it. He works with marble, granite, stone, and wood. Most of his creations are of loving embraces or those that emit some type of remembrance.

Shlomo selinger biography examples Shelomo Selinger (born 31 May ) is a sculptor and artist living and working in Paris since Selinger was born to a Jewish family in the small Polish town of Szczakowa (today part of Jaworzno) near Oświęcim (Auschwitz [1]). He received both a traditional Jewish upbringing and a Polish public school education.

His work is very popular since he uses all of his own tools and his imagination is his muse. An extremely nice man, incredibly gifted, and a genius with his hands.





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