See Aviva Kempner’s New Documentary “A Pocketful of Miracles” – March 3 at the Katzen Arts Center at 4pm

Tickets are free but you must make a reservation

Hanka and Dudek Ciesla grew up in a loving Jewish family in Poland. Their idyllic childhood was abruptly shattered when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. After their family is separated, Hanka passes as a Polish Catholic within Germany, and Dudek is sent to Auschwitz. Once they are liberated, Helen and David reunite as orphans and rebuild inspiring lives in America as abstract expressionist artist Helen Ciesla Covensky and businessman and philanthropist David Chase.

• “A Pocketful of Miracles: A Tale of Two Siblings” Screening on Sunday, March 3rd at 4 pm
• American University’s Abramson Family Recital Hall in the Katzen Arts Center at the intersection of Massachusetts and Nebraska Aves. NW
• Free Parking in the Katzen Center Garage.

MC: Dr. Eva Fogelman, consulting producer, will be in discussion with director Aviva Kempner and artists Micheline Klagsbrun, Dalya Luttwak, and Miriam Mörsel Nathan after the screening of the film.

The film showing is presented in conjunction with the American University Museum’s exhibition “Art and the Demands of Memory: Works by Second Generation Holocaust Survivors.”

Click HERE to watch the Theatrical Trailer.

Click HERE to purchase tickets.

Sponsored by Dr. Adam Schwartz and Brandywine Dental Team.