Stitched & Sewn
The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel
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A child survivor of the Holocaust, Trudie Strobel settled in California, raising a family and never discussing the horrors she witnessed. After her children grew up, the trauma of her youth caught up with her, triggering a paralyzing depression. A therapist suggested that Trudie attempt to draw the memories that haunted her, and she did—but with needle and thread instead of a pencil. Resurrecting the Yemenite stitches of her ancestors, and using the skills taught by her mother, whose master seamstress talent saved their lives in the camps, Trudie began by stitching vast tableaus of her dark and personal memories of the Holocaust. What began as therapy exploded into works of breathtaking art, from narrative tapestries of Jewish history rendered in exacting detail to portraits of remarkable likeness, and many of her works are now in public and private collections.
In Stitched & Sewn, Jody Savin tells the dramatic story of how a needle and thread saved Trudie Strobel’s life twice, and Ann Elliott Cutting’s photographs showcase Trudie’s remarkable works of art. With a foreword by Michael Berenbaum, author of eighteen books, co-founder of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and co-producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary One Survivor Remembers.
©2020 Jody Savin (P)2025 Prospect Park Books
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“A work of beauty: breathtaking tapestries, combined with a sensitive, poignant narrative of how art prevailed over suffering in the life and work of one survivor. Stitched & Sewn is medicine for one’s eyes and heart.”—David Fishman, author of The Book Smugglers and professor of history at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
“Stitched & Sewn is a testament to the profound power of the human experience; the ability to endure the worst atrocities and then create meaning and indelible beauty is a buoying, wondrous thing. That three artists from different media—writer Jody Savin, photographer Ann Elliott Cutting, and tapestry artist Trudie Strobel—came together to realize this book reminds us that all of our life's work, including that of survival, is autobiography. You won't soon forget the stories captured here, in words and images.”—Alison Singh Gee, author of Where the Peacocks Sing
“Stitched & Sewn is a cautionary tale of what happens when a society loses its humanity. Trudie Strobel’s story reveals the emotional carnage of surviving the Holocaust and the cost of silence, and it’s a testament to the healing properties of art and documenting impossible pain. Strobel literally stitches together tapestries of memory and Jewish life, and in doing so implores us to face the ugliest chapters of history, and to never forget them.”—Michelle Brafman, author of Washing the Dead and Bertrand Court