The Toledo Poznan Alliance and Lifelong Learning at Lourdes University is co-sponsoring a trip to visit the exhibit of Polish artist Adam (Grochowski) Grant. This trip will be Sunday, July 1st, and registration is just $25.
Born in Warsaw Poland in 1924, Adam Grant was a member of a rather well to do family. His father was a physician, who when WWII began, joined the army. Unfortunately, his father was one of the more than 12.000 Polish officers that were murdured in the Katyn forest in 1940. (see Katyn movie, under Past Events for more information on this event). During his younger days, Warsaw was a vibrant center for the arts and social events. Of course, Mrs. Grant said, that all changed for Adam at the beginning of the war. He was captured and sent to Auchwitz and later to Mauthhausen, a labor camp in Austria. His art was his salvation. His captors kept him alive to take advantage of his talent.
After he was liberated and spent several years in a refugee camp, he came to America. There he changed his name from Grachowski to Grant.
To read more about Adam Grant, go to:
Additional details will soon be available on our website (www.lourdes.edu/lifelong) or you may call Laura at 419.824.3707 for more information.
