AUCTION AT THE Besides serving as executive director of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors when she was tracing her family's roots, she also had been a licensed private investigator and a road manager for an entertainer. Soon after she began traveling through Poland, often encountering Old-World living conditions, she real- ized that the assistance of a translator just wasn't enough. "There were different fragments of archive inventories either published in a few places or printed and unpub- lished, so I hired people to go allover Poland and collect this material," explains Weiner. "Some were archivists . who would work fOr me on their vaca- tions, and some were archivists who took time off to do this." Weiner learned that Poland had 3.3 million Jews before the war. Although 65,000 survived, only a few thousand remain in that country. The odds of finding a living relative, therefore, are minuscule. The same is not true in the former Soviet Union, where she has located her own relatives, enjoying gatherings where they could compare stories and photos. Going to Europe several times each year and staying for weeks, Weiner has enhanced her ability to communicate even though she still requires a transla- tor. "I've learned to read a few words in Polish," Weiner says. "I've learned to read Russian and can speak about 100 words. I can read documents now and translate vital records and census records, and I can read enough Hebrew to pick out names on tomb- stones." As Weiner works with many people tracing their heritage, she finds differ- ent reasons for the pursuit, such as a birthday or special event of an elderly relative, a family death that has trig- gered curiosity or discussions with someone who has gone ahead with a successful search. One of her most touching experi- ences was taking a woman to a small town where they expected a difficult time locating facts, but instead found family histories on the first page they touched. Weiner believes the interest in look- ing back has grown because the Internet has opened a lot of possibili- ties and the collapse of the Iron Curtain has opened travel opportuni- ties. The researcher says she has not encountered anti-Semitism. Rather, GALLERY Exhibition Hours: Friday, October 16th at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, October 17th at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, October 18th at Noon Friday, October 9th Saturday, October 10th Monday, October 12th Tuesday, October 13th Wednesday, October 14th Thursday, October 15th FREE VALET PARKING ALL SALE DATES Free Parking Wednesday Evening Exhibition 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Paintings by Jean Dufy and Paul Jenkins, linocuts by Picasso, 19th century Oushak carpet, furniture, crystal, American silver, Chinese Export porcelain and other items from the Estate of Semon E. Knudsen of Bloomfield Hills, MI. Fine furniture, including Hendredon, Baker, Meyer Gunther Martini, Maitland Smith, French and English furniture, two Country French style armoires, a chinoiserie 8 panel 18th century screen English stoffordshire and a red lacquer oriental console table all from the collection of Thomas Burns Bloomfield Hills Mi. Waterford crystal, Chinese export porcelain, antique cut glass, English ironstone, French bronzes, fine and costume jewelry from the collection of Sarah Magnuson, Ann Arbor. Victorian furniture, cut glass, crystal and fine jewelry, the Estate of Eileen Kelly Dossin, St. Clair Shores. Andre Lhote (French 1885-1962), oil on board, 17" x 22". Sunday #2004 Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973), color linocut, dated 1959, 20" x 25". Sunday #2002 Oushak Turkish Oriental carpet, late 19th c., 13'9" x 10'. Sunday #2014 Pablo Picasso, black and white linocut, 1959, 20" x 25". Sunday #2003 A 15% Buyer's Premium is added to each lot sold up to and including $50,000 and 10% over $50,000 and is subject to 6% Michigan Sales Tax Illustrated catalogs avail - Fine Arts Appraisers and Auctioneers since 1927 able at the Gallery for $20.00, postpaid $25.00 Express Mail and Overseas $33.00. Annual subscriptions $75.00. International subscriptions $135.00 MIEntertainment zarraorr JEWISH NEWS 'TN Jean Dufy (French 1888-1964), oil on canvas, dated 1928, 10" x 8". Sunday #2011 Lawrence F. DuMouchelle Norman DuMouchelle Joseph DuMouchelle, G.G. Ernest J. DuMouchelle Robert DuMouchelle Joan D. Walker Joseph Walker BI Get Results... Advertise in our Entertainment Section! Call The Sales Department (248) 354-7123 Ext. 209 Detroit Jewish News 1 0 /9 1998 93