MCPA Dr. Helena Kane Finn Opens Exhibition Remembering 9-11
September 7, 2008. On September 7th, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs Dr. Helena Kane Finn opened the photo exhibition "I Once Had a Sweet Little Doll - Reflections on September 11th" by Carin Drechsler-Marx in Weingarten/Württemberg. A New Yorker herself, Dr. Finn recalled the shock of the attacks in 2001 and highlighted the gratefulness of Americans for the displays of sympathy by German citizens who had laid flowers and lighted candles in front the U.S. Embassy and the consulates in Germany. She quoted two New Yorker writers who observed the situation in the city in the days following 9-11: "The wax from the candles dripped and flowed together as our differences seemed to melt away. New Yorkers came together in a public ritual that in its transcendence of any single belief system represented all of them." Speech

Weingarten's Mayor Rainer Kapellen, who welcomed the guests, said he was deeply honored by the U.S. Embassy's recognition of Carin Drechsler-Marx's works. Cultural manager Manfred A. Konnes introduced the artist Carin Drechsler-Marx, who was born in Strasbourg and lived in Southern Germany until she emigrated to New York in 1960. In her art, Carin Drechsler-Marx expressed her feelings caused by the 9-11 tragedy. She used the dolls in her photographs as a symbol of vulnerability and childlike innocence. Photo Gallery