the book's central character. On January 25, 2005, a deer burst through Tibor's living-room window and attacked him, resulting in his hospitalization. Tibor died on March 18, 2017, aged 97. Sculptures Tibor has stated that be believes he did not lose his life during the Holocaust and World War II so he could eventually create art to capture and evoke human emotions. "Art for art’s sake is not enough," he has said. Tibor's first commissioned sculpture was completed in 1974. Today his work can now be found in nearly 500 private collections and museums while his large outdoor statues can be seen in Ohio and around the world. Among the locations of his statues are the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem, Battelle Riverfront Park (Columbus, Ohio), Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Ohio), the Ohio Governor’s mansion, the Arthur James Hospital and Research Institute, and the Indianapolis Jewish Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Freedom (1985) and Celebration of Life (2004) are installed in Columbus. His most recent sculpture, "Zahor" (meaning "Remembrance" in Hebrew) was commissioned for Congregation Agudas Achim in Bexley, Ohio, where he is a member. The 9-foot-tall bronze sculpture shows German soldiers herding victims into a concentration camp gas chamber while above a survivor climbs out of the smokestack holding an Israeli flag. Behind the sculpture is a granite map showing the locations of all the concentration camps in Europe. The work also features a poem written by American poet Emma Lazarus predicting the establishment of the State of Israel. Awards Tibor has received a lifetime achievement award from the Liturgical Art Guild, an Arts Freedom Award, and has been inducted into the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. He also won a 2005 Ohioana Pegasus Award. References External links Alfred Tibor's personal site Sculpture Center information on four Tibor sculptures To purchase Alfred Tibor sculptures 1920 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American Jews American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent 20th-century American sculptors Jewish gymnasts Jewish sculptors Hungarian male artistic gymnasts Hungarian Jews Hungarian sculptors Holocaust survivors Hungarian emigrants to the United States Hungarian World War II forced labourers 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American sculptors