It is unknown how the violin left Dachau and ultimately made its way to Hungary. But Kempa, according to documents provided to the Hungarian art dealers by the museum at the Dachau memorial site ...

The note was written by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa, a Jewish prisoner of the Nazi concentration camp. He hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances.

A secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells a tale of survival and craftsmanship Kempa’s “violin of hope,” as it has come to be called, is the only known instrument ...

Then, when their friend looked in the violin’s F-hole, they found a note left by its creator that changed everything they understood about the instrument. “Trial instrument, made under difficult ...

A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa.

The note was written by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa, a Jewish prisoner of the Nazi concentration camp. He hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances.

Jon Strassburg, who played first violin in his high school orchestra, enlisted a harpist for the spring Meta Campania ...

Programme note for Elgar's 'Violin Concerto. 1 Allegro 2 Andante 3 Allegro molto The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too ...

Budapest, Hungary — During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under ...

A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa ...

A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa ...