A Jewish prisoner at the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances.

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. Musical instruments were ...

church music and forced singing. All known instruments that survived Dachau are believed to have been brought in by prisoners. Kempa’s ‘violin of hope’ as it has been named, is the only known ...

Motivated by the contradiction, the professional disassembled the violin, revealing Kempa’s hidden note — an apparent explanation ... There is ample evidence that musical instruments were present in ...

Motivated by the contradiction, the professional disassembled the violin, revealing Kempa’s hidden note — an apparent ... There is ample evidence that musical instruments were present in ...

Motivated by the contradiction, the professional disassembled the violin, revealing Kempa’s hidden note — an apparent ... There is ample evidence that musical instruments were present in ...