Violins of Hope (32 page)

Dobrowen, Issay, 32, 155

Donau,
175

Dorohoi, 231

Due, Mary Barratt, 172

 

Edineţ, 206

Eichmann, Adolf, 71, 76

Einstein, Albert, 36–37

“El Malei Rachamim,” 221

Elverum, 165

 

Falkenhorst, Nikolaus von, 170

Feldborg, Arild, 190

Fenyves, Alice, 43

Fenyves, Lorand, 43

Flagstad, Kirsten, 183–85

Flesch, Carl, 155

Flute of Sanssouci, The,
162

France, 79

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, 63

Franconia,
103

Frankfurt Culture League, 24, 26, 27

Franz Joseph I, Emperor, 65–66

Frederick the Great, 162

Freedom to the Homeland, 195, 231

Fromm, Julius, 109

Fromms Act factory, 109

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 30

Fustamit, Maria, 246, 251, 256

Fustamit, Pavlo, 246, 251, 253, 256

 

Garimberti, Ferdinando, 8

Geldmacher, Wolfgang, 171–72, 176–77, 183

German Emergency Committee, 72

Germany,
see
Nazi Germany

Gershtein, Meir, 240–41, 246

Gershtein, Reizele, 240–42, 268

Gershtein, Shunye, 242

Gershtein family, 240, 242, 253, 268

Gershwin, George, 134

Gestapo, 76–77, 107, 171

Ghetto Swingers, 142

Gildenman, Moshe, “Uncle Misha,” 235, 239, 249–50, 257–59, 261–67, 269, 271, 275–79

Gildenman, Simcha “Lionka,” 239, 253, 258, 259, 262, 263, 275, 277–79

Glaser, Berit, 156, 182, 185

Glaser, Ernst, 11,
149
, 151, 154–57, 161–63, 167, 169–70, 172–74, 176–93

    
escape to Sweden, 176–90

    
Guadagnini violin of, 178, 183

    
Ole Bull's violin and, 151, 159–61, 163, 166, 172, 191, 292

    
return to Norway, 191

    
Torgersen and, 192–93

Glaser, Ernst Simon, 193

Glaser, Felix, 155–57, 178, 182–83

Glaser, Jenny Rosenbaum, 155, 182–83

Glaser, Kari Marie Aarvold, 155, 172, 177, 181–82, 185–89, 191–93

Glaser, Liv, 156, 182, 185, 193

Glaser, Lizzie, 155–57

Glaser, Susanna, 193

Gleiwitz, 144

Goebbels, Joseph, 19, 167

Goldberg, Szymon, 20

Goldschmidt, Alex, 74, 75

Goldschmidt, Helmut, 74, 75

Goldsmith, George (Günther Goldschmidt), 24, 26–29, 74, 107, 108

Goldsmith, Rosemary (Rosemarie Gumpert), 24, 26, 29, 107, 108

Göring, Hermann, 109

Graener, Paul, 162

Great Norwegian Performers 1945–2000
, 192

“Greetings to Upper Salzburg,” 132–33

Grieg, Edvard, 151, 158, 185, 188

Grieg Academy, 192

Grini, 168

Grünschlag, David, 42

Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista, 178, 183

Guarneri, Andrea, 217

Guarneri, Bartolomeo Giuseppe (del Gesù), 159

    
Ole Bull's violin made by, 151, 159–61, 163, 166, 172, 191, 193–94, 217, 292

Guarneri violins, 159, 217, 288

Gura Humorului, 197, 200, 201, 206, 208, 210, 213, 216, 219, 286

Gypsy Family Camp, 141–42

 

Haakon VII, King, 165

Haas, Fritz “Papa,” 99, 100

Haemmerle, Albert, 131

Haendel, Ida, 4, 5

Haentzschel, Georg, 20

Haftel, Heinrich, 42

Haganah, 83, 90

Hanegbi, Seffi, 279–80

Hardanger fiddle, 158

Harstad, 168

“Hatikvah,” 56, 81, 87, 210, 232, 281

Haydn, Joseph, 20, 63, 64, 160–62

Hechalutz, 75–76

Heide, Harald, 160–62, 164–66

Heifetz, Jascha, 3, 10

Helios,
80–82

Helset, Olaf, 190

Herset, Kjellaug, 179–80

Himmler, Heinrich, 117

Hird, 153, 169

Hitler, Adolf, 18, 63, 65, 107, 133, 143, 153, 171, 247, 279

Hitler Youth, 160

Hlinka Guard, 77–79

Holocaust History Museum, 281

Höss, Rudolf, 118

Hubay, Jenő, 43

Huberman, Bronisław, 11, 15, 29–49, 51, 52, 57

 

Iaşi, 197–99, 203

Israel, 56, 231, 232, 279

    
Winingers in, 232–33

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 29, 56, 209

 

Järvsö, 190

Jawor, Tadeusz, 116

Jewish Agency for Palestine, 45–46, 48

Jewish Culture League, 22–29, 32, 38, 39, 45, 108, 109

Jewish Historical Institute, 279

Jewish National Fund, 50

Joachim, Joseph, 30

Johan de Witt,
94–95

Johannesen, Jim, 169

Juilliard School, 5

Juliek (violinist), 144–45

 

Kaddish, 249–50, 262

“Kaddish” (Ravel), 210

Karajan, Herbert von, 66

Karol (informant), 265–66, 269–72

Kirkenes, 190

Kirkenes March,
190

Kishinev, 240

Klemperer, Otto, 26–27

Klezmer, 10, 291

“Kol Nidrei,” 224

Kopka, Franz, 123–28

Kopyciński, Adam, 119

Korets massacre, 249–50, 278, 279

Krasnovka, 238–40, 242, 243, 245–46, 255, 256

Kreisler, Fritz, 20

Kristallnacht, 27–28, 57, 70, 108, 156–57

Krongold, Chaim, 288–89

Krongold, Edna, 290

Krongold, Nadir, 289–90

Krongold, Shimon, 5, 12–13, 283, 288–91

Kursk, 265

 

Laks, Szymon, 120–21, 125–32, 135, 138, 147

LaSalle Quartet, 147

Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, 18–19

Léhar, Franz, 273

Lengsfeld, Josef, 29

Levi, Primo, 145–46

Levin, Robert, 186–87, 189, 190, 193

Lewin, Heinz, 137

Liese, Teodor, 291–92

Löbel, Harry, 208–10

Loeb, Dora, 40

Lubin, 257–59

Lunde, Gulbrand, 167, 169–70, 173

Lunger, Alfred, 42

Lwów, 285

 

Mahler, Alma, 138

Mahler, Gustav, 20, 137–39

Malmö, 183

Malmö Symphony Orchestra, 183

Manchester Guardian,
31

Mandel, Maria, 137

Mania (radio operator), 263–64

Mauritius, 11, 91, 95–104

Medinat Israel,
232

Melamed, Avraham (Harry Löbel), 208–10

Melk,
80–82

Mendelssohn, Felix, 10, 20, 36, 55, 121

Mengele, Josef, 123, 130, 139, 141, 142, 176

Menuhin, Yehudi, 10

Meyer, Henry, 24, 107–10, 121–23, 125–26, 134, 146–47

Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 20

Milos,
82, 83, 87–90

Mintz, Shlomo, 5, 10, 148, 194

Mogilev, 214

Mogilev-Podolski, 208–10

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 242–43

Møre, 168

Møystad, Oliver, 169

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 20, 32, 118, 129

“My Yiddishe Momme,” 221–22

 

Narvik, 152, 168

National Union Party, 152, 154, 161, 184

National Youth, 160–66

Nazi Germany:

    
borders sealed in, 107

    
Final Solution enacted in, 26, 72

    
Jewish Culture League in, 22–29, 32, 38, 39, 45, 108, 109

    
Kristallnacht in, 27–28, 57, 70, 108, 156–57

    
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil service in, 18–19

    
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and, 242–43

    
musical instruments and manuscripts seized in, 286–88

    
Nuremberg Laws in, 25, 181, 197, 246

    
Reich Association of Jewish Culture Leagues in, 25–26

    
Reich Chamber of Culture in, 19, 154

    
Reich Chamber of Music in, 19–20, 36, 162

    
removal of Jews from employment in, 18–19

Nazi Soldiers Club, 12, 269–75, 280

Neumann, Hans, 79

New Music Association, 193

New York Times,
34

Nierychło, Franciszek, 116, 119

Nieuw Zeeland,
94–95

Norway:

    
Glaser's escape from, 176–82

    
Glaser's return to, 191

    
Nazi occupation of, 152–54, 165, 167–70, 175

    
resistance movement in, 171–72, 176–78, 186

Norwegian Academy of Music, 193

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, 154

Norwegian National Revival, 158

Norwegian National Theatre, 158

Nuremberg Laws, 25, 181, 197, 246

 

Obukhov, 213

Olyka, 248

Öreryd, 187–89

Ornati, Giuseppe, 8

Oslo, 152, 154, 158, 165, 167–69, 172, 174, 175, 179, 181, 191, 193

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, 11, 149, 151, 155–57, 159, 167, 189, 191–93

chamber orchestra of, 192

Oświęcim, 110

Ovruch, 265–66, 269–72, 274

 

Pacific,
82, 83, 87–90

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 268

Palestine, 3–4, 11, 26, 31, 33–34, 73–77, 82–84, 86–94, 102, 103, 209, 232

    
Balfour Declaration and, 44–45, 50

    
conflict between Arabs and Jews in, 45, 47, 74, 88

    
White Papers and, 45, 74

Palestine Orchestra, 11, 15, 33–58, 73, 107, 155

    
first concert of, 47, 54–56

    
immigration visas for members of, 44–49

    
musicians' arrival at, 49–52

Patria,
87, 89–91

Patrónka, 77–80

Peer Gynt,
185

Pentcho,
81

Perlman, Itzhak, 10

Philosophy Club, 189

Placht Brothers violins, 226–27

    
of Wininger, 226–27, 230, 233–34

Poland, 242

Polischuk, Basia, 39

Ponary, 6, 7

Popov (explosives expert), 271, 272

Poulsson, Magnus, 172

Poulsson, Berit, 177

Puccini, Giacomo, 99

 

Quakers, 11, 72–73

Quisling, Vidkun, 152–53, 161, 165, 167–70, 181, 184

 

Ravel, Maurice, 210

Reich Association of Jewish Culture Leagues, 25–26

Reich Chamber of Culture, 19, 154

Reich Chamber of Music, 19–20, 36, 162

Reidarson, Per, 154

Riefling, Robert, 172

Robinson, Judge, 216–17, 221, 223

Romance for Violin,
189

Romania, 197–99, 231–32

Romsdal, 168

Rosé, Alma, 137–39

Rosé, Arnold, 137

Rosenstock, Joseph, 26–27

Rossini, Gioachino, 55

Rostal, Max, 155

Rovno, 248

 

Sachnowitz, Herman, 174–76

Sachsenhausen, 27, 136

Sagberg, Lars, 179–80

St. Louis,
74–75

Salomon, Horst, 39

Sarasate, Pablo de, 187

Scazinetz, 210, 213

Schiefer, Heinrich, 38–39

Schlein, Batyale, 238, 240, 241, 243, 244, 248, 251, 252, 275, 279

Schlein, Burtzik, 238, 239, 243, 244, 246–48, 250–52, 256, 275, 279

Schlein, Chana, 238–40, 243–44, 246, 251, 252, 275, 279

Schlein, Mordechai “Motele,” 12, 237–48, 250–81

    
death of, 278–79

    
farmer and, 254–56

    
in forest, 237–39, 253–54, 257

    
Soldiers Club and, 12, 269–75, 280

    
in Uncle Misha's Jewish Group, 12, 235, 239, 250, 257–80

    
violin of, 237, 241–42, 253, 254, 266–69, 271–74, 279–81, 290

Schnéevoigt, Georg, 174, 183–84

Schoenberg, Arnold, 20

Schönbrunn,
81–82

Schubert, Franz, 55, 132

Schumann, Heinz “Coco,” v, 142–43

Schuschnigg, Kurt, 63

Schuyer, Ary, 40

Schwalbé, Michel, 4–5, 283

Schwarz, Rudolf, 27, 41

Schwarzhuber, Johann, 120, 126, 130–36

Sgarabotto, Pietro, 8

Shargorod, 214, 228

Shargorod Ghetto, 214–16, 220–22, 228

Shargorod Jewish Police, 222–23

Shavuot, 249

Sibelius, Jean, 191

Sinding, Christian, 157

Singer, Kurt, 22, 25, 41

Slobodárni, 77–78, 80

Soldiers Club, 12, 269–75, 280

Solomon (teacher), 240–42

“Solveig's Song,” 185

Sommerfeld, Kurt, 21–22, 39, 41

Sommerfelt, Søren Christian, 174

Sonderkommando, 127, 134–35

Sørensen, Henrik, 173

Sousa, John Philip, 117

Soviet Union, 161, 199, 228–29, 231

    
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and, 242–43

    
Poland invaded by, 242

Spanish Dances,
187

Steen, Randi Heide, 187

Steinberg, Hans Wilhelm, 27, 32, 38–41, 52

Steltzer, Theodor, 170–71

Stern, Isaac, 10

Stettin, 175

Storfer, Berthold, 76, 77, 79–80, 86

Stormoen, Hans, 164

Stradivari, Antonio, 217

Strauss, Richard, 36

Strongin, David, 281

Stroumsa, Jacques, 111–15, 120, 129, 147

Surowicz, Jacob, 42

Svendsen, Johan, 189

Sweden, 152, 169–71

    
Glaser's escape to, 176–90

Swedish Aid for Norway, 186, 189

Swedish Music Society, 183

Sydspissen, 168

Sylou-Creutz, Edvard, 154