Violins of Hope brings Holocaust-era strings to Bay Area

Violins of Hope brings Holocaust-era strings to Bay Area

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/13/violins-of-hope-brings-holocaust-era-strings-to-bay-area/

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Inside San Francisco’s War Memorial Veterans Building, a group of carefully chosen Bay Area musicians gingerly draw their bows across the strings of 49 historic violins, a viola and a cello. Some of the instruments bear shiny Stars of David; others, nicks and scratches from the concentration camps of Auschwitz.