Amnon Weinstein, co-founder of Violins of Hope, restores a Holocaust era violin in his workshop. (Image courtesy of Miki Koren.) A violin can inspire unmatched emotional heat and historical power.

Explore a collection of instruments once played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. This documentary tells the story of the Violins of Hope exhibit. This collection of precious instruments, once ...

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — People from around the area came out to the Channel 11 Studio to donate over 50 used instruments for students in need. The instrument collection was part of the 11 Cares Violins ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Violins of Hope is a collection of 70 restored string instruments that were played by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust. They've traveled the world, and next month ...

They say great music is timeless. At a concert Thursday in a Chicago-area synagogue, it's the instruments — specifically the violins — that carried decades of history and profound symbolism. They once ...

Some were displaced during the war. One was tossed from a cattle train en route from Paris to Auschwitz. Another survived Dachau. These violins, long associated with the Holocaust, have been restored ...

Encased in glass, each violin represent a heartbreaking story. Jewish musicians played these instruments in concentration camps and ghettos during the Holocaust for survival, resistance or comfort.

More than five years after the city hosted a traveling exhibition of instruments that were played before and during the Holocaust, a companion program will be seen in Fort Wayne next month. “Violins & ...

A poignant reminder of the Jewish musicians who played before, during and after the Holocaust has arrived in Orange County, along with 60 of the stringed instruments they played. The “Violins of Hope” ...

Violins of Hope is a collection of instruments that survived the Holocaust. A father-son duo has restored them. Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra is hosting a Violins of Hope residency in Milwaukee ...

Violins of Hope is a project of concerts based on a private collection of violins, violas and cellos, all collected since the end of World War 2. Many of the instruments belonged to Jews before and ...