Haim HechtBesprekingen

Bronislaw Huberman, a little Jewish boy from Poland, plays the violin with such virtuosity that a nobleman gifts him a Stradivarius which he uses to bedazzle Johannes Brahms. During the rise of Nazism Huberman managed to rescue 7 Jewish musicians. He brought them with their families to Palestine and founded the national orchestra. While giving a concert his Stradivarius was stolen. Five decades later, the instrument is uncovered and superstar Joshua Bell of the Israeli Philharmonic purchases it before returning to play a Brahms concerto in Huberman’s hometown. The film examines the brutality of the German occupiers and sheds light on just how Joshua Bell — now the world’s most famous concert soloist — came to own Huberman’s Strad. (fonte: Imaj)

Un documentario, il violino, un raro stradivari nelle mani di un ebreo prodigio di Czestochowa, in Polonia, Bronislaw Huberman, racconta una storia mondiale di eroi ebrei che affrontano i nazisti.

The story of Felix Zandman who was hidden in a small underground shelter with others through the kindness of Anna Puchalski, a Polish woman. He survived and founded Vishay, a multinational company and made scientific contributions to the Israeli Defence Forces.