Auschwitz fiólin

Í 1917 flýggjar fióllærarin, Abraham Levinsky, úr St. Petursburg við konu, børnum, og síni týsku, Geichenman Drisden, fiól frá 1883. Tey flýggja ikki bert tí, at hann arbeiðir fyri tsar Nicholas II, men eisini tí at tey eru jødar. Í næstan eitt ár ferðast tey til gongu gjøgnum Russland, og fiólin er ein troyst á ferðini. Komin til Odessa sleppa tey við báti til Leeds, í Onglandi, har Abraham hevur vónir um eitt lættari lív fyri familjuna.
Dóttirin, Rosa, sum er avbera góður tónleikari, arvar fiólina, og fer til Týsklands, í 1936, at spæla við Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Familjan er varin við at lata hana fara, nú Hitler er komin til valdið, men tey vænta at orkestrið kann verja hana, og hinar jødisku tónleikararnar, frá handtøku. Lítið vita tey, at tað er ljóðføri hennara, sum gerst hennara barging.
Rosa verður tikin av nazistunum, tann 9. novembur 1938, á sjálvari Krystallnáttini, og send í týningarleguna, Mauthausen. Í 1939 verður hon send til Auschwitz, og seinni Bergen-Belsen, har hon er til krígslok, í 1945. Rosa er fyri ósigiligum harðskapi, og eru tað fiólin og tónleikaligu evnini, sum halda henni á livi. Eftir kríggið sleppur hon heim til familjuna í Onglandi, og er vitni í rættarsøkunum ímóti nazistunum í Nürnberg. Í 1947 doyr Rosa av tuberklasjúkuni, og seinasta ynski hennara er, at fiólin verður spæld og søga hennara søgd.
Fiólin finnur sín veg víðari til bróðirdóttirina, Natalie Cumming, sum hevur skrivað familjusøguna í bókini “The Fiddle”. Natalie spælir ikki ljóðføri sjálv, so fiólin fer í dvala líka fram til 2018, tá hon er við í eini sending á BBC við heitinum “The Repair Shop”, og verður afturgjørd. Mett er, at fiólin kann verða spæld í 100 ár afturat.
Nú, 80 ár eftir Holocaust, kemur Auschwitz fiólin til Føroya, og eru tað Elaine Patience og pianisturin Gill Townsend, úr Onglandi, sum koma at framføra, og siga frá hesi hugtakandi søgu. Tær spæla m.a. løg frá spælifilminum “Schindler’s List”, klassisk stykkir hjá Ernest Bloch og russisk fólkaløg.
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English

In 1917, violinist Abraham Levinsky flees from St. Petersburg with his wife, children, and his treasured violin, a Geichenman Drisden from 1883. They are not fleeing only because he worked for Tsar Nicholas II, but also because they are Jews. For nearly a year, they travel on foot across Russia, with the violin offering comfort on the journey. Upon reaching Odessa, they manage to take a boat to Leeds, England, where Abraham hopes for a better life for his family.

His daughter, Rosa, an exceptionally talented musician, inherits the violin and in 1936 travels to Germany to play with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The family is hesitant to let her go, now that Hitler has come to power, but they believe the orchestra can protect her and the other Jewish musicians from arrest. Little do they know, it is her musical talent that will become her salvation.

Rosa is captured by the Nazis on November 9, 1938, on the very night of Kristallnacht, and sent to the concentration camp Mauthausen. In 1939, she is transferred to Auschwitz, and later to Bergen-Belsen, where she remains until the end of the war in 1945. Rosa endures unspeakable cruelty, and it is the violin and her musical abilities that keep her alive. After the war, she returns to her family in England and serves as a witness in the Nuremberg trials against the Nazis. In 1947, Rosa dies of tuberculosis, and her final wish is for the violin to be played and her story to be told.

The violin finds its way to her niece, Natalie Cumming, who has written the family’s story in the book “The Fiddle.” Natalie does not play the instrument herself, so the violin remains silent until 2018, when it is featured in the BBC program “The Repair Shop” and restored. It is estimated that the violin can be played for another 100 years.

Now, 80 years after the Holocaust, the Auschwitz violin comes to the Faroe Islands, where it will be performed by Elaine Patience and pianist Gill Townsend from England, who will share this moving story. They will perform, among other pieces, music from the film “Schindler’s List,” classical works by Ernest Bloch, and Russian folk tunes.

The concert is free. Due to limited seating, registration is required via phone at 737398 or by messaging Gallarí Á Stongunum on Facebook Messenger.
There will be an opportunity to support the event, as well as to purchase Natalie Cumming’s book.

Sponsors of the event include:
Valaverk, Blikksmiðjan, Eysturlon, Hjá Rólant, and GólvFix.