German honour for Israeli violin restorer

German honour for Israeli violin restorer

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norman lebrecht

December 15, 2016

The Israeli luthier Amnon Weinstein, restorer of violins that survived the Holocaust death camps, has been awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz by foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Jewish Museum in Berlin.

His project Violins of Hope has toured widely around the world.

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