The suspenseful chronicle of how the prodigious Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman helped save Europe’s premiere Jewi | dG1fR0kxMEFaVWIwelU
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00:00Heal Brahms
00:10Highly honored maestro, I have always seen Bayreuth as the fulfillment of a high artistic mission.
00:20I look forward to the moment when I shall personally be able to thank you for your participation.
00:26With sincere admiration, Adolf Hitler.
00:30Brunislav Huberman, the great violinist, did something few artists do.
00:43He stood up to tyranny, intolerance and racism.
00:47He stepped out in front with all of his stardom and fame to show that the threat of Nazism would not destroy the cultural achievement of the Jewish people.
00:56He said, this is a rescue mission, this is an artistic mission, I'm going to do it and he did it.
01:03He was at the time one of the most famous figures in music and he could have been promoting himself and making a lot of money.
01:09It was unbelievable.
01:16Luckily for my family, nobody had to go through the ordeals of concentration camps thanks to Huberman because getting my father out not only saved his life but also his sisters.
01:27What he did was something that had to do with leadership as well.
01:45Huberman had a calling and he followed that calling and we are grateful, we are very grateful.
01:52What he did with this orchestra, this is our victory.
01:55He saved our culture.
01:56What he did with this orchestra, this is our victory.
01:57He saved our culture.