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Secret note hidden in Dachau-built ‘Violin of Hope’ tells tale of survival

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Polish Jewish prisoner Franciszek "Franz" Kempa built the violin in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau .

The instrument's craftsmanship pointed clearly to a skilled maker, but the choice of wood was "incomprehensible" Art dealers in Hungary discovered the instrument after sending it out for repairs.

It is unknown how the violin made its way to Hungary .

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English

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