Hans Rustad 
En spesiell konsert ble spilt utenfor murene til Gamlebyen i Jerusalem onsdag. Ett israelsk orkester og et fra Istanbul spilte for 3.000 publikummere. 16 fioliner som overlevde Holocaust, ble split på av israelske musikere. Amnon Weinstein har restaurert dem. De har alle en egen historie. En av fiolinene kommer fra Norge.
«Jewish violins, outside the walls of Jerusalem, it’s a dream,» Weinstein told the Haaretz daily.
A centerpiece of the event was a violin organizers say was once owned by a 12-year-old boy named Motele. They said Motele played for German officers while hiding with a group of Jewish rebels on the Russian front. He is said to have hidden his violin in the German compound and used its case to smuggle in explosives to help the Russian Jewish irregular forces retake the town.
The concert ended Wednesday evening with a 12-year-old boy playing the Israeli national anthem on Motele’s violin in commemoration of Israel’s 60th anniversary this year.
The chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court and members of the parliament were among 3,000 people in the audience. The ambassador of Norway also attended. One of the violins was recovered and kept in Norway, said one of the event’s producers, Adi Arbel.
