Featured violinists to play Violins of Hope, teaching the Holocaust through music and culture with restored instruments with the Holocaust
WHAT: The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum (HDECM) invites the community and media to attend the encore performance of the Violins of Hope Concert.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
TIME: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
WHERE: Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30th Avenue, Aventura, FL 33180
DETAILS: The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum (HDECM) will host an encore performance of the “Violins of Hope” concert at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center after the Grand Opening of the Exhibition garnered the attention of more than 500 attendees on January 7, 2024.
Featured musicians will perform using instruments rescued from the Holocaust and restored by father-and-son duo of violin makers in Israel, Amnon and Avshalom (Avshi) Weinstein. Whether it is the violin thrown from a cattle car en route to Auschwitz or the violin that became a lifeline for those playing in a concentration camp orchestra, each one tells a powerful story and carries an essence of hope and resilience as they are played once again.
Former WPLG Channel 10 Reporter Michael Putney will be the event Emcee and luthier Avshi Weinstein will narrate the stories behind each of the instruments as they are played. The concert will be performed by leading Turkish Violinist of her generation Sevil U. Weinstein, violinist and viola professor Bestie Tikanz Modiri and musician, teacher and performer Miriam Balass. Learn more about the performers here.
The Violins of Hope will be exhibited at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center until April 15, 2024.
Admission is free but guests must RSVP to Jeanine at 954-929-5690 or email assistcoordinator@hdec.org to guarantee their seat.
About the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum (HDECM):
The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum (HDECM) is a nonsectarian, nonprofit, committed to preserving the authentic memory of the Holocaust. Through thought-provoking exhibitions, engaging programming and extensive educational outreach, the HDECM is dedicated to enlightening visitors on the history, lessons and legacy of the Holocaust.
In October 2023, the HDECM unveiled its cutting-edge Interactive Learning Center, featuring smart tables, six oral history stations with access to over 55,000 Oral Histories from the USC Shoah Foundation and the HDECM and two mini theatres to showcase the USC Shoah Foundation’s produced Dimensions in Testimony (DITs) of Holocaust Survivors. This trailblazing technology allows visitors the unique opportunity to engage in conversation with two of South Florida’s Holocaust Survivors for years to come and learn about the Holocaust in a new way.
The Museum’s two anchor artifacts include an authenticated Holocaust rail car and a U.S. Army M-4A3E8 Sherman Tank, as well as oral history interviews, photographs, documents, journals, books, videos, and other invaluable items that serve as poignant reminders of this critical chapter in history.
For more information about the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum, please visit www.hdec.org.
