Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust-Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour by James A. Grymes

Author:James A. Grymes [Grymes, James A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Holocaust, Jewish, Modern, 20th Century
ISBN: 9780062246844
Google: i69ZAwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2014-08-12T06:19:58.277428+00:00

OLE BULL’S VIOLIN.

is a Norwegian national treasure.

His works are the founding pillars of Norwegian music

THE NORWEGIAN YOUTH will not allow our Germanic honor to be soiled by

THE JEW MOSES SALOMON

(alias Ernst Glaser)

This Jewish peddler has misappropriated Ole Bull’s fiddle, our national treasure, and is traveling by land and sea making money off of it.

WE DEMAND THAT MOSES SALOMON’S PEDDLING TOUR BE STOPPED HERE IN BERGEN:

National Youth

The lights in the concert hall came on, allowing the audience to finally see the uniforms of the National Youth. In what is surely one of the most heroic moments in the history of music, the music lovers in attendance became enraged and attacked the demonstrators.

After Germany had occupied Bergen, the audience had resolved to keep the philharmonic concerts as free from Nazi politics as possible. They had accepted the presence of German soldiers and civilians in the concert hall, but these new audience members had not interfered with the performances. This protest was something completely different. It was an unwelcome intrusion into their artistic sanctuary. They decided to fight back.

In response to the chants of “Down with the Jews,” the Norwegian actor Hans Stormoen called out, “Down with the rioters.”71

Fights broke out throughout the concert hall. One member of the audience struck a Nazi hooligan with the handle of her umbrella. A violinist from the orchestra tore off his tuxedo jacket and jumped from the stage to join the bloody fistfight against the National Youth.

Before things could get too far out of hand, Heide leapt to the podium and quickly instructed the orchestra to strike up the Norwegian national anthem.

The entire orchestra rose. As soon as the audience and the National Youth heard the opening chords, their patriotism obliged them to stop what they were doing and sing along. The fighting ceased, with the exception of a few minor skirmishes at the back of the hall that were caused by the state police’s removing Hans Stormoen and other counterprotesters. The ejected audience members were released later that evening with the flimsy explanation that they had been detained for their own protection during the angry demonstration. The members of the National Youth were never even questioned for their role in the fracas. Instead, they were praised by the German authorities for their passion.

When the orchestra finished the national anthem, the audience spontaneously launched into the Norwegian royal anthem, which begins “God save our gracious King.” (It is sung to the same melody as Britain’s “God Save the King/Queen” and America’s “My Country ’Tis of Thee.”) By singing the royal anthem, the audience was thumbing their noses at the Nazis by brazenly displaying their allegiance to King Haakon VII.

Norway’s first king after the country gained independence from Sweden in 1905, Haakon had fled Oslo during the German invasion on April 9, 1940. He and his government had retreated to the town of Elverum, where they had laid the legal groundwork to continue the war against Germany from outside the country. Since fleeing to England on June

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