The violin is made of platinum and measures just 35 microns long and 13 microns wide, with a micron being one millionth of a meter. For size comparison, a human hair typically ranges from 17 to ...

Kempa's "violin of hope," as it has come to be called, is the only known instrument actually built inside the camp. It is unknown how the violin left Dachau and ultimately made its way to Hungary.

During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances — ...

A musical instrument known as the violin of hope, which was made during World War II, has revealed a long buried secret after art dealers discovered a handwritten message left inside by its maker ...

The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek “Franz” Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany, remained unnoticed for decades. It wasn’t until art dealers ...

During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing ...

Szandra Katona via AP A handwritten and hidden tag in Silesian dialect (mix of Polish and German) inside a Dachau-built instrument dubbed the “violin of hope’’ reads: “Trial instrument ...

A violin, crafted by Jewish prisoner Franciszek Kempa in Dachau during WWII, harbors a clandestine note revealing its origins. Found by Hungarian art dealers, the 'Violin of Hope' symbolizes ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted ...

A handwritten and hidden tag in Silesian dialect (mix of Polish and German) inside a Dachau-build instrument dubbed the ‘’violin of hope’’ reads: ‘’Trial instrument, made under ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A violin with a hidden message inside, crafted in ...

He hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances. Musical instruments were crafted, present and found in concentration camps across Central and Eastern Europe during World ...