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You watched him set the Stradivarius on the chair - would you speak up?

You watched him set the Stradivarius on the chair - would you speak up?

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A violin worth a lifetime is left alone in a Carnegie Hall dressing room during intermission - you watched him set the Stradivarius on the chair; would you speak up?

You watched him set the Stradivarius on the chair - would you speak up?

In this episode, we follow a single intermission at Carnegie Hall in 1936 and the disappearance that followed, then widen to the choices a celebrated violinist made as Europe unraveled and he tried to build an orchestra in Palestine. What happened in that empty dressing room, and what would you have done in the moment?

Person: Bronisław Huberman
Date: February 28, 1936
Location: Carnegie Hall, New York City
Instrument: 1713 Stradivarius (the Gibson)
Event: Theft during a 45-minute intermission

- Huberman performed at Carnegie Hall, set the Gibson Stradivarius in his dressing room, and left it unattended for the 45-minute intermission.
- The Gibson had been made in 1713, previously stolen in 1919 and recovered three days later before coming into Huberman’s hands.
- Huberman publicly refused invitations to play in Nazi Germany in 1933 and began organizing what became the Palestine Symphony Orchestra.
- Nearly a thousand musicians and their families were later given papers and positions through Huberman’s recruitment and fundraising efforts.
- After the 1936 theft, Lloyd’s of London paid a $30,000 insurance claim while the instrument itself remained missing for decades.

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