The group biography focuses on the German-speaking founders of the Palestine Orchestra – nowadays called the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra – which was created by the violinist Bronislaw. Using contemporary witness accounts and newly released written documentation, Barbara von der Lühe unravels the paths that led 50 Jewish musicians, conductors and musicologists from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to emigrate to Palestine between 1933 and 1939. They escaped from National Socialism thanks to the orchestra in Tel Aviv, which gave them the possibility to relocate to British Mandate Palestine.
XX, 356 pages. ISBN: 978-3-16-163587-8 DOI: 10.1628/978-3-16-163587-8
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