My Father's Lost Diary: A Personal Account of the Jewish Holocaust in Europe (1937-1942)

Joel Feder a well-known photographer in the early 1900s was the missing link I had been searching for surrounding the mystery of how my family was in possession of this amazing violin that had been passed down from generation to generation The violins very existence began over 150 years ago in a small province in Poland known as Galicia The two founding families in the district of Wozwolincethe Goldhirschs and the Federswere the soul of the community providing religious and educational pursuits as well as artistic expression deeply provoking the love of art and music in the inhabitants of the town The pogroms of Poland have been well documented during the nineteenth century Many of the townspeople were frightened and were planning theyre exudes to America Simon Goldhirsch the communitys beloved rabbi entrusted the violin to members of the Feder family leaving for America with the promise that someday the violin would be * to the Goldhirsch family in America Joel Feder a well-known photographer in the early 1900s was the missing link I had been searching for surrounding the mystery of how my family was in possession of this amazing violin that had been passed down from generation to generation The violins very existence began over 150 years ago in a small province in Poland known as Galicia The two founding families in the district of Wozwolincethe Goldhirschs and the Federswere the soul of the community providing religious and educational pursuits as well as artistic expression deeply provoking the love of art and music in the inhabitants of the town The pogroms of Poland have been well documented during the nineteenth century Many of the townspeople were frightened and were planning theyre exudes to America Simon Goldhirsch the communitys beloved rabbi entrusted the violin to members of the Feder family leaving for America with the promise that someday the violin would be * to the Goldhirsch family in America