The lost cellos of Lev Aronson
By: Frances Brent
Publisher: Atlas & Co. Publishers; Distributed to the trade by W.W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781934633113
Subjects: Jewish musicians; Violoncellists; Violoncellist; Judenvernichtung; Biography; Holocaust survivors
Description: "A lyrical, epic chronicle of the life and fate of Lev Aronson, the world-renowned cellist, Holocaust survivor, and teacher, whose prized Amati cello was confiscated in Riga in 1941."--dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211).
Table of contents: title: Lost cellos; title: From Jewish life; title: The student; title: Amati; title: On the verge of war; title: Without an instrument; title: Leading to Rumbula; title: After Rumbula; title: Stutthof; title: Schichau Werke; title: End of the war; title: Finding an instrument.