CREMONA “The violin of the Shoah”, belonged to the young violinist Eva Levi Segre, who...

CREMONA “The violin of the Shoah”, belonged to the young violinist Eva Levi Segre, who was deported and died at 22 in the lager of Auschwitz. Forwarded to his brother Renzo (or Enzo, only one year younger), he survived, managing to bring him back with him in his difficult return to Italy, where he remained unused until the find by Carutti. Civic Museum of Cremona, Ponzone wing, collection of historical instruments by Carlo Alberto Carutti; “The rooms of music”, section to celebrate the memory of the First and Second World War and the music as a tool of resistance and survival to the atrocities of war. The instrument, which is periodically used in celebratory concerts, has been on public display since the year that saw the twofold anniversary of Italy's entry into the first conflict, and the 70th anniversary of the end of the second: from Remembrance Day of 2015.