Violins of Hope is a collection of 70 restored string instruments and attached to these instruments are the stories of Jewish musicians who played them before and during the Holocaust.

In 1939, Dr. Bill Gingold was born in Warsaw. His family escaped the Nazis and lived in Siberia before making a new life in Illinois.

In 1939, Dr. Bill Gingold was born in Warsaw. His family escaped the Nazis and lived in Siberia before making a new life in Illinois.

Holocaust survivor Eva Kor, who championed forgiveness even for those who carried out the Holocaust atrocities, died Thursday during an overseas trip for a museum she founded in Terre Haute, Indiana, her son said.

Mourners gathered at the Old State Capitol on Thursday for an annual event memorializing the millions of lives lost in the Holocaust.