Welcome to The Moth: The Rest is History

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We're excited to bring you a beautiful episode of The Moth, The Rest is History. In this hour, Henny Lewin, a young Jewish girl, is smuggled out of a Lithuanian ghetto during WWII, Musician Frank Almond makes a historic discovery, and Sivad Johnson takes us behind the scenes of the Detroit Fire Department. On Tuesdays and Fridays, The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, I've got something a little different for you in your feed today, and I'm excited to share it with you.
0:05.8	The Moth podcast. You might be familiar with The Moth, the longstanding, critically acclaimed event series where storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight with only a microphone, and a room full of strangers.
0:24.1	Every Tuesday and Friday, the Moth's podcast feed presents stories that are funny, strange, heartbreaking, and above all, true. I want to share
0:32.0	an episode with you called The Rest is History. You'll hear a story about an ancient instrument, a life-changing disaster,
0:41.2	and the story of Henny, a young Jewish girl who was smuggled out of a Lithuanian ghetto during
0:46.7	World War II, the stories of people who experienced history and its artifacts firsthand.
0:54.0	I think you're going to enjoy it. And for more stories from
0:56.7	The Moth, follow The Moth Radio Hour.
1:16.2	I'm Meg Bowles, and in this hour, we'll hear three stories told live on stage in Northampton, Massachusetts,
1:22.1	New York City, and Flint, Michigan.
1:24.8	Our first storyteller, Frank Amund, is the concert master of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
1:30.0	Frank is a professional violinist and has performed as a soloist in some of the world's most
1:34.1	important music venues, including the Alice Telly Hall at Lincoln Center, where he told
1:38.5	this story.
1:39.7	The only difference this time, he took the stage without his violin.
1:43.8	Here's Frank Amund, live at the
1:45.7	moth.
1:50.0	In 2008, I received an email, and the subject line was a violin. And the sender went on to explain that they had in their position a Strativarius violin
2:03.6	from 1715, and it was part of an estate situation, and they were looking for some guidance.
2:09.6	I'm a professional violinist and have had the good fortune to play any number of Strativari
2:16.1	instruments for decades all over the world,
2:19.3	even in here a few times, as I recall.
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