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Rubinstein was appalled by Germany's conduct during World War I, particularly the atrocities in Belgium and never played there again. His last performance in Germany was in 1914. [ 12 ] His dislike of Germany was not improved during and after World War II when most of his family back in Poland were killed during the Holocaust .
- Library of Congress
- Artur Rubinstein correspondence, 1921-1984
At his special Juilliard master class on February 12, 1975 in Paul Hall, the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein was asked why he no longer performed in Germany. His response, “That is a sad question that I have answered too often. I don’t play in Germany because I have a great respect for the dead, for 100 members of my family killed by the Nazis.”
As early as the start of World War I, Rubinstein would never play in Germany again. He was proud of his heritage, often putting his art to the service of Jewish and Polish causes — including at the inauguration of the United Nations in 1945 and later in Israel.
May 13, 2011 · From a biography of Arthur Rubinstein, the great pianist: “…after 1932 [he] refused to play in Germany. He never had been an orthodox Jew, but he foresaw the rise of the Nazi movement, with...
Mar 14, 1976 · For a while after the holocaust of World War II, he even refused to get out of planes when they touched down in Germany for brief
Perhaps this is also why he never performed in Germany until the end of his career, consistently turning down numerous invitations. A brave testimony to the Polish artist’s patriotic stance was his behaviour during a concert at the San Francisco Opera on 13 May 1945, specially organised for delegates and guests of the peace conference at ...
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May 29, 2018 · As World War II loomed, Rubinstein recognized the potential threat of Nazi Germany and moved his family from Paris to the United States in October of 1939. (The entire contents of his house were confiscated by the Nazis, although the pianist's collection of musical manuscripts was returned to his children by the German government in 2006.
