The telegram’s design is joyful and vivid, featuring illustrations of tiny hands tossing multi-colored hats and flowers into the air in a gesture of congratulation.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
The violin in Baerwald’s hands was the one his German-Jewish grandfather played as a Japanese prisoner of war in the Bandō camp at Tokushima during World War I.
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Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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