Violinist lsaae Stern is visiting Germany, which he had once vowed never to visit out of respect for the victims of the Holocaust. Stern said he changed his mind because he felt it was time to see the country of Bach, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Stern, who was born in Russia but moved to the United States with his parents when he was 10 months old, lost many relatives in the Holocaust.
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