A suitcase was returned to Tim Lorsch by man he did not know. The man found the suitcase in a thrift store in England. Through the internet he located Tim in Tennessee. The suitcase had belonged to Tim's Uncle Julius. It was the suitcase Julius had taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The suitcase survived.

Tim Lorsch's family lived through the Hitler genocide and for years after lived under the shadow of that time. Tim's family assimilated to life in the US. They started a business, raised a family and, they like many others tried to reconcile the Holocaust with their present and the future they hoped for their children.

Tim grew up surrounded by a strong family and community. He became an accomplished and successful musician. Using these skills and the process of "looping" Tim was able the create a unique and powerful performance of hope.

Using his family's history, his music and words, Tim created THE SUITCASE. Playing a variety of stringed instruments, including a family heirloom violin saved from the Nazis, Tim tells one family's story of assimilation in preWWII Germany, sacrifice, escape, journey, community and a second assimilation of his family in the US.

The powerful truth of those who survived and those that did not, rings true today as the world faces a renewed wave of antisemitism. THE SUITCASE has a deeper meaning - one of man's fear of another that creates hatred and another's man desire to show compassion to those that hate.

The Suitcase - https://thesuitcaseworld

tim@thesuitcase.world