. . "Cassette includes works of Jewish poetry by Shostakovich, Laks, and Ravel released in Warsaw in 1993 by Towarzystwo Przyjaźni Polsko-Izraelskiej (Polish-Israeli Friendship Society). Includes: Dmitri Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (26:25) Szymon Laks: Elegia zydowskich miasteczek (Elegy for the Jewish Villages; poems by Antoni Slonimski; 1961) (5:30) this is Laks' most overt treatment of the Holocaust theme 8 popularnych pieśni żydowskich (12:08) Maurice Ravel: Deux mélodies Hébraïques (6:28) Chants populaires, no. 4: Chanson hébraïque \"Mayerke, mon fil\") (4:16)"@en . . . . "irn600100" . "Poeme Juif"@en . . . "Szymon Laks (1901-1983), Polish-French composer, survivor of Auschwitz (where he directed the men's orchestra), Holocaust memoirist."@en . "Musicologist's file contains: Photocopy of sheet music with lyrics Laks published a memoir in French in 1948\"Musiques d'un autre mond\" An English translation was published in 1989. This cassette has also been cataloged in the USHMM Library catalog under bibId=241955."@en .