Compassionate yet detached, ironic yet pitilessly honest, Szymon Laks, the kapellmeister of the Auschwitz orchestra, presents a disturbing description of a phenomenon seldom mentioned in the literature of the Holocaust: the presence of music among the crematoria. His story is a testament to the human spirit and to music itself, the beauty of which Laks and others honored even as the lives of so many were destroyed.
| ISBN: | 9780810118027 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2000 |
| Author: | Szymon Laks |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 152 pages |
| Series: | Jewish Lives |
| Genres: |
Social groups: religious groups and communities Musicians, singers, bands and groups Composers and songwriters |