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<\/iframe>\n<\/p>The composer <a href=\"http:\/\/holocaustmusic.ort.org\/places\/camps\/death-camps\/birkenau\/laksszymon0\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Szymon Laks<\/a>\u2018 music deserves to be better known than it is.<\/p>\nSo too does his life. The title of his book, M\u00e9lodies d\u2019Auschwitz, probably gives you a clue as to why I say that. He responded to the horror of being in the most notorious concentration camp during the Holocaust by making music.<\/p>\nIn the face of atrocities there is a need for all kinds of actions, including those that refuse to let that which is beautiful simply be snuffed out by the oppressors.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The composer Szymon Laks\u2018 music deserves to be better known than it is. So too does his life. The title of his book, M\u00e9lodies d\u2019Auschwitz, probably gives you a clue as to why I say that. He responded to the horror of being in the most notorious concentration camp during the Holocaust by making music. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":39436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[14516,13397],"class_list":["post-39435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-szymon-laks","tag-violin"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Szymon Laks - Poem for Violin and Orchestra<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The composer Szymon Laks' music deserves to be better known than it is. So too does his life. 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