The songs of anguish they wrote and sang in the Polish ghettos and camps
This book of songs from the Shoah was conceived and written in passion, and the unsparing efforts of the authors to trace their composers is laudable
Assessment
A book documenting songs from Polish ghettos and camps preserves fragile cultural memory from the Shoah. The authors' diligent tracing of composers underscores the urgency of recovering suppressed voices. This work highlights how art created under duress offers unmediated testimony. Watch for its reception among scholars and its role in deepening understanding of daily life in the ghettos.