also a medical doctor, was murdered during the Holocaust, along with many other Vitebsk Jews, by the Nazis. Selected filmography They Were the First (1956) A Simple Story (1960) Songs of the Sea (1970) References External links Mark Fradkin. In Memoriam, Romantika Romansa. TV Kultura, Russia 1914 births 1990 deaths People from Vitebsk People from Vitebsky Uyezd Belarusian Jews Jews from the Russian Empire Soviet Jews Soviet composers Soviet male composers 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century composers Jewish composers 20th-century male musicians People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the USSR State Prize Recipients of the Order of the Red Star