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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Jul 17, 1925 (99 years old) in Wrocław, Poland

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is a German born Jewish cellist and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz. She and her sister Renate were sent to Auschwitz in December 1943 on separate prison trains. During the Belsen Trial which took place from September to November 1945 Anita testified against among others the camp commandant Josef Kramer, camp doctor Fritz Klein and deputy camp commandant Franz Hössler who were all sentenced to death and hanged that year.

Known For

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Music, War and Revolution
Self
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The Commandant's Shadow
Self
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The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Self
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Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
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Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
Self
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The Last Survivors
Holocaust Survivor
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The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
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Music and Power
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We Want the Light
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Wir sind Juden aus Breslau
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