Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Acting
Born: July 17, 1925
Wrocław, Poland
Biography
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
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
May 31, 2013
The Commandant's Shadow
May 29, 2024
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
March 24, 2013
The Last Survivors
January 27, 2019
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
May 09, 2025
Music, War and Revolution
September 09, 2018
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
November 08, 2022
We Want the Light
October 22, 2004
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
March 25, 2025