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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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 Last Musician of Auschwitz
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
2025 • Self
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025 • Self
The Commandant's Shadow
The Commandant's Shadow
2024 • Self
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
2022 • Self
Belsen: Our Story
Belsen: Our Story
2020 • Self - Survivor
The Last Survivors
The Last Survivors
2019 • Holocaust Survivor
Music and Power
2018 • Self
Wir sind Juden aus Breslau
2016 • Self

Full filmography

Belsen: Our Story
Belsen: Our Story
2020 • Self - Survivor
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The Last Survivors
The Last Survivors
2019 • Holocaust Survivor
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Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
2013 • Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch – Biography, Known For & Filmography