Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Acting · Born Jul 17, 1925 · 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.
Films
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
20258.0
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025
The Commandant's Shadow
20247.2
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
2022
Belsen: Our Story
20207.0
The Last Survivors
20197.3
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
20137.1
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
20136.5
We Want the Light
2004