About
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.
Filmography
The Last Musician of Auschwitz2025 · Self
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy2025 · Self
The Commandant's Shadow2024 · Self
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz2022 · Self
Belsen: Our Story2020 · Self - Survivor
The Last Survivors2019 · Holocaust Survivor
Music and Power2018 · Self
Wir sind Juden aus Breslau2016 · Self
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life2013 · Self
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz2013 · Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
We Want the Light2004 · Self