Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Acting
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
2025The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Self
2025Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Self
2024The Commandant's Shadow
Self
2022Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
Self
2020Belsen: Our Story
Self - Survivor
2019The Last Survivors
Holocaust Survivor
2013The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Self
2013Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
2004We Want the Light
Self