Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1925-07-17
Place of birth: 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
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
2022SelfWir sind Juden aus Breslau
2016Self
The Commandant's Shadow
2024Self
We Want the Light
2004Self
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
2025Self
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
2013Self
The Last Survivors
2019Holocaust SurvivorMusic and Power
2018Self
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
2013Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025Self