Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
An image from The Commandant's Shadow, one of the productions that also features Anita Lasker-Wallfisch.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

July 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.

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life

2013

The Commandant's Shadow

The Commandant's Shadow

2024

The Last Survivors

The Last Survivors

2019