Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Acting • Born 1925-07-17
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.
Filmography
14 credits
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
Movie • 2022
Self
Wir sind Juden aus Breslau
Movie • 2016
Self
The Commandant's Shadow
Movie • 2024
Self
We Want the Light
Movie • 2004
Self
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Movie • 2025
Self
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Movie • 2013
Self
The Last Survivors
Movie • 2019
Holocaust Survivor
Music and Power
Movie • 2018
Self
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
Movie • 2013
Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Movie • 2025
Self
Belsen: Our Story
Movie • 2020
Self - Survivor
West.art am Sonntag
TV • 2003
Self
aspekte
TV • 1965
Self
Music, War and Revolution
TV • 2018
Self