Acting
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Wrocław, Poland · Born 1925-07-17
- Films
- 11
- Avg rating
- 7.2
- Active since
- 2004
- Top genre
- Documentary
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
Acting
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
The Commandant's Shadow
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
Belsen: Our Story
The Last Survivors
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Music and Power
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Wir sind Juden aus Breslau
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
We Want the Light