Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Known for
Acting
Born
July 17, 1925 (age 101)
Birthplace
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.
Best known work
The Commandant's Shadow
2024
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
2013
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz
2013
The Last Survivors
2019
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
2025
Belsen: Our Story
2020
aspekte
1965
Music, War and Revolution
2018
Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz
2022Wir sind Juden aus Breslau
2016Filmography
2025
2025
2024
The Commandant's Shadowas Self
2022
2020
Belsen: Our Storyas Self - Survivor
2019
The Last Survivorsas Holocaust Survivor
2018
2018
Music and Poweras Self
2016
Wir sind Juden aus Breslauas Self
2013
2013
Warwick Davis and the Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitzas Self - Concentration Camp Survivor
2004
We Want the Lightas Self
2003
1965