The Cellist of Auschwitz: A harrowing first-hand account
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was deported to Auschwitz in December 1943. Due to her being an accomplished cellist she was saved and was made to join the Women's Orchestra. She was forced to play marches as the slave laborers left the camp for each day's work and gave concerts for the SS. In October 1944, with the Red Army closing in, Anita was taken to Bergen-Belsen where she stayed until its liberation by the British.
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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, born in 1925, Breslau, Germany, is a cellist, and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz. She was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of 2016.
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