The power of MUSIC
How playing the cello helped Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survive in Auschwitz
Author: Ian Macewan
How playing the cello helped Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survive in Auschwitz
To mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the extraordinary story of the last surviving member of the Nazi concentration camp’s Women’s Orchestra is recounted in a powerful new BBC2 documentary this week. The Last Musician of Auschwitz centres around 99-year-old Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who reveals she was thrown an unexpected lifeline when it emerged that she could play the cello. Anita’s reflections on her experiences during the Holocaust are told alongside the testimony of t...