9 min listen
The Auschwitz Cellist
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1943, the cellist, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. She expected to be killed in the gas chambers, but survived because she was recruited to play in an orchestra set up by the women prisoners. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch talks to Witness about her experience and the power of music in the darkest moments in history.
PICTURE: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch in 1938 (Private Collection).
PICTURE: Anita Lasker-Wallfisch in 1938 (Private Collection).
Released:
Aug 29, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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