The Auschwitz Cellist

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Recorded29 Aug 2015

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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).

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