About

Known credits:
9
Birthday:
1925-07-17
Place of birth:
Wrocław, Poland
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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2024 The Commandant's Shadow Actor Self 59
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2022 Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz Actor Self N/A
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2019 The Last Survivors Actor Holocaust Survivor 59
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2018 Music and Power Actor Self N/A
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2016 Wir sind Juden aus Breslau Actor Self N/A
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2013 The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life Actor Herself 59
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2013 Warwick Davis: The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz Actor Self - Concentration Camp Survivor 59
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2004 We Want the Light Actor Self N/A
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The Last Musician of Auschwitz Actor Self N/A
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