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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

1925

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
cellist

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch MBE (born 17 July 1925) is a German-British cellist, and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz.

Incarceration history

  1. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
    Dates unknown
  3. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown

Biography

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch MBE (born 17 July 1925) is a German-British cellist, and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. Wallfisch co-founded the English Chamber Orchestra and she has been honoured and thanked by the British and German governments for her work. Her portrait is part of the Royal Collection.

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