Search

Home > Witness: Witness Archive 2015 > The Auschwitz Cellist
Podcast: Witness: Witness Archive 2015
Episode:

The Auschwitz Cellist
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:08:59
Publish Date: 2015-08-29 03:00:00
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).
Total Play: 0

Some more Podcasts by BBC

40+ Episodes
A to Tsar of ..