How music saved the life of a teenage Jewish cellist in Auschwitz

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Jewish teenager during World War II, survived Auschwitz due to her musical talent.

As a cellist, she became a member of the women's orchestra in the camp, a position that spared her from the gas chambers.

The orchestra played marches for prisoners heading to work and performed for SS officers, serving both as a tool of Nazi propaganda and a means of survival for its members.

Lasker-Wallfisch's story underscores the complex role of music in concentration camps, offering a semblance of humanity amidst brutality.

Her experiences have been documented in various interviews and films, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit through art.

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