Music of hope
TV & Satellite Week|January 25, 2025
How the Auschwitz orchestra saved the life of a talented cellist
HANNAH DAVIES
Music of hope

NEW FACTUAL

The Last Musician of Auschwitz

Monday, 9pm, BBC2

Marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, featurelength documentary The Last Musician of Auschwitz recounts the remarkable story of Anita LaskerWallfisch, the only surviving member of the Nazi death camp's Women's Orchestra.

In the film, Lasker-Wallfisch recounts being stripped naked on arrival. 'It was done by prisoners, and one of them asked: "What did you do before the war?" recalls the 99-year-old. 'I said I used to play the cello, and she told me there was an orchestra in Auschwitz and they needed a cellist. And she went to find the conductor.

この記事は TV & Satellite Week の January 25, 2025 版に掲載されています。

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この記事は TV & Satellite Week の January 25, 2025 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。