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Oral history interview with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1995.A.1285.53 | RG Number: RG-50.149.0053

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    Oral history interview with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, born in 1925 in Breslau, Germany (Wroclaw, Poland), describes her parents and her two older siblings; her educational background; antisemitism; the first restrictions against Jews; moving to Berlin, Germany to study cello; Kristallnacht; her family’s attempts to emigrate; life in Germany after the outbreak of war; working in a toilet paper factory; living standards; the deportation of her parents in 1942; forging papers for French workers; attempting to escape to France with forged papers; being arrested and imprisoned in 1943; a suicide attempt; her interrogation by the Gestapo; her trial at Sondergericht June 5, 1943; returning to Gestapo custody; being sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau; selections for the women’s camp orchestra; the role and organization of the orchestra; being interned in Bergen-Belsen; the comparison between Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz; the disorganization of camp; remaining with her women's orchestra friends in Bergen-Belsen; liberation; Hungarian guards; the conditions for women's orchestra at Auschwitz; and the 'Canada' warehouse where inmate's belongings were kept.
    Interviewee
    Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
    Date
    interview:  1991 March 19

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    2 sound cassettes (90 min.).

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. Permission to copy and/or use recordings in any production must be granted by the Imperial War Museums.

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Lasker-Wallfisch, Anita.

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Imperial War Museum
    Provenance
    The interview was conducted by the Imperial War Museum as part of their retrospective oral history interview program. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.
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    2023-11-16 08:17:33
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