Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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Born 1925-07-17 Wrocław, Poland 14 credits Member of the Order of the British Empire 1 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 German National Prize 1 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia 1

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Won 1 Member of the Order of the British Empire Award

Member of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

— Member of the Order of the British Empire Won

Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 won

2020 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Won

German National Prize 1 won

2019 German National Prize Won

Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia 1 won

2018 Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia Won

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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is a German born Jewish cellist and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz. She and her sister Renate were sent to Auschwitz in December 1943 on separate prison trains. During the Belsen Trial which took place from September to November 1945 Anita testified against among others the camp commandant Josef Kramer, camp doctor Fritz Klein and deputy camp commandant Franz Hössler who were all sentenced to death and hanged that year.

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