Anita Lasker-Wallfisch had a lucky moment while being processed at the Sauna in Auschwitz-Birkenau. One of the girls processing her asked her what she did prior to landing in that place of unspeakable horror. “I played the cello,” she answered. That surreal conversation, not far from the gas chambers at Birkenau, would save her life. As a member of the Auschwitz women's orchestra, playing the cello meant respite from heavy labor.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
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Day 68 of 70 Days of Testimony: Paula Lebovics on brutal treatment of children
Day 67 of 70 Days of Testimony: Eva Slonim on medical experiments
Day 66 of 70 Days of Testimony: Marta Wise on Mengele
Day 65 of 70 Days of Testimony: Eva Kor on camp first impressions
Preserving Auschwitz
Mon, 01/19/2015 - 5:02pm
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Auschwitz should never have existed, so why are we so keen to cling onto it? Would it not be reasonable to scrub it from the landscape, remove the very thought of what it represents from our minds, recognize it as the cemetery it is, then grass it over and leave the dead to rest in peace?
Day 64 of 70 Days of Testimony: Miriam Ziegler on escape
