An Auschwitz cellist addresses the German Bundestag

An Auschwitz cellist addresses the German Bundestag

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norman lebrecht

February 02, 2018

The indefatigable Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, 92, classically understated and drily humorous, recounts her family’s life under the Nazis this week in Berlin to a silent, absorbed parliament and Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as schoolchildren and other guests.

Even if you don’t understand a word of German you must watch this speech.

‘Who could have imagined that we would leave Auschwitz alive, and not as smoke?’

Click here to watch.

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