The Last Musician of Auschwitz

The Last Musician of Auschwitz tells the extraordinary story of cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch who played and created music amidst the terrors of the Holocaust. An interview with the then 99-year-old Lasker-Wallfisch, the only living survivor to have played in one of the camp orchestras, frames the documentary. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch celebrates her 100th birthday on 17 July 2025, and we pay homage to her extraordinary resilience and talent.

The film highlights the stories of three other musicians from all over Europe: showcased in a series of powerful performance and touching on themes of loss, longing and cultural memory and addresses head on the barbaric and murderous regime at the Nazis' most notorious death camp.

The film reflects on the power that music had during the War, amidst a cacophony of pain and degradation, offering a note of defiance and hope.

Holocaust theme, images of real dead bodies.