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World Service,30 Jul 1999,4 mins

Surviving the Death Camps

My Century

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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survived the concentration camps of both Auschwitz and Belsen during World War II. She owes her life to her talents as a cellist, as she was co-opted into the camp orchestra.

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