Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz

Music Under the Swastika - The Maestro and the Cellist of Auschwitz

2022 · 86 min · Documentary

The stories of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who survived Auschwitz, and of star conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who worked with the Nazis, provide insight. The film centers around two people who represent musical culture during the Third Reich - albeit in very different ways. Wilhelm Furtwängler was a star conductor; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the cellist of the infamous Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Both shared a love for the classical German music.

Directed by Christian Berger · Written by Christian Berger

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