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

Overview

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

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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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Kathrin Ackermann

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Daniel Barenboim

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Sven Friedrich

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Norman Lebrecht

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Christian Thielemann

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Simon Wallfisch

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Teresa Wontor-Cichy

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