Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (born 17 July 1925) is a German-British cellist, and a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz.

[1][2] Lasker was born into a German Jewish family in present-day Wrocław, Poland, then-Breslau, Germany.

[2] Playing in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz saved her,[5] as cello players were difficult to replace.

The orchestra played marches as the slave labourers left the camp for each day's work and when they returned.

Wallfisch co-founded the English Chamber Orchestra (ECO),[6] performing as both a member and as a solo artist, and toured internationally.

Since that time, and as a witness and victim of the Nazi period, she has visited German and Austrian schools to talk about and explain her experiences.

[10] She was interviewed by National Life Stories (C410/186) in 2000 for 'The Living Memory of the Jewish Community' collection held by the British Library.

[3] In December 2019, Lasker was part of a 60 Minutes story about the music written and performed by prisoners in Auschwitz being preserved by Francesco Lotoro.

[12] In December 2020, Lasker was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, which was conferred by the President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Paraphrasing the presidential award, Michaelis commented: "To this day, you have helped keep the memory of the Holocaust alive for future generations.