{"title":"Anita Lasker-Wallfisch","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the profound historical insights of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a renowned cellist and Holocaust survivor, whose works provide an invaluable perspective on one of history's darkest periods. Her compelling memoirs, including the poignant \u003cem\u003eInherit the Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, offer readers a deeply personal glimpse into the resilience and courage of those who lived through the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnita Lasker-Wallfisch shares her extraordinary journey with honesty and clarity, drawing from her personal experiences as a member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. Her narratives serve as both a testament to the human spirit and an educational resource for those seeking to understand the complexities and tragedies of wartime history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs you explore her collection, you'll find a profound exploration of themes such as survival, memory, and the legacy of trauma, all written with a sense of hope and determination. Ideal for enthusiasts of history and military studies, her works are essential reading for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of the historical events that shaped today’s world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"inherit-the-truth-by-anita-lasker-wallfisch-9780571403806","title":"Inherit the Truth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlthough my head was shaved and I had a number on my arm, I had not lost my identity totally. I may no longer have had a name, but I was identifiable. I was 'the cellist'.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEighteen-year-old Anita was plucked out of the Nazi death machine as she arrived at Auschwitz by a twist of fate: she played the cello, and the camp orchestra needed a cellist. This is her incredible story in her own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Laskers were a talented Jewish family who could not find a way out of Germany despite intense efforts to get to safety abroad. Told through Anita's sharp-etched memories, alongside family letters and other historical documents, \u003ci\u003eInherit the Truth\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of how their everyday life—cello and Latin grammar lessons, reading books as a family—turned by degrees to one of unimaginable horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnita takes us into one of humanity's darkest chapters, where we are forced to confront the fragility of the line between civilisation and barbarity, and the absurd cruelty of a regime in which one minute a person might be expecting their death, and the next handed an orchestral instrument and asked to do an audition. With her exacting musical demands, the orchestra's conductor succeeded in temporarily distracting the musicians from the realities of living in an extermination camp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnita's account of her and her older sister Renate's survival of both Auschwitz and Belsen is a testament to their remarkable courage, resilience, ingenuity and luck, and it reminds us of the monstrous truth of what happened, not all that long ago, in a country not unlike our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47322116129004,"sku":"9780571403806","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571403806.jpg?v=1779322532"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/anita-lasker-wallfisch.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}