When she first arrived Auschwitz Her casual comments that she played a cello, an unload platform known as a lamp, was enough to change her life. “The music was played for the most terrible thing,” she said.
At that time, Anita Lascer barely spoke German to public for 50 years after World War II, but when she grew up, her hometown Breslau was part of Germany. Currently known VrootswafIt was part of Poland since the end of the war. Rascal’s mother Edis was a talented violinist, and her father, Alfons, was a successful lawyer. As the youngest of the three daughters, she grew up in a happy house encouraged music and other cultural pursuit. She wanted to be a cellist when she was young, but outside the sanctuary of her family’s house, the dark troops were stirring.
She remembered in A BBC TV documentary 1996: “We were a typical assimilated German and Jewish family. We went to a small private school. Suddenly, don’t give a sponge on the Jews.”
By 1938, Rascal’s parents could not find cello tutors in Bracelau, a Jewish child, because anti -Jewishism was established in Nazi Germany. She was sent to Berlin for studying, but had to hurry to her parents after the murder and the night of the turbulence. On November 9, 1938, the Nazi destroyed the windows of homes, companies, and synagogue, causing the insidious persecution of the Jews to be violent. KristallNacht Or “cracked glass night”.
Returning home, Rascal’s parents continued to plant culture love because no one could take it from us. Her eldest son, Marianne, escaped in Kinder Transport in 1939. By 1942, her father was still discussing sophisticated works such as Anita and Sister’s tragic play, Don Carlos, with a tragic play of Anita and sister. Ta. But she said, “It was clear what would happen.”
Arrived in hell
In April 1942, a terrifying order was arrived in which parents reported to a specific location within 24 hours. “We walked through the bracelau to this specific point, not just parents, but said goodbye. What when my parents became their parents. I have already understood the luxury of emotions.
Anita and Renate were sent to the Jewish orphanage, but they immediately Hatch’s plans to escape from Nazi Germany. On the way to the vacant France, they set out with two friends to clutch the forged paper at BRESLAU Railway Station. The plan failed, and they were arrested by Gestapo officers, the Nazi secret police. Anita served in a prison for about 18 months for a forgery charges, supported the enemy, and tried to escape, at least she was relatively safe. “Prison is not a comfortable place, but not a concentration camp,” she said. “No one will kill you in prison.”
In 1943, the remaining Jews were relocated to the concentration camp due to the overcrowding of Breslau prison. Anita was placed on a train transported to Auschwitz, and the rene was sent two weeks later. Anita arrived at the camp at night and found a terrible scene. In hell, really. ”
When she arrived, she was tattooed by a prisoner of Auschwitz, who was eager to all news about the war. “I can’t say much because I’ve been in prison for a long time,” he said casually. And this girl said, “Oh, it’s very good. You might be saved.” I couldn’t believe the situation, I was naked, I had a lot in my arms, And I had this ridiculous conversation. A member of the famous female orchestra. “
