A Special Screening and Concert of ‘The Last Musician of Auschwitz’ at the Center for Jewish History

The Last Musician of Auschwitz, executive produced by Emily Blavatnik and Danny Cohen, is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of Jewish cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and other musicians at the Auschwitz concentration camp who used music as a form of resistance and testimony. The film features first-person accounts from Holocaust survivors and includes new interpretations of musical works written by victims, highlighting themes of loss, cultural memory, and the resilience of the human spirit amidst the horrors of the camp. Musicians from the Phoenix Chamber Ensemble of the Blavatnik Chamber Music Series will perform 45 minutes of music from the film, and other pieces played by prisoners at Auschwitz, before the screening. The special event will take place at the Center for Jewish History in New York on Thursday, October 30.