{"product_id":"inherit-the-truth-the-cellist-of-auschwitz-paperback","title":"Inherit the Truth: The Cellist of Auschwitz - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnita Lasker-Wallfisch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Sands\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in her own words, this is the incredible true story of one young woman's survival of Auschwitz and Belsen because she happened to play the cello.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhen eighteen-year-old Anita arrived at Auschwitz, she found herself plucked from the Nazi death machine by a twist of fate: she played the cello, and the camp orchestra needed a cellist. Now the last living survivor of the Auschwitz Women's Orchestra, this is her story told in her own words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike so many German Jewish schoolgirls, Anita had been busy with her studies and ambitions when her everyday life began to turn by degrees into one of unimaginable horror. School was cancelled, her parents were summoned for deportation, and when she and her sister, Renate, attempted to escape to France, they were arrested and imprisoned. Through her sharp-etched memories, alongside family letters, photos, and other historical documents, \u003ci\u003eInherit the Truth \u003c\/i\u003eleads us into one of humanity's darkest chapters, where we are forced to confront the fragility of the line between civilisation and barbarity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarking the eightieth anniversary of her arrival in the UK after her release from Belsen concentration camp, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch's account of her and her sister's survival of both Auschwitz and Belsen is a testament to their remarkable courage, resilience, ingenuity and luck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition includes a new foreword from Philippe Sands, author of \u003ci\u003e38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46118128320556,"sku":"9780571402410","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/XLVJW6G26e9780571402410.webp?v=1789016119","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/inherit-the-truth-the-cellist-of-auschwitz-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}