Holocaust Survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch Turns 100

Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch turns 100

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has spent an entire century on this earth, and does not fear death. After all, she'd often looked it in the eye when she was deported to Auschwitz simply for being a Jew. It was the largest and most notorious of the Nazi internment system. Here, people were killed on an industrial scale, around 1.1 million of them in total. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch survived because she could play the cello. For decades, she has raised her vo…

Austrian volunteers at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum

Four young non-Jewish Austrian men have recently completed their volunteer assignments at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, having worked there for the past ten months. Choosing an alternative to military service in Austria, Gregor Czepl, Ellis Otte, Julian Gabriel and Tim Kainz decided to come to the MHM through Austrian Service Abroad. They made the thoughtful […] The post Austrian volunteers at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum appeared first on J…