The documentary 'The Last Musician of Auschwitz' explores the chilling presence of music in the infamous concentration camp, encouraging reflection on its ambivalence and duality in extreme conditions. Highlighting the experiences of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, the sole surviving member of Auschwitz's women's orchestra, it raises questions about the function of art in the face of horror. While music provided temporary relief and a semblance of humanity, it also stripped away meaning, serving under the oppressive regime that used culture as a tool of control, even amidst atrocity.
'The presence of music in the camp gives voice to ideas about the function, value, and weaponisation of art and culture during the Holocaust.'
'As she played, Lasker-Wallfisch was confronted with the absurdity of performing for a man infamous for his brutal experiments on fellow prisoners.'
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