In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I began to understand. I was a Jew, I was a member of the Jewish faith, the Jewish community. One time, when I was giving a reading at a school, someone asked me: "If it was so dangerous to be Jewish, why didn't you convert to Christianity?" My response was: "It's not as easy you think. When you're a Jew, you're a Jew.
You know, being Jewish is problematic. Most people really don't know what exactly it means to be a Jew. We belong to a community of suffering, and th… - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
You know, being Jewish is problematic. Most people really don't know what exactly it means to be a Jew. We belong to a community of suffering, and th…
- Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
The whole thing was set up very cleverly. The people who were torn from their normal lives and put on the trains may have heard that terrible things … - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
The whole thing was set up very cleverly. The people who were torn from their normal lives and put on the trains may have heard that terrible things …
I think there is a risk that the Holocaust will be placed under a glass bubble just like the Napoleonic Wars or the Thirty Years' War. If you don't m… - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
I think there is a risk that the Holocaust will be placed under a glass bubble just like the Napoleonic Wars or the Thirty Years' War. If you don't m…
Everything in life is relative. - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Everything in life is relative.
In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I began to understand. I was a Jew, I was… - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I began to understand. I was a Jew, I was…
Auschwitz was one of the wealthiest places in the world. Everyone who was deported there had been in such a hurry that they were only able to take al… - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Auschwitz was one of the wealthiest places in the world. Everyone who was deported there had been in such a hurry that they were only able to take al…
As Long as We Can Breathe, We Can Hope. - Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
As Long as We Can Breathe, We Can Hope.
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