Auschwitz orchestra member Esther Bejarano dies at 96

Esther Bejarano, one of the last survivors of an orchestra formed in the Auschwitz death camp, has died aged 96.

She died at a Jewish hospital in the German city of Hamburg on Saturday, according to BBC News.

The orchestra, formed of 40 women inmates, had to perform at the concentration camp whenever prisoners were marched off to work or when new trains arrived with Jews on board.

Later in life, she dedicated her time to making sure the world did not forget about the Holocaust.

Bejarano's sister and parents were killed by the Nazis. She was sent to Auschwitz when she was 18 and was forced into hard labour, carrying heavy stones.