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wikipedia - twin sister of Marianne.. Herz-Sommer swam daily until the age of 97. At 104, Herz-Sommer published a bestselling book "A Garden of Eden in Hell" (on Amazon) recalling the events of the concentration camps. In 2010, a television programme was aired on BBC4 to recognise her life story. Herz-Sommer attributes her longevity to her optimism..
legalaliennette Blog The Philosopher of Music; ..concert pianist and holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer has never lost her passion for music. In fact, she owes her life to it.. Alice Herz-Sommer has seen the worst life has to offer, having survived the holocaust and owing it to the talent she’s been blessed with. She was a world famous pianist, recognised amongst musicians like Gustav (see Mahler family) “difficult character”, Antonín Dvořák, Josef Suk, and Vítězslav Novák, some of whom used to visit her childhood home in Prague, alongside intellectuals like Franz (see Kafka family). “I played especially Czech music, and they were thankful for what I did. Everywhere in the world they played Czech music. People loved it.”..She started playing when she was five. “My eldest sister was an excellent pianist. She was teaching me until my 16th birthday. Then I studied with a pupil of Franz Liszt.”Most of Alice’s family were musicians. “We didn’t speak about anything else,” she recalled. “Every evening we went to a concert with my mother. I heard the greatest pianists.”.. In 1943, Alice was sent with her husband and 6-year-old son to Theresienstadt (Terezín) concentration camp, a “show-camp” made for visitors from the Red Cross, simulating a rich cultural life amongst the inmates. “We had to work all day. I only played when I had a concert. Music is so wonderful, it brings you into another world. You are not anymore here.”..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Herz-Sommer
110 birthday - in Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
Infromation about the sad death of Alice Herz-Sommer, february 24 th, 2014, in the chilean newspaper El Mercurio: http://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional/2014/02/24/646456/fallec...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/23/alice-herz-sommer-hol...
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Alice Herz-Sommer's Timeline
| 1903 |
November 26, 1903
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Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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| 1937 |
June 21, 1937
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Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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| 2014 |
February 23, 2014
Age 110
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London, United Kingdom
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