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Alice Herz Sommer, Credit: AP Photo/The Lady in Number 6, Bunbury Films

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Alice Herz Sommer

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Concert pianist Alice Herz Sommer was thought to be the oldest holocaust survivor

Concert pianist Alice Herz Sommer who died recently, survived the holocaust, and moved to Israel. Judi Herman looks at her life.

Concert pianist Alice Herz Sommer, who died at the age of 110, was born in Prague into a musical Jewish family. Alice and her son Raphael, a cellist, survived the holocaust. Herz-Sommer’s devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her through two years in a Nazi prison camp. 

After World War Two they moved to Israel, then London. She lead an active life, filled with music and studies. Judi Herman looks at her life.

(Photo: Alice Herz Sommer, Credit: AP/The Lady in Number 6, Bunbury Films)

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