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Feb27
Alice Herz-Sommer, Who Found Peace in Chopin Amid Holocaust, Dies at 110
Throughout her two years in Theresienstadt, through the hunger and cold and death all around her, through the loss of her mother and husband, Alice ...
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Feb23
Alice Herz-Sommer dies at 110; thought to be oldest Holocaust survivor
When Alice Herz-Sommer played the piano at Theresienstadt her audience was enthralled.As she approached the end of Chopin’s difficult Revolutionary Etude, the piece’s mounting musical ...
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Feb13
Alice Herz-Sommer, world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, takes center stage in Oscar-nominated doc
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — In her 110 years, Alice Herz-Sommer has been an accomplished concert pianist and teacher, a wife and mother — and a ...
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Feb03
At 110, holocaust survivor finds sustenance in music
During her lifespan of 110 years, Alice Herz-Sommer has been an accomplished concert pianist, teacher, prisoner in Theresienstadt, wife and mother, and now she is ...
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