Ebook: A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the Worlds Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor
Author: Herz-Sommer Alice, Stoessinger Caroline
- Tags: Holocaust survivors--Israel, Jews--Czech Republic--Prague, Women pianists, Holocaust survivors, Jews, Biography, Biographies, Herz-Sommer Alice -- 1903-2014, Theresienstadt (Concentration camp), England -- London, Jews -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Biography, Women pianists -- Biography, Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Biography, Holocaust survivors -- England -- London -- Biography, Prague (Czech Republic) -- Biography, Czech Republic -- Prague, Israel
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
- City: New York;Czech Republic;Prague;England;London;Holocaust survivors;Israel;Prague (Czech Republic
- Edition: 1st ed
- Language: English
- epub
Alice and Franz Kafka -- Interlude: An Emerald Ring -- A tolerant heart -- Three peeling potatoes -- Interlude: Dreaming -- Four.piano lessons -- Interlude: Fire -- Starting over -- The tin spoon -- Never too old -- Interlude: Chicken soup -- Music was our food -- The Führer gives the Jews a city -- Snapshots -- Interlude: Old age -- Man in the glass booth -- No harsh words -- First flight -- Alice the teacher -- Interlude: The lady in Number Six -- Circle of friends -- Coda: Alice today.;Despite her imprisonment in Theresienstadt and the murders of her mother, husband, and friends by the Nazis, Alice has been victorious in her ability to live a life without bitterness. She credits music as the key to her survival, as well as her ability to acknowledge the humanity in each person, even her enemies. This is the remarkable and inspiring story of one woman's lifelong determination to find goodness in life.
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