Alice herz sommer biography for kids
Alice herz sommer biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Alice Herz-Sommer
Israeli classical pianist (1903–2014)
For the pacifist who immolated herself, see Alice Herz.
Alice Herz-Sommer | |
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| Birth name | Alice Herz |
| Born | (1903-11-26)26 November 1903 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 23 February 2014(2014-02-23) (aged 110) London, England |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, music teacher |
Musical artist
Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz (26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp.
She lived for 40 years in Israel, before emigrating to London in 1986, where she resided until her death, and at the age of 110 was the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor until Yisrael Kristal was recognized as such.[1][2]
Early life
Alice Herz was born in Prague, in the Kingdom of Bohemia (a part of Austria-Hungary) in the modern-day Czech Republic, t