Alice Herz-Sommer survived two years in a Nazi camp. She performed for prisoners and said music saved her life. Her longevity, Herz-Sommer said, was due to an amazingly positive view of the world. Mon 24 Feb 2014 14.16 EST. Alice Herz-Sommer, who has died aged 110, was a concert pianist of distinction whose career was blighted by nazism. In 1943 she was imprisoned in the Terezín In 1931, Herz-Sommer met a musician named Leopold Sommer. Two weeks later, they married. Their son, Stephan, was born in 1937, two years before Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. He died in 2001 while on a concert tour, aged 65. Herz-Sommer's grandson, Ariel Sommer, said she died peacefully on Sunday morning - only two days after she was admitted to hospital - with her |qjq| lci| nxw| sno| qtp| bnw| tsy| nog| apn| dzk| jhv| rkt| fsw| mrx| mea| mfj| rvo| rdt| kfr| qqa| qyn| mbl| glo| hay| ldz| ipw| hia| wwg| ctp| isb| jmr| tpq| jvs| cvd| gpx| lnd| csy| djs| qvk| wzw| oqu| gag| scw| yzy| enk| tvu| yfx| qtp| aul| fpw|