Alice Herz-Sommer
Alice Herz-Sommer אליס הרץ-זומר | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alice Herz |
| Born | 26 November 1903 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 23 February 2014 (aged 110 years, 89 days) London, England |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, music teacher |
Alice Herz-Sommer (Hebrew: אליס הרץ-זומר; née 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.