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Alice Sommer-Herz, world's oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 110

February 24, 2014 09:51
Alice Sommer-Herz was born in Prague in 1903

ByMarcus Dysch, Marcus Dysch

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Alice Sommer-Herz, the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 110.

Born in Prague in 1903, she survived the Nazi concentration camp at Terezin to become a world-renowned concert pianist in Israel.

Ms Sommer-Herz moved to London in 1986 and spoke of how the tragedy of her younger years had "enriched" her life.

"There are three things in my life," she had said. "The love from the mother to the child, which is the basis of everything; nature, which is so beautiful; and music. This is my religion."