Alice's Piano: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer

How music provided hope in one of the worlds darkest times―the inspirational life story of Alice Herz-Sommer the oldest living Holocaust survivor. Alice Herz-Sommer was born in Prague in 1903. A talented pianist from a very early age she became famous throughout Europe; but as the Nazis rose to power her world crumbled. In 1942 her mother was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and vanished. In 1943 Alice her husband and their six-year-old son were sent there too. In the midst of horror music especially Chopins Etudes was Alices salvation. Theresienstadt was a show camp a living slice of Nazi propaganda created to convince outsiders that the Jews were being treated humanely. In more than a hundred concerts Alice gave her fellow prisoners hope in a time of suffering. Written with the cooperation of Alice Herz-Sommer Melissa Müller and Reinhard Piechockis Alices Piano is the first time her story has been told. At 107 years old she continues to play her piano in London and bring hope to many.