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February 24, 2014 09:31 pm GMT
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Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor, a Prison Camp Pianist, Dies at 110
Alice Herz-Sommer used to perform on the piano for fellow prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp where she spent nearly two years of her life. It was the music that saved her life in those dark days, she said.
Herz-Sommer, the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust, died at 110 on Sunday. Her death comes a week ahead of the 86th Academy Awards, at which a biographic film called The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, is nominated for best short documentary
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More about Academy Awards, Holocaust, Film, Music, and Us WorldA wonderful thought from one of you beautiful people "heaven just got a little better"
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