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Alice's piano : the life of Alice Herz-Sommer / Melissa Müller and Reinhard Piechocki ; foreword by Alice Herz-Sommer.

Publication | Library Call Number: ML417.H38 M8513 2012

Chronicles the life of the oldest living Holocaust survivor, a classically trained pianist who used her love of music to provide hope to her fellow sufferers at the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

Book cover
Uniform Title
Alice Herz-Sommer, ein Garten Eden inmitten der Hölle. English
Format
Book
Author/Creator
Müller, Melissa, 1967- author.
Published
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, [2012]
Locale
Czech Republic
Language
English
Edition
First United States edtion

About This Publication

Physical Description
xiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents
"The story of a miracle" / by Raphael Sommer
Twins
Roots
World war
Music
Marriage
Occupation
Theresienstadt
Happiness
The Gates of Hell
Inferno
After the inferno
Liberation
Homecoming
Prague
Zena
Jerusalem
"Music takes us to paradise."
Other Authors/Editors
Piechocki, Reinhard, 1949-
ISBN
9781250007414
1250007410
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-335) and index.
"The story of a miracle" / by Raphael Sommer -- Twins -- Roots -- World war -- Music -- Marriage -- Occupation -- Theresienstadt -- Happiness -- The Gates of Hell -- Inferno -- After the inferno -- Liberation -- Homecoming -- Prague -- Zena -- Jerusalem -- "Music takes us to paradise."
Translation of: Alice Herz-Sommer, "Ein Garten Eden inmitten der Hölle."

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