Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Sommer (26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-British music teacher and supercentenarian from Bohemia.
She was a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp and was the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor until Yisrael Kristal was recognized as such.
Alice Herz-Sommer | |
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Born | 26 November 1903 |
Died | 23 February 2014 | (aged 110)
Cause of death | Natural causes |
Occupation | Pianist |
Spouse | Leopold Sommer (m. 1931–1944) (his death) |
Children | Raphael Sommer (dead) |
Herz was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary on 26 November 1903, along with her twin sister Mariana. She married the businessman and amateur musician Leopold Sommer in 1931. They had one son, Raphael Sommer. Leopold Sommer was later sent to Auschwitz. Although he survived the camp, he died at Dachau in 1944.
She lived in Israel and worked as a music teacher in Jerusalem. She then moved to Belsiza Park in London in 1986. Raphael Sommer, her only child, was a cellist and conductor. He died in 2001.
Herz-Sommer died on the morning of 23 February 2014 in London, England, from natural causes, aged 110.
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