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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Melissa, 1967-

Contributor:

Piechocki, Reinhard, 1949-

Standardized Title:

Alice Herz-Sommer, ein Garten Eden inmitten der Hölle. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Herz-Sommer, Alice, 1903-2014.

Herz-Sommer, Alice.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Women pianists.

Holocaust survivors.

Jewish musicians.

Czechoslovakia.

England--London.

Theresienstadt (Concentration camp).

Jewish musicians--Czechoslovakia--Biography.

Holocaust survivors--Israel--Biography.

Israel.

Holocaust survivors--England--London--Biography.

Women pianists--Biography.

Pianists--Biography.

Pianists.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2012.

Language Note:

Translation of: Alice Herz-Sommer, "ein Garten Eden inmitten der Hölle."

Summary:

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.

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."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-335) and index.

ISBN:

9781250007414 :

1250007410

OCLC:

757474641