Stoessinger, Caroline.

A century of wisdom : lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living holocaust survivor / Caroline Stoessinger. - London : Two Roads, [2012] - 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Alice and Franz Kafka -- Interlude: An emerald ring -- A tolerant heart -- Peeling potatoes -- Interlude: Dreaming -- Piano lessons -- Interlude: Fire -- Starting over -- The tin spoon -- Never too old -- Interlude: Chicken soup -- Music was our food -- The Führer gives the Jews a city -- Snapshots -- Interlude: Old age -- Man in the glass booth -- No harsh words -- First flight -- Alice the teacher -- Interlude: The lady in number six -- Circle of friends -- Coda: Alice today.

9781444737622 : (Hbk.)


Herz-Sommer, Alice, 1903-


Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)


Jews--Czech Republic--Biography.
Women pianists.
Holocaust survivors--Israel--Biography.
Holocaust survivors--England--London--Biography.


Prague (Czech Republic)--Biography.