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Title A century of wisdom : lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor / Caroline Stoessinger.
Author Stoessinger, Caroline.
Publication Info. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2012.
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Location Call No. Status
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  940.5318 HERZ-SOMMER    Check Shelves
Edition 1st ed.
Description 232 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232).
Summary Collects life lessons by a Holocaust survivor and concert pianist, sharing the wisdom she has gleaned and insights into her resolve to thrive in spite of loss and her choice to harbor no bitterness toward her oppressors.
Subject Herz-Sommer, Alice, 1903-
Jews -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Biography.
Women pianists -- Biography.
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Holocaust survivors -- Israel -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- England -- London -- Biography.
Prague (Czech Republic) -- Biography.
ISBN 0812992814 : $23.00
9780812992816