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Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor Dies at 110

The world's oldest known Holocaust survivor has died at age 110 in London.Alice Herz-Sommer, who originally was from Prague, Czechoslovakia was confined during World War II in the camp in Terezin, or Theresienstadt, in Germany.She was a talented musician and an adept pianist. It was music that saved her. She and others performed concerts that entertained the Nazis.She and her son Raphael were freed from captivity in 1945 when the Soviet Red Army liberated their camp. They emigrated to...


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