Alice Herz-Sommer

Documentary on Oldest Shoah Survivor Wins Oscar a Week after Her Death

“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” won the Academy Award for documentary short Sunday night.

Oldest Holocaust Survivor Dies at 110

Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old Holocaust survivor and concert pianist whose life was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, has died. Herz-Sommer, who was believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor and was still playing the piano, died Sunday morning in London. “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life,” the 38-minute film about her […]