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Author:

Müller, Melissa

Title:

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

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiv, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Herz-Sommer, Alice,--1903-
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives.
Jewish musicians--Czechoslovakia--Biography.
Holocaust survivors--Israel--Biography.
Holocaust survivors--London--London--Biography.
Women pianists--Biography.
Pianists--Biography.

Other Authors:

Piechocki, Reinhard, 1949-

Other Titles:

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

Notes:

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

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."

ISBN:

1250007410
9781250007414

Locations:

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

YMPD532 -- Monticello Public Library (Monticello)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)