R.I.P. ‘Lady In Number 6′s 110 Year-Old Alice Herz Sommer

Alice Herz Sommer, who at 110, was known as the oldest-living Holocaust survivor and the subject of the Oscar nominated short subject documentary Lady in Number 6: How Music Saved My Life died today in London, according to the Israeli newspaper YNET, who confirmed the passing with her grandson. YNET is one of the country’s leading daily newspapers. Herz Sommer survived a Nazi concentration camp and used music to empower herself and others. She was a concert pianist, who initially was mentored by her sister and went on to study with the noted pianist Vaclav Stephan. The story about Herz Sommer and her uplifting philosophy about how to live a happy life despite enduring pain was made into a film directed by Malcom Clarke and Nicholas Reed. The film, which was shot over the past two and a half years, was nominated for an Oscar last month.
“All of us are in shock. Alice had such a strong life force and her spirit was so strong that I could never imagine her not being around,” said Lady in No. 6′s producer Nicholas Reed. “She had been sick a few times over the last few years, but her indomitable spirit always pulled her through. The fact that we were able to capture Alice’s lessons for all the generations to come makes us feel very proud.” Reed said that he and others on the crew, when things got tough, would always ask among ... Read More »

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