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A review by cgroup6
A Century of Wisdom: Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor by Caroline Stoessinger
5.0
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The story of Alice Herz-Sommer is told in the format of a song, which is most appropriate since she was an accomplished pianist both before and after her imprisonment at Theresienstadt.
What is most amazing is that, even though she was exposed to humanity at its worst, and also outlived both her husband and only son, she retained a love of people and a general joy that just jumps off the page. That is an approach that we would all do well to imitate - don't let any of life's hard times or misfortunes make you fearful or bitter because it won't help the situation and will only make things worse... or as Alice explains so clearly "Hatred only begets hatred."
The story of Alice Herz-Sommer is told in the format of a song, which is most appropriate since she was an accomplished pianist both before and after her imprisonment at Theresienstadt.
What is most amazing is that, even though she was exposed to humanity at its worst, and also outlived both her husband and only son, she retained a love of people and a general joy that just jumps off the page. That is an approach that we would all do well to imitate - don't let any of life's hard times or misfortunes make you fearful or bitter because it won't help the situation and will only make things worse... or as Alice explains so clearly "Hatred only begets hatred."