{"product_id":"century-of-wisdom-9780812992816","title":"CENTURY OF WISDOM","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe subject of the Academy Award–winning documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life,\u003c\/i\u003e Alice Herz-Sommer was the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor when she died on February 23, 2014. \u003ci\u003eA Century of Wisdom \u003c\/i\u003eis the true story of her life—an inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBefore her death at 110, the pianist Alice Herz-Sommer was an eyewitness to the entire last century and the first decade of this one. She had seen it all, surviving the Theresienstadt concentration camp, attending the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, and along the way coming into contact with some of the most fascinating historical figures of our time. As a child in Prague, she spent weekends and holidays in the company of Franz Kafka (whom she knew as “Uncle Franz”), and Gustav Mahler, Sigmund Freud, and Rainer Maria Rilke were friendly with her mother. When Alice moved to Israel after the war, Golda Meir attende","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527890346327,"sku":"9780812992816","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812992816.jpg?v=1731869620","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/century-of-wisdom-9780812992816","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}