Einband:
Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
Sprache:
Englisch
ISBN-13:9781250007414
Artikelnummer: 10051646
Umfang: 368 Seiten
Gewicht: 597 g
Maße: 248 x 167 mm
Stärke: 35 mm
Erscheinungstermin: 13.3.2012
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
"How music provided hope in one of the world's darkest times--the inspirational life story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest living Holocaust survivor" Alice Herz-Sommer was born in Prague in 1903. A talented pianist from a very early age, she became famous throughout Europe; but, as the Nazis rose to power, her world crumbled. In 1942, her mother was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and vanished. In 1943, Alice, her husband and their six-year-old son were sent there, too. In the midst of horror, music, especially Chopin's "Etudes, " was Alice's salvation. Theresienstadt was a "show camp," a living slice of Nazi propaganda created to convince outsiders that the Jews were being treated humanely. In more than a hundred concerts, Alice gave her fellow prisoners hope in a time of suffering. Written with the cooperation of Alice Herz-Sommer, Melissa Muller and Reinhard Piechocki's "Alice's Piano" is the first time her story has been told. At 107 years old, she continues to play her piano in London and bring hope to many.
Biografie (Reinhard Piechocki)
Dr. Reinhard Piechocki, geb. 1949, ist in Biologie promoviert und habilitiert und heute für die Internationale Naturschutzakademie Insel Vilm sowie als Autor tätig. Er ist Mitglied des Kuratoriums der Deutschen Umweltstiftung.