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Alice Herz-Sommer

1903 to 2014 6 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Alice Herz-Sommer across 5 places, from 1889 to 2014. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Alice Herz-Sommer (née Herz; 26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Alice Herz-Sommer was documented, and when

1889 to 1944period
Pragueattested “She went on to study under the Czech pianist Václav Štěpán (1889–1944) and at the German Academy of Music in Prague, where she was the youngest pupil.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer
1986year
Londonattested “Herz lived in Israel for almost 40 years, working as a music teacher at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, until emigrating to London in 1986.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer
1986year
Israelattested “Herz lived in Israel for almost 40 years, working as a music teacher at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, until emigrating to London in 1986.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer
1986year
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Danceattested “Herz lived in Israel for almost 40 years, working as a music teacher at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, until emigrating to London in 1986.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer
1986year
Jerusalemattested “Herz lived in Israel for almost 40 years, working as a music teacher at the Jerusalem Academy of Music, until emigrating to London in 1986.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer
23 February 2014exact date
Londonattested “Alice Herz-Sommer died in hospital in London on 23 February 2014, aged 110, after being admitted two days previously.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer

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Places Alice Herz-Sommer is documented in

London2 presences · 1986 to 2014Israel1 presence · 1986Jerusalem1 presence · 1986Prague1 presence · 1889
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance1 presence · 1986

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July 1943month
Theresienstadtmentioned “In July 1943 Herz was sent to Theresienstadt, where she played in more than 100 concerts along with other musicians, performing pieces by Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Schumann, and Chopin among other Czech composers for prisoners and guards.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer
2001year
Israelmentioned “I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion." Her son Raphael, an accomplished cellist and conductor, died in 2001, aged 64, of an aneurysm in Israel at the end of a concert tour.” source: Wikipedia: Alice Herz-Sommer

Documented at the same place, the same year

Ernst NolteIsrael · 1986František KupkaAcademy of Fine Arts in Prague · 1889Friedrich von WieserAcademy of Fine Arts in Prague · 1889Richard von WeizsäckerUnited Kingdom · 1986Richard RogersUnited Kingdom · 1986Prince (musician)London · 2014Kate BushLondon · 2014Chris ReaLondon · 2014Benedict CumberbatchLondon · 2014Yisrael KristalLondon · 2014Van MorrisonLondon · 2014

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