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EndNotes archive for Feb. 28, 2014

FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 2014

Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest Holocaust survivor, died Sunday. (Associated Press)

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The music Alice Herz-Sommer knew and loved sustained her through the suffering of a Nazi death camp. Herz-Sommer, the oldest Holocaust survivor, 110, died last week. When she was 16, Herz-Sommer attended conservatory studies in Prague and as an older teenager, she was performing concerts…

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