{"id":8900,"date":"2014-03-04T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=8900"},"modified":"2014-03-04T22:06:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T03:06:24","slug":"the-lady-in-number-6-a-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/03\/the-lady-in-number-6-a-miracle.html","title":{"rendered":"The Lady in Number 6 &#8211; Miraculous!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/03\/HerzSommerRafaelAndAlice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-8901\" style=\"width: 283px;height: 373px\" alt=\"HerzSommerRafaelAndAlice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2014\/03\/HerzSommerRafaelAndAlice.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/03\/Screen-shot-2012-04-09-at-1.38.00-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8902\" alt=\"Screen-shot-2012-04-09-at-1.38.00-PM\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/03\/Screen-shot-2012-04-09-at-1.38.00-PM.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Alice, age 39 and her son before the camp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alice having fun\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Sommer, (26 November 1903 \u2013 23 February 2014) was a pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian from Bohemia, and a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where she was sent by the Nazis because of her Jewish origins.\u00a0 She moved to Israel after the war and then lived in Belsize Park in London from 1986 until her death, and at the age of 110 was the world&#8217;s oldest known Holocaust survivor.[1][2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">A film about Herz-Sommer&#8217;s life, The Lady in Number 6, just won the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\">&#8220;What is absolutely AMAZING about this woman, is that after all she witnessed and experienced during the tragedy of the Holocaust,\u00a0Alice never allowed it to\u00a0destroy her joy for life, let alone become bitter.\u00a0\u00a0Alice still exuded a soul reaching smile and\u00a0was able to see the joy and beauty in life and people.\u00a0\u00a0Since Alice was an accomplished pianist, she was not sent to the gas chambers.\u00a0 Along with her son, she performed in over 100 concerts while in Theresienstadt.\u00a0 Her husband died at Dachau in 1944.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alice\u00a0declared a firm belief in the power of music: <em>&#8220;Music saved my life and music saves me still&#8230; I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hatred breeds only hatred.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOnly when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think I am in my last days, but it doesn\u2019t really matter because I have had such a beautiful life. \u00a0I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times \u2013 including my husband, my mother and my beloved son.\u00a0 Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy.\u00a0 I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate.\u00a0 Life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful.\u00a0 Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Alice is a true hero and inspiration who demonstrates the key principle &#8211; The Law of Focused Attention &#8211;<em> whatever you consistently hold the focus of your attention upon becomes the fabric of your future circumstances<\/em>.\u00a0 Alice believes life is a miracle, a gift and to be optimistic, to love music.\u00a0 In the face of Adolph Hitler, Alice played her music and inspired herself and others every day.\u00a0 She created her own reality.\u00a0 She found a way to peace and survived horrible conditions in the Holocaust to live an amazing life to age 110.\u00a0 Her energy, enthusiasm and twinkle melts your heart&#8230;enjoy the video below.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">blessings,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inspirational, pianist, Holocaust Survivor,  Alice Herz-Sommer - 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