The world's oldest known Holocaust survivor has died aged 110. Alice Herz-Sommer, who lived in London and was originally from Prague, survived two years in the Nazi camp in Terezin, or Theresienstadt, in Germany during the Second World War. Ms Herz-Sommer was a talented musician and an adept pianist and a film about her life is nominated for an Academy Award. Scroll down for video Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest known Holocaust survivor has died aged 110, her family have said Ms Herz-Sommer,pictured with Caroline Stoessinger who compiled Herz-Sommers' memories in a book, A Century of Wisdom. Born in 1903 Prague to a family of Jewish intellectuals and musicians, Alice Herz-Sommer socialised with the likes of Kafka and Brod
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Alice Herz-Sommer was confined in the camp in Terezin, or Theresienstadt
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Film about her life is up for best short documentary at Academy Awards
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She died in a hospital Sunday morning after being admitted on Friday
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