Alice Herz Sommer

Never Too Old: Words Of Wisdom From The World's Oldest Living Holocaust Survivor

Caroline Stoessinger | Posted 04.19.2012

Caroline Stoessinger

Alice is always ready for something new: a new thought, a new book, a new idea, new people. Her curiosity is insatiable. Well beyond an age when many begin to turn away from everything different or unfamiliar, she welcomes nearly everything innovative.

Real Life Lessons From Real Life DoGooders: You, Not Your Circumstances, Hold the Power

Marc Ozburn | Posted 04.12.2012

Marc Ozburn

Her beloved parents were immediately killed and over the course of the war, she and her son were the only members of her family to survive the camps. The only reason she and her son were saved was because her captors saw her talents as an opportunity for use in a Nazi propaganda video.

Everything Is A Present: 108-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor On Beauty, Love And Conquering Hate

Posted 04.17.2012

By DailyGood At age 108, Holocaust survivor Alice Herz Sommer still practices piano for three hours every day. At age 104, she had a book written a...

What Gives Your Life Meaning?

Judith Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011

Judith Johnson

What sustains you? What puts a smile on your face and lights up your heart? What keeps the embers of your soul on fire? What really matters deeply to you?