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The amazing life of the world oldest Holocaust survivor is lovingly presented in FROM HELL TO PARADISE. This film documents what made Alice Sommer so special, and how the spirit of music shaped and inspired her life; how the music helped her to survive the ghetto and Theresienstadt. How she was able to recover mentally and physically from the loss of her family. Brought up in Prague; educated in German culture; living and working in Israel for 37 years, she followed her son to London where she died at the age of 110.

From Hell to Paradise

Doc, 73 Min, 2005, Digi, Color

Written, Directed & Produced by: Michael Teutch
Language: German with English subtitle

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Synopsis

Festivals

Cinematic Variations on Live Classical Music", Jerusalem Cinematheque, 2009
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2008
Jewish Eye Film Festival, Ashkelon, Israel, 2007
Jewish Community in the Cultural Forum, City of Fuerth, Germany, 2007

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A CENTURY OF WISDOM: lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world’s oldest living Holocaust survivor.
A collection of stories and life lessons from this most remarkable woman.

http://www.tworoadsbooks.com/index.php/books/alices-world-caroline-stoessinger

Festivals

Cinematic Variations on Live Classical Music", Jerusalem Cinematheque, 2009
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival, Canada, 2008
Jewish Eye Film Festival, Ashkelon, Israel, 2007
Jewish Community in the Cultural Forum, City of Fuerth, Germany, 2007
Union of Victims of the Nazi Terror and Alliance of Antifascists Munich, Germany, 2006
Exhibition „Ghetto Terezin“, in the German Historical Museum, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Jewish Cultural Days Munich, Germany, 2006
Protestant Forum, Munich, Germany, 2005
Cinema and Theater, Frankfurt; “Initiative Against Oblivion”, 2005
Topography of Terror, Berlin, Germany, 2005

Educational

University of Denver
Yad Va'Shem Visual Center
The Jerusalem Cinematheque
Temple Beth Am Library, USA
University of South Florida
The Academy of Music & Dance High School, Jerusalem
York St John University, UK
Hebrew University
The Jerusalem Music Center
University of Massachusetts
Temple Beth Am Public Library, USA
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Makor Jewish Library, Australia
Ohio State University
Library of Congress
Harvard University
Maryland University
Arizona State University