Recognizing Advocacy in history
Alice Herz-Sommer, a talented musician and pianist, lived alone in her London flat
Originally from Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia, Herz-Sommer was imprisoned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. It was music that saved her. She and others prisoners played at concerts that entertained the Nazis.
"I knew that we will play," Herz-Sommer said. "And I was thinking when we can play it can't be so terrible. The music, the music! The music is the first place of art. It brings us on an island with peace, beauty and love."I knew that we will play, and I was thinking when we can play it can't be so terrible.
how can I apply it to my own life? well, first of all I can do what I love and stay on the positive side of things. I can be like her and do what I love so that my problems won't be as hard to bear. if there is a problem look for a solution, you can't always be negative. Always look at the bright side of things. For example, if you go to school and have a lot of homework, you can make up a goal for yourself, what you are going to do after you finish. I can be optimistic. (-:
history....
Herz-Sommer "grew up in a cultured and loving family which was part of the German-speaking Czech-Jewish assimilated society," the documentary's website says. Her mother was a playmate of composer Gustav Mahler and as a child Herz-Sommer often played with German-language novelist Franz Kafka who came to her home for Sunday lunch.
Originally from Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia, Herz-Sommer was imprisoned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp during World War II. It was music that saved her. She and others prisoners played at concerts that entertained the Nazis.
"I knew that we will play," Herz-Sommer said. "And I was thinking when we can play it can't be so terrible. The music, the music! The music is the first place of art. It brings us on an island with peace, beauty and love."I knew that we will play, and I was thinking when we can play it can't be so terrible.
how can I apply it to my own life? well, first of all I can do what I love and stay on the positive side of things. I can be like her and do what I love so that my problems won't be as hard to bear. if there is a problem look for a solution, you can't always be negative. Always look at the bright side of things. For example, if you go to school and have a lot of homework, you can make up a goal for yourself, what you are going to do after you finish. I can be optimistic. (-:
history....
Herz-Sommer "grew up in a cultured and loving family which was part of the German-speaking Czech-Jewish assimilated society," the documentary's website says. Her mother was a playmate of composer Gustav Mahler and as a child Herz-Sommer often played with German-language novelist Franz Kafka who came to her home for Sunday lunch.