Family: Alice Herz-Sommer, believed world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at age 110

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Photo dated July 2010 made available by the makers of the Oscar nominated documentary The Lady in Number 6, in which she tells her story, of Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, who died in London on Sunday morning at the age of 110. Herz-Sommer’s devotion to the piano and to her son sustained her through two years in a Nazi prison camp. (AP Photo)

LONDON – Alice Herz-Sommer, who was believed to be the oldest-known survivor of the Holocaust, died in London on Sunday at the age of 110, a family member said.

A film about her has been nominated for best short documentary at next month’s Academy Awards.

Herz-Sommer died in a hospital Sunday morning after being admitted Friday, daughter-in-law Genevieve Sommer said.

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