For the pianist who survived Theresienstadt, see Alice Herz-Sommer.
Alice Herz
Born
Alice Jeanette Strauß
(1882-05-25)May 25, 1882
Hamburg, German Empire
Died
March 26, 1965(1965-03-26) (aged 82)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Cause of death
Burns from self-immolation
Occupation
Writer
Spouse
Paul Herz
Children
2
Alice Jeanette Herz (née Strauß, alternatively rendered Strauss; May 25, 1882 – March 26, 1965) was a German feminist, anti-fascist and peace activist. She was the first person in the United States known to have immolated herself in protest of the escalating Vietnam War, following the example of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức who immolated himself in protest of the oppression of Buddhists under the South Vietnamese government of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem.[1][2]
^Charles Francis Howlett, "Alice Herz", in: Spencer C. Tucker (20 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^Human Sacrifice Is Dead of Burns, Detroit Free Press, 27 March 1965
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