Cornelia Vertenstein Gave Many Lessons Beyond the Piano
explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Cornelia Vertenstein, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, gave her last piano lesson at 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 1. She was not feeling well, so she arranged a ride to the hospital. Pneumonia settled in, and family gathered, sensing the end of a quietly extraordinary life. She began giving lessons at age 14 in war-torn Romania. She did not stop for nearly 80 years. Toward the end, adapting to the pandemic, Ms. Vertenstein gave lessons on FaceTime from her home in Denver. As her conditio...
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