Lily's Promise: Holding on to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond--A Story for All Generations

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Ford, Lily (27 April 2022). "Holocaust survivor, 98, 'so touched' to receive Hungarian national honour". Evening Standard. PA . Retrieved 27 April 2022. Prime Minister honours teen who co-wrote great-grandmother's Auschwitz memoir". Jewish News UK. 1 December 2021 . Retrieved 10 February 2022.

Frazer, Jenni. "Arise, Sir Ephraim! Chief Rabbi leads record-breaking honours list for the community". www.jewishnews.co.uk . Retrieved 31 December 2022. Kitüntetést kapott a magyar állammtól a 98 éves holokauszttúlélő Lily Ebert – videó". Blikk-információ. 27 April 2022 . Retrieved 27 April 2022.The phrase “Together we stand, divided we fall.” This sentence best describes how Lily and her two sisters managed to survive the cruel Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald. Thousands experienced what I experienced, yet everyone remembers something different. Keeping this in mind, Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert shared her ordeal with the world and people alike in her book, Lily’s Promise. A story about optimism, perseverance, the human spirit, and togetherness. These are a few quotes from the book, “Lily’s Promise,” that I found very appealing and would want to share with you. You have to do your best to survive. Of course. But it’s hard to survive alone. Your best chance of life come from working together. The Nazis invaded Hungary in March 1944, and, in July 1944, when Ebert was 20 years old, she along with her mother, younger brother and three sisters were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. [1] Ebert's mother Nina, younger brother Bela, and younger sister Berta were immediately sent to the gas chambers, whilst Ebert and her two other sisters, Renee and Piri, were selected for work in the camp. [1]

In fact, the book’s title, Lily’s Promise, refers to a promise Lily made to herself on Yom Kippur in 1944: if she survived the Nazis’ brutality, she would not only tell the world her story. But she would also ensure that whatever happened to them wouldn’t happen to anyone again. In 2023 the volume of Shemot (Hebrew name for the Book of Exodus) with the signature of Lily Ebert's younger brother Bela, who was murdered in Auschwitz, was found. It remained in Eberts’ hometown of Bonyhád for decades and someone whose father had an antique shop recognised the surname, bought the book, and got in touch with Lily's great-grandson Dov Forman. Dov Forman travelled to Bonyhád and brought the book to London. [11] Honours and awards [ edit ] Family and loyal friends are highly significant to a person who has suffered a lot in life. They allow him the necessary space that he needs for himself because they are not shoving him up against the wall. It would be impossible for that human to survive otherwise. Also, Lily Ebert’s family never forced her to tell them her story against her will. In May 2022, Ebert was the winner of the inaugural Simon Wiesenthal Prize. At a ceremony in the Austrian parliament, Ebert was given the award for civic engagement against antisemitism and for education about the Holocaust. The award was presented by the European Commission’s coordinator on combating antisemitism. The commissioner praised Mrs Ebert for her decades-long engagement as a witness to the Holocaust and her recent turn to TikTok, a platform on which she and her great-grandson Dov Forman have amassed over 1.9 million followers and brought her life story to a whole new audience. [21] External links [ edit ] Auschwitz was hell on earth. We must never forget its horrors' ". standard.co.uk. 2020 . Retrieved 14 August 2021.Four months after arriving in the camp, Ebert and her two sisters were transferred to a munitions factory near Leipzig, where they worked until liberation by Allied forces from the Death March in 1945. [1] Post-Holocaust [ edit ]

Ebert and Forman have collaborated with various departments of the UK Government (including the Department for Education, the Foreign Office, the Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) and in November 2020, they spoke at the UK Parliament in favour of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. [8] Ebert and Forman have also appeared on international radio and television, giving interviews to over 180 news outlets in more than 35 countries.Lily Ebert MBE BEM (born 29 December 1923) is a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, living in London. As a Holocaust survivor, Lily has experienced the worst of humanity. Still, there is not a single line in the book where it feels like she has expressed any kind of hatred or malice against any country or religion. Forgive, but don’t forget—that’s the message she gave through her story. A 98-year-old Holocaust survivor built a massive TikTok following to combat deniers: 'It happened' ". Washington Post . Retrieved 10 February 2022. Jews like Lily were only numbers to the Nazis. They consequently had a number inked on their arm. They used it as a strategy to make individuals feel less human. On her left forearm, Lily Engelman (her pre-marriage name) has the tattoo with the number A-10572.

The Holocaust not only killed the people who died during the war, more people than the mind can take in, but also killed something in everybody who lived through it. Ebert's great grandson Dov Forman received the Points of Light award from the UK Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, in November 2021, in recognition of exceptional services to Holocaust education. [16] [17]

Holocaust Memorial Day: Portraits of last remaining UK survivors unveiled". BBC News. 27 January 2022 . Retrieved 27 January 2022. Ebert and Forman were awarded with the community award, from Andrew Neil, at the Jewish Care and Topland business lunch in March 2022, at the Grosvenor House Hotel. [18]