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. 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] Ebert had three children, and now has 10 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Forman, who is 18, described “the queen of our family” as being “very much involved in everyone’s life, wanting to know what everyone is getting up to.” The two were always close, even before Forman launched Ebert into social media stardom (her TikTok account has 1.9 million followers), so it made sense that he would help her keep a promise to tell the world what she had endured. “Words can barely describe what happens next,” Ebert writes of the journey to Auschwitz. “But words are all I have.”

Egan, Elisabeth (26 May 2022). "Dov Forman Wants You to Know His Great-Grandmother's Holocaust Story". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 May 2022. Auschwitz was hell on earth. We must never forget its horrors' ". standard.co.uk. 2020 . Retrieved 14 August 2021. 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 ] We can interpret ‘One Day’, the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022, in a number of ways. For example, it can prompt us to think about one day in the future and how we can empower future generations to carry forward the lessons we must learn from the Holocaust and the testimony of survivors. Lily Ebert MBE BEM (born 29 December 1923) is a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, living in London.Ebert was born in Bonyhád, Hungary. She was the eldest daughter in a family of six children. [1] The Holocaust [ edit ] 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. I highly recommend this book to all readers. The language is easy to read. It also contains several photographs of Lily and her family. I also suggest readers read this book on the Holocaust, The Tattooist Of Auschwitz. year old Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert receives MBE from King Charles". www.thejc.com. The Jewish Chronicle. 2023 . Retrieved 1 February 2023.

How social media helped a great-grandmother find the family of the man who liberated her from Auschwitz". www.panmacmillan.com. Frazer, Jenni. "Arise, Sir Ephraim! Chief Rabbi leads record-breaking honours list for the community". www.jewishnews.co.uk . Retrieved 31 December 2022. Rosa, Joanne. "Auschwitz survivor and great-grandson teach TikTok about realities of Holocaust". ABC News . Retrieved 10 February 2022.

Ford, Lily (27 April 2022). "Holocaust survivor, 98, 'so touched' to receive Hungarian national honour". Evening Standard. PA . Retrieved 27 April 2022. They lied to us. So many lies. We believed them because we wanted to believe them. We couldn’t contemplate not believing them. Kitüntetést kapott a magyar állammtól a 98 éves holokauszttúlélő Lily Ebert – videó". Blikk-információ. 27 April 2022 . Retrieved 27 April 2022.

The pain and the trauma sometimes make a person silent. And in that phase, it’s really hard for that human to share his or her ordeal with anyone else. The same happened with Lily Ebert. That’s why she took her time to tell the world her story. The Holocaust survivors have lit their own lights,” Forman said. “They shone that light on the world for so many years. Now it’s our responsibility to continue to relight that candle.”

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.