Lily Ebert
Lily Ebert (Lívia Engelman) was born on December 29th, 1923. Lily passed away October 9th, 2024 at 100 years old. Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád, Hungary.
Lily Ebert was a Holocaust survivor and writer who, in her later life, became notable for her memoir, social media videos, and media appearances that documented her life as a survivor of the genocide.
She was born in Bonyhad, Hungary, on December 29, 1923. Lily was the oldest daughter in a Jewish family of 6 kids and lived in London from 1967 on.
Her memoir, which she wrote with her great-grandson Dov Forman during the pandemic in 2021, is a 5 times
Sunday Times bestseller and was
Waterstones best history book of 2021. The book was a
New York Times bestseller, debuting at number 2, and was picked as the Costco US buyers’ pick for May of 2022.
She and Dov used TikTok, gaining over 1 million followers for their clips of Lily answering people’s questions about surviving the Holocaust, while she was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Their account has more than 1.7 million followers, has gotten over 25 million likes, and their top 5 most popular videos were viewed by over 50 million people.
Lily was awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to Holocaust education and awareness. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to Holocaust education.
Lily’s Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live is an ultimately life-affirming and heartwrenching Holocaust survivor story that demonstrates the power of love to see us through our darkest times.
When Lily was liberated in 1945, a Jewish American soldier gave her a banknote that he’d written Good luck and happiness on. When Dov, her great-grandson, decided he’d use social media to track down the GI’s family, Lily (now 96) found she was making headlines all around the world. She’d promised herself that if she survived Auschwitz, she’d tell everybody the truth about the camp. This was her chance.
She writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her two youngest siblings and mom at their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944, and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. Lily describes the inhumanity of the camp and those small acts of defiance that gave her strength. From there, she and her sisters became slave labor in a munitions factory, and faced a death march they barely survived.
Lily lost so much; however, she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then later in London.
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Lily Ebert: F.A.Q
When was Lily Ebert Born?
Lily Ebert was born on December 29th, 1923.
When did Lily Ebert die?
Lily Ebert died on October 9th, 2024 at 100 years old.
Where was Lily Ebert Born?
Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád, Hungary.
What was the first book Lily Ebert wrote?
The first book written by Lily Ebert was Lily's Promise, published in 2021.
What was the most recent book Lily Ebert wrote?
Her most recently released work was Lily's Promise on September 2nd, 2021.
How many books has Lily Ebert written?
Lily Ebert has written 1 book. All of her books are Non-Fiction Books.