I have read a number of Auschwitz books and they have only ever really detailed life from getting off the train at Birkenau and the horrors that came after. Although all the books I have read have been based at the same concentration camp i find it astounding how different each persons version is. But as Lily says in this book – everyone’s individual journey was different. There is a part in the book afterwards that was so touching to me. She explained that the only people left were all 18-30 years old. There were no parents or grandparents left to guide them. They had to figure everything out themselves. When having children of their own, they didn't know how to hold them or anything. She relied on a neighbor who had recently had children herself to teach her mothering things. I thought that was so sad to not have older women to ask questions. How many times have I called my parents to ask, how long do I boil the egg for, what are the directions for the Irish Soda Bread, how to find out why the power is out for half the house, what do you think is wrong with the baby when her cheeks are red, and so on and so forth. How much did I take it for granted that I called someone with questions. Lily created that for future generations. She's 96/97, and she's there to answer the questions to the 4th generation of her family. What a beautiful end to such an incredibly sad story. In Lily's Promise she writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her mother and two youngest siblings on their arrival at Auschwitz in 1944 and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. She describes the inhumanity of the camp and the small acts of defiance that gave her strength. From there she and her sisters became slave labour in a munitions factory, and then faced a death march that they barely survived. Ford, Lily (27 April 2022). "Holocaust survivor, 98, 'so touched' to receive Hungarian national honour". Evening Standard. PA . Retrieved 27 April 2022.

In this life-affirming intergenerational memoir, Lily Ebert, a Holocaust survivor, and her great-grandson, Dov Forman, come together to share her story—an unforgettable tale of resilience and resistance. Keď sa potom jej pravnuk Dov Forman rozhodol využiť sociálne médiá, aby vystopoval rodinu tohto vojaka, deväťdesiatšesťročná Lily sa odrazu ocitla na titulkách po celom svete. Príbeh sa rýchlo stal virálnym a Lily mala dokonca možnosť porozprávať sa s vojakovou rodinou cez Zoom. Nedávno o nej písali, že prekonala Covid vo veku 97 rokov. Je to neskutočne odolná žena, ktorá je odhodlaná porozprávať svoj príbeh a jej pravnuk Dov je pripravený jej v tom pomôcť. On Yom Kippur, 1944, fighting to stay alive as a prisoner in Auschwitz, Lily Ebert made a promise to herself. She would survive the hell she was in and tell the world her story, for everyone who couldn’t. Now, at ninety-eight, this remarkable woman—and TikTok sensation, thanks to the help of her eighteen-year-old great-grandson—fulfills that vow, relaying the details of her harrowing experiences with candor, charm, and an overflowing heart. I saw Lily Ebert and her great grandson, Dov Forman, on The View around the time this book was published. I knew I had to read it. If you haven’t seen that segment, or heard Lily speak, please google her to watch. Now in her late 90s, her joy is effervescent, and she has several critical messages to share. I loved that we could also learn about her life after the war. Documentaries and movies don’t really explain that part and it’s also an important one.

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Though Lily saw and experienced inhumanity at its lowest ebb, her reaction was not one of bitterness or cynicism, but of hope and compassion. Lily has dedicated her life to sharing her astonishing story so that the world would never again descend into such depths. Yet Lily’s Promiseis only half of the battle. It falls to us to heed her words and to internalize and learn from them. This book calls every reader to action. Lily’s message of hope over despair is more necessary today than it has ever been. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Dov Forman, aged 17, from London, is the great-grandson of Auschwitz survivor, Lily Ebert, who co-authored her written testimony of the Holocaust and has reached millions of young people on social media, educating them about the horrors of the Holocaust. Lily’s Promise is Lily’s Holocaust survivor story. It begins with her childhood in Hungary, before she and her family are taken to Auschwitz where her mother and two sisters perish. Lily is determined to keep her other two sisters alive. She works in a munitions factory and struggles to survive a horrific death march.Holocaust Memorial Day: Portraits of last remaining UK survivors unveiled". BBC News. 27 January 2022 . Retrieved 27 January 2022. Rosa, Joanne. "Auschwitz survivor and great-grandson teach TikTok about realities of Holocaust". ABC News . Retrieved 10 February 2022. When we hear, view or read about the Holocaust, we rarely read what happened after the victims were rescued. Did we think they went home? That people took them in? What did we assume? This was the section of her story that taught me things I never knew. With a foreword written and read by HRH the Prince of Wales, patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

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. Lily’s Promise is a MUST READ for everyone. Lily survived hell to tell this story. We owe it to her to read it. You won’t regret doing so.

Though Lily saw and experienced inhumanity at its lowest ebb, her reaction was not one of bitterness or cynicism, but of hope and compassion. Lily has dedicated her life to sharing her astonishing story so that the world would never again descend into such depths. Yet Lily’s Promiseis only half of the battle. It falls to us to heed her words and to internalize and learn from them. This book calls every reader to action. Lily’s message of hope over despair is more necessary today than it has ever been.”— Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

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] I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Lily’s Promise via NetGalley from the publisher, HarperOne. A positive review was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own. Lily Ebert MBE BEM (born 29 December 1923) is a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor, living in London. Myslím na to, o koľko lepšie poznám svoju prababičku než pred rokom, keď sme so štyrmi generáciami rodiny šťastne oslavovali jej narodeniny v Bournemouthe. Na všetky rozhovory, ktoré sme viedli, a na to, ako veľmi posilnili naše puto. Akým darom bol tento spoločný čas. Vďaka nemu som si uvedomil, koľko toho máme spoločného....“Utterly compelling, heartbreaking, truthful and yet redemptive, a memoir of the Holocaust, a testimony of irrepressible spirit and an unforgettable family chronicle, written in lucid prose by a truly remarkable woman about her life from Hungary to Auschwitz, Israel to London. I couldn't stop reading it." Simon Sebag Montefiore