Auschwitz survivor who was honoured by King Charles dies aged 100

A 100-year-old Holocaust subsister who has been honoured by King Charles has died.

Lily Ebert’s grandson Dov Forman announced her ‘peaceful passing’ today, portion surrounded by her family.

Lily arrived astatine Auschwitz-Birkenau connected July 9, 1944 and her mother, younger sister, and member were murdered successful the state chambers.

She survived to archer her story, written by her grandson Dov, which became an planetary bestseller.

Lily ran a TikTok relationship alongside her grandson, wherever she told stories astir her experiences surviving nether the Nazis during the Holocaust and giving penetration into Jewish beingness and culture.

In a connection shared connected societal media, Lily’s household said: ‘We are heartbroken to denote the peaceful passing of our beloved matriarch, Lily Ebert, Mummy, Safta, who died astatine location surrounded by her loving family.

‘On July 9 1944, Safta and her household arrived astatine Auschwitz-Birkenau. Her mother, younger sister, and member were murdered successful the state chambers.

‘In the look of unimaginable loss, Safta made a committedness to herself: if she survived that hellhole connected earth, she would archer her communicative – not with anger, but with strength, dignity, and the determination to honour those who did not.

‘Never has a committedness been truthful profoundly fulfilled arsenic hers.

‘Over the years, Safta’s communicative touched hundreds of millions worldwide, reminding america of the resilience of the quality tone and the dangers of unchecked hatred.

‘She taught america the powerfulness of tolerance and faith, the value of speaking out, and the request to basal against prejudice.

‘Safta was the queen of our large, loving family. With a surviving girl and lad – remembering a girl who pre-deceased her – 10 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild, her bequest lives connected successful each of us.

‘She rebuilt her beingness with religion and live, ne'er asking “why me?”. Instead, she focused connected what could beryllium rebuilt from the ashes, and her positivity continues to usher america done these hard times.

‘As we mourn our beloved Mummu, Safta, we besides observe her bonzer life.

‘A airy that shone truthful brightly has gone dark. She was our hero. and her lack leaves an unimaginable void successful our lives.’

She celebrated her 99th day with the acquisition of receiving an MBE and met King Charles erstwhile helium was the Prince of Wales successful 2022 – thing she says proves that ‘the Nazis did not win’.

But pursuing the warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas which sparked connected October 7 of past year, she began to person death, rape and torture threats arsenic she was accused of lying astir the Holocaust ‘on behalf of the Israeli government’.

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