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Lily´s Promise : How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live

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Lily Ebert

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When Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish-American soldier gave her a banknote inscribed with 'Good luck and happiness.' Years later, her great-grandson Dov used social media to track down the soldier's family, thrusting 96-year-old Lily into the global spotlight. Having promised herself to share the truth about Auschwitz if she survived, Lily seized this opportunity. In her memoir, she recounts her joyful childhood in Hungary, the tragic loss of her mother and two youngest siblings upon arrival at Auschwitz in 1944, and her fierce determination to protect her remaining sisters. She vividly describes the camp's horrors and the small acts of defiance that fueled her resilience. Following their time as slave laborers in a munitions factory, Lily and her sisters endured a harrowing death march. Despite immense loss, she rebuilt her life in Israel and later in London, carrying the weight of her past. Yet, this extraordinary woman found the courage to speak out, hoping to prevent such atrocities from recurring. This compelling and heartbreaking memoir serves as a testament to the indomitable spirit of a remarkable woman and her family's journey from Hungary to Auschwitz, Israel, and London.