At 98, one Holocaust survivor has taken to TikTok to share her story and inspire others to be kind.
Lily Ebert, who survived being sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland at age 20, and her 18-year-old grandson, Dov Forman, created an account during the pandemic to share how she endured the Holocaust and to educate younger generations. They now have more than 1.6 million followers and more than 23 million likes.
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“I am a Holocaust survivor. I want to tell you about my story because in a few years’ time, I won’t be able to. It will become history,” she said in one of the first videos posted to their account.
On Thursday, for Holocaust Memorial Day, Ebert and Forman posted a series of videos to honor those who died during the Holocaust, including Ebert’s mother, sister, and brother.
“This Holocaust Memorial Day, we pledge we will never forget the horrors of the Holocaust, and we will do all we can to continue sharing the stories of the horrors of the Holocaust,” Forman said in one video.
@lilyebert This Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January), become Lily s witness #holocaustmemorialday #learnontiktok #holocaustsurvivor #history #neverforget #98yearold #survivor #strongwoman Clair de lune/Debussy –
In other videos, Ebert talks about the conditions at Auschwitz and responds to viewers’ questions surrounding the Holocaust.
During one video, Ebert discusses the prison number that was tattooed on her arm by the Nazis at Auschwitz, saying, “We were no longer humans. … We were only a number and treated like a number.”
@lilyebert Follow me to learn more about my story of surviving the Holocaust and Auschwitz. #survivor #fyp #foryou #holocaust #education #greatgrandma #history original sound – Lily Ebert & Dov Forman
Ebert, who has three children, 10 grandchildren, and 35 great-grandchildren, also shares positive messages, short cooking clips, and other videos of her spending time surrounded by her loved ones.
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“I want people to learn to be tolerant to each other that to know that nobody is better or worse than somebody else. We are only different,” Ebert shared in another video.
