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Lily's Promise

How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live

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Lily's Promise

By: Lily Ebert, Dov Forman
Narrated by: Anna Cordell, Dov Forman
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With a foreword written and read by HRH the Prince of Wales, patron of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.

When Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert was liberated in 1945, a Jewish American soldier gave her a banknote on which he’d written ‘Good luck and happiness’. And when her great-grandson Dov decided to use social media to track down the family of the GI, 96-year-old Lily found herself making headlines round the world. Lily had promised herself that if she survived Auschwitz, she would tell everyone the truth about the camp. Now was her chance.

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.

Lily lost so much, but she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then in London. It wasn’t easy; the pain of her past was always with her, but this extraordinary woman found the strength to speak out in the hope that such evil would never happen again.

Lily's story is brought to life by actress Anna Cordell in this audiobook, alongside Dov Forman, with Lily reading her dedication.

©2021 Lily Ebert and Dov Forman (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
20th Century Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Military War Hungary Happiness Holocaust

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"A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the very worst of mankind." (Piers Morgan)

"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)

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An essential read for every human

Made me cry, laugh and cry some more. absolutely heartbreaking story and such a strong, inspiring woman.

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Amazing

Lily’s Promise, what an inspiring book, describing the hellish ordeal of Lily’s journey through the holocaust. It was an honor to hear her story of survival and her triumph of keeping her promise to tell her story to the world, along with Dov’s devotion to his great grandmother. If you want to know more about the holocaust and in particular about Lily’s journey, this is the book to read/listen to.

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Best book ever

This book is so moving and inspiring. It is so well written and lily is a brave women to tell her story ♥️

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Lily is a true inspiration. Well worth the listen

Beautifully written, the book tells Lily's heartbreaking and inspiring story of how she not only survived the war, but thrived afterwards too. She is a true inspiration and her story needs to be heard. Highly recommend

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