Charles honours one of UK's last living Auschwitz survivors with an MBE

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Lily Ebert, A 99-year-old great-grandmother who survived Auschwitz has been made an MBE by King Charles. 'Not so long ago, there were people who wanted to kill me for my religion, and today I received this honour.'

Together, the pair co-authored the bestseller ‘Lily’s Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live’ – which featured a foreword written by the King.

‘Something terrible like that should never, ever happen again. As long as I am alive I will teach the world to be tolerant,’ she added.‘I find very important because the youngsters really want to learn and they should learn,’ she said.Lily was freed from Auschwitz aged 20 some 78 years ago, and spent a year in Switzerland before moving to Israel in 1946, then under British rule in Palestine.

Lily is now based in north London and is a mother of three, a grandmother of 10, and became a great-grandmother for the 36th time in 2022.Her great-grandson said it was ‘humbling’ to witness her become an MBE.

 

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A racist award by a nazi parasite - and this is a regurgitated piece of old news

DovForman Good job Dev

Should have been given a much bigger honour than that for surviving the hell known as Auschwitz

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