There she promises herself to not only survive Hitler’s hell, but she would tell her story to the world for those who could not.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Como todos os livros de testemunhos de Auschwitz, para além de carregar os horrores experienciados, também transmite uma enorme mensagem de esperança.

I feel like I’ve learned A LOT while reading it and I plan to continue learning and telling people about it. It's so very important for survivors like Lily Ebert to remind us that WWII's concentration camps were a reality that no one ever thought one human could inflict on another.We owe it to every Holocaust victim, and survivor like Lily, to educate new generations about the horrors of that atrocity so it can never be allowed to happen again. For those who already read other biography like hers (because yes, it's a biography and NOT a fiction) you still gonna learn new thing that you never read or heard before.

This book was a very detailed and heartbreaking read of exactly what the Jewish community had to endure during those years in the war. Lily lost so much, but she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then in London. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. As the allies advanced into German territory in early 1945, Lily and her group were sent on one of the notorious death marches across the territory ahead of the advancing liberators, before they were eventually saved by stumbling across some American soldiers. The accuracy of dates and facts in her book about her time in the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau contributes to the chorus of voices thanks to which we can get closer to the human experience in a world of utter dehumanisation.Lily’s story is more than what happened to her and her family in the concentration camps — yes, she was in more than one. Lord Alan Sugar A stunningly moving book about the power of hope and love to overcome the very worst of mankind. Biography: Lily Ebert lives in London near her large and loving family, which includes thirty-four great-grandchildren. Keď sa potom jej pravnuk Dov Forman rozhodol využiť sociálne médiá, aby vystopoval rodinu tohto vojaka, deväťdesiatšesťročná Lily sa odrazu ocitla na titulkách po celom svete. As more time passes and more survivors die, the horrors of Auschwitz seem to fade into the problems of today's history.

Hnusný zápach, ktorý nás pri príchode dusil, ten najodpornejší a najneznesiteľnejší smrad, aký som kedy zažila, bol čoraz silnejší. I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Lily’s Promise via NetGalley from the publisher, HarperOne. We must never forget the horrors of the Holocaust; Lily is an incredible lady and an inspiration to us all. Lily and her sisters and some others whom they befriended essentially survived by having a mutual support network and being determined to stay together to maintain a small oasis of sanity amid the madness and horror.Neďaleko sa týčil vysoký komín, z ktorého sa zúrivo dymilo a občas z neho vyleteli jasné červené plamene. Your Grandson is a wonderful person who deserves the highest praise for encouraging and supporting you to tell your story and then find so many answers for you. For people who read an Holocaust Survivor story for the first time, i hope it will give you the will to read other story like hers, they did go through almost the same thing but they don't remember it the same way and most of all, they don't describe it the same way.