Auschwitz survivor and writer determined to bear witness to the experience of all Holocaust victims
Lily Ebert, who has died aged 100, was one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. She dedicated the final decades of her life to bearing witness to the experience of Holocaust victims.
She survived transportation to the camp where her mother, Nina, a younger sister Berta and brother Bela did not. They were singled out by the Auschwitz doctor Josef Mengele, the notorious “angel of death”, on the arrival of the train bringing them from Hungary.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/14/lily-ebert-obituary
Author : Stephen Bates
Publish date : 2024-10-14 16:23:18
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