King Charles Pens Transferring Tribute to Holocaust Survivor Lily Ebert: ‘By no means Be Forgotten’

King Charles is remembering Lily Ebert, an Auschwitz survivor who used social media to coach new generations concerning the Holocaust, following her loss of life at 100 years previous.

The Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and educator died on Wednesday, Oct. 9 in her London dwelling, her great-grandson Dov Forman confirmed to The New York Occasions.

After studying of her loss of life, the King, 75, who introduced Ebert with a Member of The Most Glorious Order of the British Empire final 12 months, launched an announcement praising her “extraordinary resilience.”

“It was with the best disappointment that I heard this morning the information of Lily Ebert’s loss of life,” King Charles wrote. “As a survivor of the unmentionable horrors of the Holocaust, I’m so proud that she later discovered a house in Britain the place she continued to inform the world of the horrendous atrocities she had witnessed, as a everlasting reminder for our era — and, certainly, for future generations — of the depths of depravity and evil to which humankind can fall, when cause, compassion and fact are deserted.”

“Alongside different Holocaust survivors,” the monarch continued, “she turned an integral a part of the material of our nation; her extraordinary resilience and braveness an instance to us all, which is able to by no means be forgotten.”

To honor Ebert, the royal household’s official Instagram account additionally shared a put up documenting her journey to Windsor Fortress to obtain her MBE for her providers to Holocaust schooling in early 2023.

By her TikTok account, which Forman began throughout the pandemic, Ebert educated new generations concerning the atrocities of the Holocaust. Additionally throughout lockdown, the duo co-wrote Ebert’s memoir, Lily’s Promise, which incorporates a foreword by King Charles.

It’s for these causes that the monarch awarded Ebert with an MBE, an expertise her great-grandson referred to as “humbling.”

Following his and Ebert’s time within the fortress, Forman instructed PEOPLE, “She stated to [King Charles] how she by no means thought she would survive the hell of Auschwitz-Birkenau and now to be right here with the King within the palace, it is so particular. And the way the award is for all of the work of all of the survivors.”

The then-19-year-old additionally famous that seeing his great-grandmother turn into emotional touched him.

“To see the tears coming down her cheeks as she was talking to him and to face beside them and listen to their dialog was so particular,” he instructed PEOPLE, later including, “My great-grandmother actually is the queen of the household.”

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Previous to her loss of life at 100, Ebert gained 2 million followers on TikTok, the place she opened up her time in Auschwitz and her liberation expertise in 1945.

In a video posted in 2021, she shared that she was within the notorious focus camp for a complete of 4 months. “Individuals would say, ‘4 months isn’t so lengthy.’ However I’ll inform you one thing…even 4 months was too lengthy,” she stated.

In a distinct clip, Ebert acknowledged that “in Auschwitz, you weren’t afraid of loss of life — you had been afraid to dwell.” In one other, she answered a query about “on a regular basis life” on the camp just by stating, “the reply is it was not life.”

Her closing video was posted on Sept. 13, 2023. It featured her and Forman greeting her followers. “Good day, TikTok,” she stated within the brief clip. “Shabbat Shalom!”