to kill picky people. and their crime was that they was born jewish. that was their crime. lily ebert was born into what she describes as a respectable middle classjewish family in hungary in 1923. we were six children. four girls and two boys. the most loving parents who any children can only dream of. when the germans invaded hungary, then our life changed from one second to the other. lily was put on a train to the nazi death camp, auschwitz birkenau. it was 1944.
by the nazis when she was just 20 years old. soon she ll be turning 100 and to mark holocaust memorial day has started to share her experiences on tiktok with the help of her great grandson. graham satchell been to meet her. that was my number given in auschwitz. 10,572. they were born jewish. they are not human beings. we don t need them. what can we do with them? that is simple, we can kill them. we made a factory. a factory, not to produce something.
darkest part of my life. more than 6 million people were killed in the holocaust. the vast majority were jews. auschwitz was both a death camp and a slave labour camp. lily was put to work in a factory making uniforms. we were not. taken for human beings. they cut our hair. the beautiful young girls were so dehumanised. they took away our life. lily was moved from camp to camp and was finally liberated in 1945 by the americans. astonishingly, footage of that moment was found a few years ago. this is lily, age 21. do you want to tell me about your younger sister?
taking place there this morning with holocaust survivors and their families among those present. the day honours the millions of dues and other minorities murdered by the nazis during the second world war. the millions ofjews. lily ebert was sent to auschwitz when she was just 20 years old she survived and will soon be turning 100. now, with the help of her great grandson, lily s started to share some of her experiences on tiktok, to teach a younger generation about the horrors of the camps. graham satchell has been to meet her. that was my number given in auschwitz. 10,572. they were born jewish. they are not human beings. we don t need them. what can we do with them? that is simple, we can kill them.
their families were divided and that was terrible. my mother, my younger brother, brother and sister were taken to one side. i was taken there with my two younger sisters. the last time when i saw my mother, my younger brother and sister. and then it came the darkest part of my life. more than 6 million people were killed in the holocaust. the vast majority were jews. auschwitz was both a death camp and a slave labour camp. llly was put to work in a factory making uniforms. we were not.