Lily Ebert and Dov Forman, Lily’s Promise

MJCCA Book Fest In Your Living Room Presents

A Special Virtual Evening Commemorating Yom HaShoah

Featuring Special Guests

Lily Ebert and Dov Forman, Authors of Lily’s Promise: Holding On To Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond—A Story for All Generations

In Conversation with Rabbi Brian Glusman

Yom HaShoah Remarks and Prayer: Rabbi Brian Glusman

THIS EVENT IS VIRTUAL ONLY!

This program will be pre-recorded and aired on May 1, 2022. If you have a question for our guests, please submit to bookfestival@atlantajcc.org before April 18, 2022.

On Yom Kippur, 1944, fighting to stay alive as a prisoner in Auschwitz, Lily Ebert made a promise to herself. She would survive the hell she was in and tell the world her story, for everyone who couldn’t. Now, at ninety-eight, this remarkable woman—and TikTok sensation, thanks to the help of her eighteen-year-old great-grandson—fulfills that vow, relaying the details of her harrowing experiences with candor, charm, and an overflowing heart.

In these pages, she writes movingly about her happy childhood in Hungary, the death of her mother and two youngest siblings on their arrival at Auschwitz, and her determination to keep her two other sisters safe. She describes the inhumanity of the camp and the small acts of defiance that gave her strength. Lily lost so much, but she built a new life for herself and her family, first in Israel and then in London.

Dov knows that it is up to younger people like him to keep Lily’s promise. He and Lily bridge the generation gap to share her experience, reminding us of the joy that accompanies the solemn responsibility of keeping the past—and our stories—alive.