i've been talking to dov forman, the great—grandson of an auschwitz survivor, lily ebert, who died in story. he also campaigned against anti—semitism and educates school children about the holocaust. he began by telling me more about his great—grandmother, and what she experienced when she first arrived at auschwitz. when she saw a few hours after arriving in the camp, given the striped clothing we associate with the camp, anotherjewish inmate who had been there longer, she said what factory is this, what smoke and fire, what are they producing? the other turned _ what are they producing? the other turned to _ what are they producing? tue: other turned to them what are they producing? tte: other turned to them and what are they producing? tt2 other turned to them and said thatis other turned to them and said that is not a factory, that is where they have burnt your family who have arrived with you. that is when my great—grandmother realised this was a systematic state—sponsored place of death so the nazis could efficiently as quickly as possible gas, cremate and murder as many people

i've been talking to dov forman, the great—grandson of an auschwitz survivor, lily ebert, who died in media to tell her story. he also campaigned against anti—semitism and educates school children about the holocaust. he began by telling me more about his great—grandmother, and what she experienced when she first arrived at auschwitz. she lived an incredible life. she lived an incredible life. she survived but not only survived, she thrived, she had ten grandchildren, 38 great grandchildren. and a great grandchildren. and a great grandchild in her hundred and first year. she was born in a small suburban orthodox town to a jewish family. she described her childhood as an idyllic one, one that was similar to what i grew up in but she says that all changed in march 1944, towards the end of the war when the nazis invaded hungary. they were only allowed out at certain times and then a few weeks later, forced into the poorest part of the town with thousands of others from surrounding areas into what we know as ghettos. a few weeks later, any gruelling heat of the summer, they were forced on

in 2021, dov forman launched a tiktok account with his great—grandmother, lily ebert, a survivor of auschwitziktok. shabbat shalom. shabbat shalom, tiktok. have a nice weekend. how did you get your great—granny on tiktok? it was just after the covid lockdown. for a few months, she hadn't been able to go out and do what she loved for so long, which was to educate about her harrowing holocaust testimony. and we started on twitter, sharing her story, and eventually i saw people going viral for dancing and doing silly things on tiktok. and so i said to her, "safta..." we used to call her safta, which is hebrew for grandma, "why don't we go on tiktok and start sharing your important messages? i think we can go viral." and she said, "i'll do it, but i'm not dancing." my younger brother and sister were straight taken to the gas chamber. i never saw them again. when did you start to notice that there were negative comments questioning about the holocaust? it was almost immediately. really? we would get positive and then we would get negative. and every day i would wake up, i would read the comments o

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