Lily’s Promise by Lily Ebert & Dov Forman

Title:

Lily’s Promise: Holding On to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond—A Story for All Generations

Series:

N/A

Author:

Lily Ebert & Dov Forman

Genre:

Autobiography, History, Non-Fiction (Adult)

Publisher:

HarperOne

Release Date:

10 May 2022

Format:

Kindle (read), Audio, Paperback, Paperback

Pages:

320

Source:

NetGalley
Cover: Carefully selected. The hands shown on the cover are Lily’s. The pictures are of her family.

My sketch …

This is a true story and oh, how I wish it weren’t.

Lily is a Hungarian Jew. Her story begins before the Holocaust. By Yom Kippur in 1944 (Sep 26-27), Lily was in Auschwitz. There she promises herself to not only survive Hitler’s hell, but she would tell her story to the world for those who could not. The reader will know from the survivor what it was like in this touching, compelling story. Now age 98, Lily along with her great-grandson, Dov, carries you through her life. Lily is one incredibly special woman.

My Review:

Lily’s story is more than what happened to her and her family in the concentration camps — yes, she was in more than one. Have you ever wondered why the Jewish people would seem to calmly board those awful trains? Or stand in a line leading to the gas chambers? Lily explains and you, the reader, will now understand.

When we hear, view or read about the Holocaust, we rarely read what happened after the victims were rescued. Did we think they went home? That people took them in? What did we assume? This was the section of her story that taught me things I never knew.

At times, I had to put the book down and let my heart grasp what I had just read. And my mind.

Lily’s Promise will make you feel. Be sure to read the publisher’s description; you can read it on Amazon or NetGalley. I wish I were better with words for Lily’s story deserves better than me.

Personally, I would love to meet Lily Ebert. To tell her in person “Thank You for telling your story and you are precious and special to everyone who knows you. When people read this book, they will know you too.“

Lily’s Promise is a MUST READ for everyone. Lily survived hell to tell this story. We owe it to her to read it. You won’t regret doing so.

I received a complimentary e-ARC copy of Lily’s Promise via NetGalley from the publisher, HarperOne. A positive review was not required; the opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

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