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99-year-old Holocaust survivor educates youngsters, shares Auschwitz stories on TikTok

Lily Ebert and Tova Friedman shared their experiences in Auschwitz to educate the future generation

HAIFA, ISRAEL: Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert (98) recently shared brief videos on TikTok about her experiences in Auschwitz, a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, to educate the future generation about the tragedy. 

Similarly, another Holocaust survivor, Tova Friedman (85) also shared her memories and experiences from The Holocaust. Both survivors acknowledged that using TikTok allowed them to connect with the widest possible audience. More than 20 million people watched a video of Ebert displaying her tattooed identifying number. She has nearly 23 million likes and 1.6 million followers. Whereas, Tova Friedman's video have garnered 75 million views.

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Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert shares story with TikTok audience

Dov Forman, Lily's great grandson, shared her video during the pandemic in which Lily talked about her upbringing in Hungary before the war and her time spent at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Prior to being deported to Germany, where she was made to work as a slave in a munitions industry, Lily spent four months in Auschwitz, states a report.

In her book 'Lily's Promise', Lily also detailed how she managed to survive Auschwitz and found the will to live. At the age of 20, guards seized Ebert's mother, brother, and one of her sisters before she could enter Auschwitz.

Tova Friedman, talks about her experience at Auschwitz

Tova Friedman's grandson recorded videos of his grandmother reminiscing about her experiences at Auschwitz, which became a popular medium for young people to learn about the Holocaust, reported The Washington Post. In the clip, she said she was 6 years old at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. She recalled her 'traumatic memory' of the gas chamber where she and other children were told to undress in the freezing cold.

Friedman also wrote a book, titled 'The Daughter of Auschwitz', that detailed her experiences in life.