Lily Ebert was 20 when the Nazis deported her from her Hungarian hometown to Auschwitz. She tells Aleem Maqbool how she held onto her faith in the most horrific circumstances.
Lily Ebert was 20 when the Nazis deported her from her Hungarian hometown to Auschwitz. Remarkably she survived, and so did her faith. Now a 99 year old grandmother, she tells Aleem Maqbool how the Judaism of her childhood, sustained her in the most horrific circumstances.
Her moving story sparks a discussion on the impact that the Holocaust had on Jewish belief and practice and how the repercussions are manifest in the modern day.
