King Charles issues statement expressing ‘greatest sadness’ after heartbreaking death
King Charles has issued a tribute to Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert, who became a trailblazer in educating young people about its horrors, expressing his 'greatest sadness' after hearing of her death aged 100
King Charles has led tributes to Holocaust survivor whose “extraordinary resilience and courage is an example to us all”.
The monarch said it was a source of pride that after surviving “the unmentionable horrors of the Holocaust” Lily Ebert, who passed away aged 100, found a home in Britain.
Ms Ebert died peacefully at home surrounded by family, her great-grandson Dov Forman said today. She suffered what her family described as “unimaginable loss” when her mother, younger sister and brother were murdered in the gas chambers, but had vowed to tell her story in the years that followed.
In a statement delivered by Buckingham Palace, the King said: “It was with the greatest sadness that I heard this morning the news of Lily Ebert’s death.
“As a survivor of the unmentionable horrors of the Holocaust, I am so proud that she later found a home in Britain where she continued to tell the world of the horrendous atrocities she had witnessed, as a permanent reminder for our generation – and, indeed, for future generations – of the depths of depravity and evil to which humankind can fall, when reason, compassion and truth are abandoned.
“Alongside other Holocaust survivors, she became an integral part of the fabric of our nation; her extraordinary resilience and courage an example to us all, which will never be forgotten. Charles R.” Further tributes flooded in for Lily, who became a “trailblazing advocate for Holocaust education” after surviving the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi camp.
