Holocaust survivor’s great-grandson honoured by Time magazine for Shoah education
Dov Forman, great-grandson of Lily Ebert, is one of 100 digital creators named in inaugural list of social media influencers
A great-grandson of late Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert has been recognised by Time magazine as one of their 100 most influential people on the Internet.
Dov Forman, 21 years old, was a teenager when he co-wrote ‘Lily’s Promise’, his Auschwitz-surviving great-grandmother’s memoir.
One of Lily’s 38 great-grandchildren, he has since used social media to platform Lily’s story and advocate for Holocaust education. Their joint TikTok account has two million followers.
In a post to Facebook, Forman said he was “deeply humbled” to be included in the inaugural #TIME100Creators list, recognising “the most influential people on the internet”.
He added: “What started as a lockdown passion project – sharing my great grandmother’s Holocaust story on TikTok – has become something I could never have imagined. Exactly 81 years ago today, my great-grandmother arrived in Auschwitz. Who would’ve thought she’d survive, rebuild, start a family – and that her great-grandson would be recognised in this way, 81 years later.”
Lily Ebert was 20 years old when she and her family arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on 9 July 1944. She lost her mother, younger sister, and brother in the Shoah and died in October 2024 at the age of 100 years old. A founder member of the UK’s Holocaust Survivor Centre, she received an MBE for services to Holocaust education in 2023.
- To see the full list of the #TIME100Creators list, click here.
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