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Dov Forman

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Historic truths, modern storytelling. Author of Lily’s Promise, an intl (NYT & Sunday Times) bestseller. Creator: 2.2M+ followers. Parliamentary staffer.

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Seventeen months have passed. Seasons have changed. The world has moved on. News cycles have shifted. Politicians have rewritten their narratives. But for the Jewish people, time is frozen. Because how do you move on when 1,200 were slaughtered in a single day? When babies were

Seventeen months have passed. Seasons have changed. The world has moved on. News cycles have shifted. Politicians have rewritten their narratives. But for the Jewish people, time is frozen.

Because how do you move on when 1,200 were slaughtered in a single day? When babies were
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This #InternationalWomensDay, I honour my great grandmother, Lily Ebert, who passed away at 100 in October. She survived Auschwitz, raised five strong Jewish generations, and educated the world about her experiences as a woman in the Holocaust. They tried to erase her. She won.

This #InternationalWomensDay, I honour my great grandmother, Lily Ebert, who passed away at 100 in October.

She survived Auschwitz, raised five strong Jewish generations, and educated the world about her experiences as a woman in the Holocaust.

They tried to erase her. She won.
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My great-grandmother survived a concentration camp. To compare a solar farm to that isn’t just ignorant, it’s obscene. Will people be herded in for forced labour under threat of murder? If yes, it’s a concentration camp. If not, it’s not. It’s really not that complicated.

My great-grandmother survived a concentration camp.

To compare a solar farm to that isn’t just ignorant, it’s obscene.

Will people be herded in for forced labour under threat of murder?

If yes, it’s a concentration camp. If not, it’s not.

It’s really not that complicated.
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They try to destroy us. Pesach reminds us - they will always fail. That’s what my great-grandmother’s story of survival, from the ashes of Auschwitz, teaches us too. The bread of affliction. The Jewish story of survival👇

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The Road to Auschwitz by Simon Schama is a powerful and deeply personal new film confronting the full scale of the Holocaust – and the complicity that enabled it. A must-watch, it airs tonight at 9PM on BBC Two, or is available to stream now on iPlayer.

The Road to Auschwitz by <a href="/simon_schama/">Simon Schama</a> is a powerful and deeply personal new film confronting the full scale of the Holocaust – and the complicity that enabled it.

A must-watch, it airs tonight at 9PM on BBC Two, or is available to stream now on iPlayer.
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This weekend, Jews around the world will celebrate freedom over Passover. But 59 hostages are still held by Hamas – spending a second Passover in captivity. Until they are free, none of us are truly free. Let our people go. Now.🎗️

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Passover commemorates the Jewish journey from slavery to freedom – from darkness to light. How poignant that message feels this year for Jewish people around the world. This will be my first Passover without my great-grandmother – an Auschwitz survivor who inspired millions and

Passover commemorates the Jewish journey from slavery to freedom – from darkness to light. How poignant that message feels this year for Jewish people around the world.

This will be my first Passover without my great-grandmother – an Auschwitz survivor who inspired millions and
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80 years ago, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen, and found a hell on earth. Mervyn Kersh, 100, helped liberate it. Susan Pollack, 94, survived it. We owe it to them to remember; to act against the rising hatred across the world. Because saying never again is not enough.

80 years ago, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen, and found a hell on earth.

Mervyn Kersh, 100, helped liberate it. Susan Pollack, 94, survived it.

We owe it to them to remember; to act against the rising hatred across the world. Because saying never again is not enough.
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🎙️ Louisa Clein Louisa Clein speaks with Angela Cohen MBE & Dov Forman @dovforman. Angela reflects on carrying forward the legacy of ‘The Boys’. Dov shares how Lily’s story has reached millions — and how he’s inspiring a new generation to remember. #NeverForget #HolocaustEd

🎙️ Louisa Clein <a href="/LouisaClein/">Louisa Clein</a> speaks with Angela Cohen MBE &amp; Dov Forman @dovforman. Angela reflects on carrying forward the legacy of ‘The Boys’. Dov shares how Lily’s story has reached millions — and how he’s inspiring a new generation to remember. #NeverForget #HolocaustEd
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Live on Good Morning Britain this morning, marking #VEDay80. Honouring those, many younger than me, who gave everything for our freedom and to liberate Europe, and sharing my great-grandmother’s story of surviving Auschwitz. Freedom is fragile. We must never stop fighting for it.

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On 10 May 1933, the Nazis burned 20,000 books in one of their largest book burnings. Exactly 89 years later, in 2022, my great-grandmother’s Holocaust memoir was published in the US. And this year, on 10 May, I received the cover for its 15th translation – in Chinese. She won.

On 10 May 1933, the Nazis burned 20,000 books in one of their largest book burnings.

Exactly 89 years later, in 2022, my great-grandmother’s Holocaust memoir was published in the US.

And this year, on 10 May, I received the cover for its 15th translation – in Chinese.

She won.
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Today, an antisemite walked up to a Jewish home in one of London’s most Jewish areas, pulled out a knife, and tore the mezuzah off the door. Still think this is “just about Israel”? Once again in Europe, Jews are being attacked at our homes and pushed to the margins of society.

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Three Jewish boys were assaulted at knifepoint by a group of men in an antisemitic attack at Hampstead Tube station. One was hospitalised. For almost two years, extremists have called to “globalise the intifada.” In a surprise to no Jews, they’re now acting on it.

Three Jewish boys were assaulted at knifepoint by a group of men in an antisemitic attack at Hampstead Tube station. One was hospitalised.

For almost two years, extremists have called to “globalise the intifada.” In a surprise to no Jews, they’re now acting on it.