Great-Grandson Of Holocaust Survivor In Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People On Internet’

NEW YORK (VINnews) —  A great-grandson of the 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’, together with his great-grandmother, who had survived Auschwitz and settled in England.

One of Lily’s 38 great-grandchildren, he has since successfully used social media to platform Lily’s story and advocate for Holocaust education. Their joint TikTok account has two million followers.

In a Facebook post, Forman said he was “deeply humbled” to be included in the inaugural #TIME100Creators list, recognising “the most influential people on the internet”.

Dov with his great grandmother on her receiving the MBE

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.