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A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor, whose story became famous as she searched for the family of a soldier who saved her, has died.
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00:00A 100 year old holocaust survivor whose story became famous as she searched for the family
00:06of a soldier who saved her has died.
00:09Hungarian born Lili Abert who lived in North West London was taken to Auschwitz Birkenau
00:16in 1944 with her family when she was just 20 years old.
00:21Her story went viral 4 years ago when she tried to find more about the American soldier
00:27who liberated her from a death march in Germany.
00:31The King is among those who pay tribute to Miss Abert, praising her extraordinary resilience
00:37and courage.
00:38Miss Abert had been determined to reach as many people to share her experiences which
00:43led her to embrace social media.
00:46King Charles wrote as a survivor of the unmentionable horrors of the holocaust, I am so proud that
00:53she later found a home in Britain where she continued to tell the world of the horrendous
00:58atrocities she had witnessed.

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