Kato and Miklos Bernath were childhood sweethearts in Szikso, Hungary, when the Nazis ravished their world. Miklos became a partisan, Kato a slave laborer. Miklos was captured and starved, Kato was sent to be murdered in Auschwitz.
But against all odds, they did not die.
After liberation, they returned to Szikso and discovered each other alive - though most of their families had been massacred. They wed, and their first child, a boy, was born a month early in a DP camp in Germany. He survived and was named after Miklos' murdered father and brother.
That boy grew up, became a doctor in America, married, and raised two daughters.
One of them is writing this tweet.
#YomHashoah
@HM_Passport Hi my son applied online for a renewal passport. Sent in old one to Durham 20/4/22 by Royal Mail signed for, have proof of it being received. Still says on your website to send in old passport. How long does it take for you to update status!
Football Association AND Oliver Dowden Sec of State DCMS. PM Boris Johnson.: Ban racists for life from all football matches in England* - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/67MEsXBjVs via @UKChange
27 January is #HolocaustMemorialDay, when we remember all those murdered during the Holocaust and more recent genocides.
Follow our simple steps to make sure you’re ready to join the nation in marking #HMD2021 and #LightTheDarkness with us. #GetReady
My 97-Year-old Great Grandma, Lily Ebert BEM - Auschwitz Survivor, has just recovered from Covid- 19.
Today she went on her first walk in a month after making a miraculous recovery.
❤️💪A fighter and survivor💪❤️
‘You can choose one thing, choose life and carry on.’
‘I chose life, I cannot give up, I have to fight.’
‘When someone is different from you it’s not worse or better, just different.’
Lily’s powerful words this morning.
@Piersmorgan | @susannareid100
Tonight It’s A Sin on @Channel4 The best five hours of television I’ve seen in years. Your heart will be broken, warmed and lifted. Cast amazing. Soundtrack epic but most of all it’s about the genius and compassion of @russelldavies63
Today my AMAZING great Grandma, Lily Ebert BEM -a Holocaust (Auschwitz) survivor, turns 97!!
“I never expected to survive Auschwitz & start a family. Now I celebrate with 10 grandchildren & 34 great Grandchildren.”
To send Lily birthday wishes, comment and I’ll pass it on ❤️.
The first days and weeks of the coronavirus pandemic were crucial. So why did China wait to alert the world? The FT’s investigation, the first of a six-part series, examines what went wrong in Wuhan 👇 https://t.co/ODq0AuG6er