Auschwitz survivor honoured by King dies aged 100

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.