A Story of Survival Told through Generations

Lilly Malnik’s young granddaughter, Miriam, couldn’t help but ask about the tattoo on her arm. The series of numbers was inked on Lilly’s body at Auschwitz when she was 15. Over the years, Lilly shared more and more of her painful Holocaust experiences with her granddaughter. Now, together they answer questions from a new generation, reaching millions on social media with Lilly’s story. Watch our commemoration of Grandparents Day with Lilly and Miriam Ezagui.

Guests
Lilly Appelbaum Malnik, Holocaust survivor and grandmother

Miriam Ezagui, Lilly Malnik's granddaughter and social media influencer

Host
Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Find out more details about Lilly and her family as described in her ID card:
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/conten...

Listen to Lilly’s full oral history from 1990 to hear her describe events in her life before, during and after the Holocaust:
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/...

Learn how the Nazis defined Jews as a race.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/conten...