Liliana Segre
Liliana Segre: A Life Story Early Life Liliana Segre was born on 10 September 1930 in Milan, Italy, into a Jewish family. She lived with her father, Alberto, and her grandparents. Her mother died when Liliana was very young. In 1938, due to fascist racial laws, she was expelled from school because she was Jewish. Arrest and Deportation On 8 December 1943, when Liliana was 13 years old, she and her father tried to escape to Switzerland. They were caught at the border and arrested. After being held in Varese and Como, they were sent to San Vittore prison in Milan. On 30 January 1944, Liliana was deported from Platform 21 at Milan’s Central Station to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She was separated from her father, who later died in the camp. Survival and Return In Auschwitz, Liliana was assigned the number 75190, tattooed on her left arm. She was forced to work in a munitions factory. In January 1945, as the Soviet army approached, she was moved during a death march...
