Liliana Segre is an Italian activist who was born in 1930 in Milan. She is mostly known for having survived the Holocaust as she was 15 years old. Today, she is a Senator for Life for outstanding patriotic service in the social field and she is also the President of the Special Commission against Intolerance, Racism, Anti-Semitism and Incitement to Hatred.
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