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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, 90-year-old Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre wears a face mask to curb the spread of COVD-19 as attends the debate at the Senate prior to a confidence vote, in Rome. On Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese expressed solidarity and closeness to Segre and denounced the “new and unacceptable attack she suffered on the (social media) network” marked by a “very dangerous mix of hate, violence and racism.” Segre's efforts to encourage other older adults to receive the anti-COVID-19 vaccine as she did have triggered a wave of anti-Semitic comments and other invective on social media. (Yara Nardi/pool photo via AP, file)

Italy: Holocaust survivor’s plug for vaccine sparks hatred

Associated Press

Liliana Segre, an 89-year-old Auschwitz survivor and senator-for-life, center, waves to photographers with Milan's Mayor Giuseppe Sala during an anti-racism demonstration in Milan's Victor Emmanuel II arcade in northern Italy that was joined by mayors of some 600 Italian towns, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. In Italy, controversy flared recently when Segre called for the creation of a parliamentary committee to combat hate, racism and anti-Semitism after revelations that she is subject to some 200 social media attacks each day. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Thousands rally around Holocaust survivor in Milan

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre speaks with young students on the occasion of an Holocaust remembrance, at the Arcimboldi theatre in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Segre, a senator for life, unwittingly provoked one of Italy’s most intense confrontations with anti-Semitism since the fall of the Fascist dictatorship when she proposed a motion to create a parliamentary commission against anti-Semitism which the center-right abstained from voting. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Liliana Segre, Holocaust survivor and Italian senator, under police protection after threats

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre speaks with young students on the occasion of an Holocaust remembrance, at the Arcimboldi theatre in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Segre, a senator for life, unwittingly provoked one of Italy’s most intense confrontations with anti-Semitism since the fall of the Fascist dictatorship when she proposed a motion to create a parliamentary commission against anti-Semitism which the center-right abstained from voting. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Auschwitz survivor becomes symbol of tensions in Italy

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press