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Holocaust Survivor Urges Action Against Rising Global Violence

1/21/2026

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Joanna Millan, a Holocaust survivor born Bela Rosenthal, warned at a north London Holocaust memorial service that history may repeat itself amid global violence.
Millan, who was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943, reflected on her father's murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
She described the current world situation as "mayhem" and said that appeasement isn't the answer.
Millan urged people to confront bullying and stand up against oppression.

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Joanna Millan, a Holocaust survivor born Bela Rosenthal, warned at a north London Holocaust memorial service that history may repeat itself amid global violence.
Millan, who was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943, reflected on her father's murder at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
She described the current world situation as "mayhem" and said that appeasement isn't the answer.
Millan urged people to confront bullying and stand up against oppression.