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Lusia Milch

Holocaust survivor and educator

A Survivor’s Journey

Watch the film “A Survivor’s Journey,” featuring the story of Lusia Milch.

A Survivor's JourneyThe story of Lusia Milch

Lusia’s Story — More Videos

Childhood Memories — Before the War
Early Antisemitism
Hell Breaks Loose — The First Pogroms
Get Out and Run
Across the Alps
To America
Lusia Milch Award
Three Rabbis — Panel Discussion
Lusia and Anthony at MOSH
Lusia's Story — 10 Minute Version

“My Mother’s Eyes”

An animated short film that tells Lusia’s survival story through her own testimony has been nominated for a 2026 New York Emmy® Award. Produced by the Dr. David M. Milch Foundation, the Lappin Foundation, and BeTerrific!!/WunderArt, it is used in LEDI Center’s classroom programs and has aired nationally on PBS.

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Lusia Milch with her son, Dr. David M. Milch
Lusia Milch with her son, Dr. David M. Milch