Segre suing Basile - Politics. Life Senator and Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre said Thursday she was suing ex diplomat Elena Basile over her assertion that the Shoah victim only cared about Jewish children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Basile, 64, says Segre is"tormented only by the thought of Jewish children", adding "theGermans too were very nice to Nazi children, do you want to imitate them?" In response, Basile said that "I am sorry because the Senator with her name and determination could contribute to the common good"