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Quote of the Day: Mila Kunis

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"My whole family was in the Holocaust. My grandparents passed and not many survived. After the Holocaust, in Russia you were not allowed to be religious. So my parents raised me to know I was Jewish. You know who you are inside...”

The Ukraine born actress recently opened up about how the Holocaust left her family broken. Her childhood was shadowed by the fear of persecution. Kunis, 28, shared that she had to hide her Jewish ancestry growing up.

Could you imagine not being able to express your beliefs because it could get you killed? We can’t either.

The “Black Swan” star and her parents immigrated to America when she was 7-years-old. And it was hard fitting in she told The Sun. "I cried every day. I didn't understand the culture. I didn't understand the people."

What can you do?

11 facts [1] about the Holocaust.

Terms you should know about religious discrimination [2].

Watch these movies with your friends and learn more about genocide [3].

Mila Kunis [4]
Racial Discrimination [5]
Human Rights [6]
Genocide [7]

Source URL: http://www.dosomething.org/blog/quote-day-mila-kunis

Links:
[1] http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-holocaust
[2] http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/terms-you-should-know-about-religious-discrimination
[3] http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/movies-about-genocide
[4] http://www.dosomething.org/category/celebrity-name-tags/mila-kunis
[5] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/racial-discrimination
[6] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/human-rights
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/genocide