One of the last two NOLA Holocaust survivors, Lila Skorecki Millen, dies at 87

LILA SKORECKI MILLEN, one of the last two remaining Holocaust survivors to make New Orleans her home, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025. She was 87.

LILA SKORECKI MILLEN

A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, she was born in Lodz, Poland. She and her sister Anne Skorecki Levy were both hidden during the war, and her family which had been living in the Warsaw Ghetto at the time of the uprising against the Nazis, managed to escape the ghetto and lived intact as a family in the country while the war played out.

Her survival from the Holocaust allowed her to emigrate to the United States and settle in New Orleans, where she built a life defined by resilience, love, and devotion to her family.

She was preceded in death by her daughter Natalie Brown and is is survived by her husband, Norman Millen, her daughter Jennifer (Alan) Fertel, her sister, Anne (the late Stan) Levy, and her brother, Adam (Jodie) Skorecki; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend graveside services at Chevra Thilim Memorial Park Cemetery, Iberville Street on Tuesday, August 26, at 1:00pm. The graveside services will be conducted by Chabad Center of Metairie Rabbi Yossie Nemes.

Contributions in her honor can be made to the charity of your choice.