Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor who endured both German and Japanese oppression but lived for eight decades beyond the end of World War II, has died at age 113.

Rose Girone, who once credited her longevity to dark chocolate, survived the Nazi horror of Kristallnacht and her husband’s time at a concentration camp to eventually move with her family to the

Girone was born on January 13, 1912, in Janow, Poland. She was one of approximately 245,000 survivors still living in 90 countries.. Polish Rose Girone, considered the oldest Holocaust survivor, died on Thursday at 113 in New York,

Born in Poland, her family moved to Hamburg; in 1939 she fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai, where she credits knitting as helping save her family before they moved to the US

"The lessons of the Holocaust must not die with those who endured the suffering." Girone was born on January 13, 1912, in Janow, Poland. Her family moved to Hamburg, Germany, when she was 6 ...

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor and someone who suffered at the hands of Germany and Japan during World War II, has died at the age 113, her daughter, Reha Bennicasa, confirmed Thursday.

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor who endured both ... As a child, she moved to Hamburg, Germany. In 1937, she married a German Jew named Julius Mannheim. When she was nine months ...

Polish-born Rose managed to get visas for her and her husband to escape Germany to Shanghai in 1939, later settling in Queens, New York.

Poland-born Rose Girone fled to China in 1939 but was forced into a Japanese ghetto in Shanghai before moving to New York after the war

Girone was one of about 245,000 Holocaust survivors still living across more than 90 countries, according to a study released last year.

She fled Nazi Germany in 1939 with her husband and baby only to be forced into a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai. Still, she would often say, “Aren’t we lucky?”