Rose Girone, Oldest Known Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113

Girone's life spanned persecution in Nazi Germany, survival in a Shanghai ghetto, and decades of resilience in the United States.

Rose Girone, born in 1912 in Poland, was confirmed as the world's oldest Holocaust survivor by the Claims Conference before her death on February 24 in New York.
She witnessed Kristallnacht and secured her husband's release from a concentration camp in 1938, enabling their escape to Shanghai, one of the few safe havens for Jewish refugees at the time.
The family endured seven years in a rat-infested bathroom in a Shanghai ghetto under Japanese occupation during World War II before emigrating to the U.S. in 1947.
Girone built a new life in New York, opening knitting shops and teaching the craft well into her 100s, attributing her longevity to her family and a love of dark chocolate.
Her death underscores the dwindling number of Holocaust survivors, with only about 245,000 still alive worldwide, highlighting the importance of preserving their stories.