Rose Girone
Rose Girone | |
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| Born | Rose Raubvogel 13 January 1912 |
| Died | (aged 113 years, 42 days) Bellmore, New York, U.S. |
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| Known for | Oldest known Holocaust survivor |
| Children | 1 |
Rose Girone (January 13, 1912 – February 24, 2025) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American supercentenarian.[1] She was believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor at the time of her death.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Girone was born Rose Raubvogel on January 13, 1912, in Janów, Austrian Poland (now Ivano-Frankove, Ukraine after post-war border changes). The family moved to Hamburg where they operated a theatrical costume shop. While in Hamburg, she learned to knit from an aunt.[4]
In 1938, she married Julius Mannheim before moving to Breslau. Her daughter Rena was born in December of that year.[5] Shortly after relocation, the Nazis launched Kristallnacht, and Mannheim was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp.[6] In 1939, with the help of a cousin, Girone acquired a visa to flee to Shanghai, China, and Mannheim was released under the condition that they would leave the country. She sold knitted wear and Mannheim worked as a taxi driver.[4][7]
Life in the United States
[edit]In 1947, the family was granted a visa for the United States, travelling first to San Francisco before settling in Queens, New York.[4][7] There, she reunited with her mother, brother, and grandmother.[4] The family moved into a hotel as part of a refugee resettlement program. Girone began working as a knitting instructor.[4]
Following her divorce from Mannheim, Rose married Jack Girone in 1968, and the two moved to Whitestone, Queens and opening a knitting shop in Rego Park, with a second following in Forest Hills.[4][8] Girone sold her knitting business in 1980, at age 68, but continued to volunteer at a nonprofit knitting shop in Great Neck and later worked at a knitting shop in Port Washington.[4] She retired in 2017, at age 105.[4]
Girone died at a nursing home in Bellmore, New York, on February 24, 2025, at the age of 113 years and 42 days.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rose Girone". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ Staff, J. N. S. (2025-02-25). "World's oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 113". Jewish News Syndicate. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ "Videos". FOX 26 Houston. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Singer, Tanya. "A Holocaust survivor spent her 110th birthday knitting – a craft key to her survival". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ Vallone, Jordan (2025-01-31). "Rose Girone, Holocaust survivor, turns 113". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ Keys, Lisa. "Rose Girone, world's oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ a b Edelson, Daniel; York, New (2025-02-25). "World's oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 113". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ "Long Island Holocaust survivor celebrates 113th birthday on 1/13". News 12 - Default. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ Keys, Lisa (2025-02-24). "Knitting legend Rose Girone, world's oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 113". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ Bonner, Jeanne (2025-02-27). "Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, has died at age 113". CNN. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
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