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?”

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, believed to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor and a strong advocate for sharing survivors’ stories, has died. She was 113. Her death was confirmed on Thursday by the Claims Conference, a New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Holocaust survivor Rose Girone died at the age of 113 on the morning of Monday, Feb. 24, according to her daughter Reha Bennicasa.

Rose Girone, who was a strong advocate for sharing the stories of Holocaust survivors, will be remembered for being "an example of fortitude" following her passing

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.