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.

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

The longtime Queens resident, who ran a knitting shop in Forest Hills, fled Poland and Germany for Shanghai before immigrating to the U.S. in 1947.

Rose Girone, regarded as the oldest Holocaust survivor, passed away at 111. Born in Germany, Girone survived while pregnant during WWII, eventually fleeing to Shanghai. Her legacy is one of strength,

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 woman who is believed to be the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, died at a nursing home in #LongIsland at the age of 113, according to her granddaughter. - https://t.co/z9vDI3kijD pic.twitter.com/wIPCkaMHrg

Rose Girone, who would have been unlikely to see her 30th birthday if she hadn't escaped Nazi Germany just in time, has died at age 113. Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, died this week at a nursing home on Long Island.