World's oldest Holocaust survivor dies at 113
(WJW) – A woman believed to be the world's oldest Holocaust survivor has died.
Rose Girone died Monday morning, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, who spoke to her daughter. Rose lived in New York.
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The cause, according to her daughter, Reha Bennicasa, was old age.
'Everything that's out there is really who my mother was,' Bennicasa said, referring to the press coverage her mother received in recent years. 'She was a strong lady, resilient. She made the best of terrible situations. She was very level-headed, very commonsensical. There was nothing I couldn't bring to her to help me solve — ever — from childhood on. She was just a terrific lady… and I don't know, when God made her, they broke mold.'
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Girone was born in Poland in 1912.
She had just celebrated a birthday last month. Rose said her secret to long life was to 'Live every day with a purpose, have amazing children, and eat lots of dark chocolate.'
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