Rose was born in Srala, Czechoslovakia, and had parents and four siblings prior to the war. She survived along with a brother, their father, an aunt and cousins. Her home was part of the local Jewish ghetto and they were packed in their house with their extended 38 member family. In May, 1944, she was transported to Auschwitz, and after the “selection” was chosen to be taken to the Farleslaben labor camp. She worked with dangerous paints. When the camp commanders heard that the Americans were coming, they sent the workers to another camp called Zalcwedel.