Rose Lipszyc was born on May 27, 1929 in Lublin, Poland. She was ten years old when Nazi Germany invaded Poland to start the Second World War in Europe. Rose and her family were soon removed from their home and forced to live in the village of Osmolice. In October 1942, the family was deported from the village. On the way to the train station, Rose’s mother pushed her out of line to escape and a Polish farmer told the Germans she was a gentile. Later, a family friend provided Rose with two birth certificates to pass as a Polish gentile. She traveled to Lublin to reunite with her aunt. The two then went to Bremen, Germany to find work. They worked in a factory with Polish women and conditions were difficult. At war’s end, with British forces approaching, Rose and her aunt went to a Polish displaced persons camp. Rose’s mother, father and two brothers were killed during the Holocaust, along with most of her extended family. After the war, a Zionist organization helped her cross the Austrian Alps to get to Italy. In Italy she met her future husband who was also a survivor. On their way to Israel in 1947, the British intercepted their ship and they were sent to a DP camp in Cyprus. In 1948, they were free to immigrate to Israel. In December 1952, Rose and her husband immigrated to Canada, settling in Toronto. Rose has two daughters and a son. In 2021 Rose was awarded the Order of Canada for her work in Holocaust education.