Alice Rosen

"I hope the schools will teach the Holocaust. Every generation must learn about it so it will never happen again."

Name at birth

Freya Karoline Lang

Date of birth

06/13/1934

Where were you born?

Mannheim, Germany

Name of father, occupation

Fritz Lang

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Ida

I was at Gurs then Rivesaltes, France for one year with my mother, father, and grandmother. French Red Cross volunteered to take ten children.

Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)

Gurs / Rivesaltes

Where were you in hiding?

When I was six years old, I was in foster homes with a Madame Didier, then a Madame Gordon in Noyer, France. Later, I was in a convent and then a children’s home in France.

What do you think helped you to survive?

The foster parents who took care of me. I hoped that my family would come back some day. I did as I was told. My mother died at Auschwitz; my father came back. I was an only child. I now have two daughters and five grandchildren.

What message would you like to leave for future generations?

I hope the schools will teach the Holocaust. Every generation must learn about it so it will never happen again.