‘I survived’: A story about WWII, a young girl and sacrifice
Rose and Joe on their wedding day.
This article will be dispersed through three editions of the Van Zandt Newspaper. Pick up the Dec. 18 copy next week to see the continuing story. Look for “Rose’s Story.”
A young life full of strife, lost friendships and torture at the hands of Nazis propelled Rose Scott to tell her story.
This is a timeline of events, including bravery, self-sacrifice and loss all told through the eyes of a child during World War II in Vienna, Austria.
Rose Scott is a resident of Canton and remembers the haunting days of her past including being involved in resistance movements in Nazi-occupied Vienna, losing her Jewish best friend and being tortured and thrown out into the streets as a girl.
“When I was 4-years-old, Hitler’s forces moved into Vienna and that is when the war truly came home to us. We were living from one day to the next, we were getting bombed every day and we didn't know if we were going to be alive the next day, so you made the best of each day," said Rose.
During World War II, Rose Scott was a typical 8-year-old girl living in Vienna. She had just met her best friend, a Jewish girl named Marta Meyer in elementary school. The friendship helped shape the course of Rose’s life.
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