Eva Gross, a Holocaust survivor, passed away May 21, 2011, in Denver. Jerry Rotenberg officiated at the graveside service held June 2 at Rose Hill Cemetery. Feldman Mortuary made the arrangements.
Mrs. Gross was born 1923 in Oroshaza, Hungary.
In 1944, Eva and her father were sent on a transport destined for Auschwitz. Saboteurs redirected the train to a German labor camp in Austria, where father and daughter worked as slave laborers repairing railroad tracks.
Her father died of a heart attack in Eva’s arms while in the camp.
After she was liberated by the Russians on April 4, 1945, she returned to Oroshaza. Her brother and almost her all her relatives died in the Holocaust.
In November, 1945, she married Miklos Grosz, who had lost several relatives in the Holocaust.
Under Hungary’s communist regime, Mrs. Gross had to turn over her hardware store and all real estate to the government in 1948.
The couple, their children Robert and Tomas and Miklos brother Berci escaped to the US via Austria in 1956.
They lived in Memphis for a few years and moved to Denver in 1960.
Miklos Grosz passed away on Feb. 16, 1994.
In 1972, Mrs. Gross started working for the Denver Federal Reserve Bank in the cash, mailroom and central files department.
She was honored for her dedication and service in 1999 by the 25-Year Club.
Mrs. Gross began volunteering at Rose Medical Center in 1990 and was named Rose Volunteer of the Year in 1994. By 2005, she had accumulated 15 years of service and was nominated for the Frist Humanitarian Award.
Mrs. Gross is survived by her sons Robert Gross of Englewood, Thomas (Jody Sachs) Gross of Derwood, Md., and Jack Grosz of Denver; and grandchildren Arielle and Matthew.
Contributions may be made to JFS or the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
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