Rose, Maurice, 1899-1945
Biography
Maurice Rose was born in 1899 in Middletown, CT to Orthodox Jewish parents Rabbi Samuel and Katy Rose. The family moved to Denver, CO in 1902 when Maurice was three. After graduation from highschool, Maurice Rose enlisted in the United States army when he was 15 and fought under General Pershing. At the beginning of World War I he was a second lieutenant and by the end of the that war he was a captain. After World War I, Maurice Rose briefly worked as a salesman, but then re-enlisted. He stayed in the army and attended various military schools. After fighting in North Africa and Sicily, Rose was sent to command forces during the D-Day Normandy invasion as a Brigadier General. In August of 1944, Rose was promoted to the rank of Major General and was given command of the 3rd Armored Division. The 3rd Armored Division captured Rotgen, the first German city to fall to the Allies. During the Battle of the Bulge, the 3rd Amored Division's tanks battled the advancing German Panzers. After capturing Cologne in early March of 1945, the division drove more than 90 miles into German territory on March 29, 1945. However, the next day, March 30, General Rose was killed in action. Prominent Jewish businessmen who were planning to build a new Jewish hospital, decided to name the hospital General Rose Memorial Hospital. The major fundraiser for the hospital was Max Goldberg who was a long-time editor of the Intermountain Jewish News. General Eisenhower laid the cornerstone of the hospital on August 31, 1948.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Controversy Regarding Rose's Religion, 1945-2019
Folder contains correspondence between the American Battle Monuments Commission, the American Graves Registration Command European Theater Area, and General Rose Memorial Hospital about the replacement of the Star of David grave headstone with a Christian Cross in 1949. There is also an address given by Louis Nizer in New York in 1945.
Tombstone and Exhibit Photographs, 1950-2019
Photograph of original Star of David grave marker that was replaced by tombstone with a cross and photographs of Marshall Fogel and others at a Maurice Rose exhibits.