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While Rose Mallinger was the oldest of the victims of the mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, she was not a Holocaust survivor.
That's contrary to some social media posts and early reports from news outlets that circulated on the internet in the days after Saturday's shooting. For example, a People story about each of the victims lists a correction about it at the bottom.
And, a look at Google trends shows many people have been searching for information about a shooting victim who was also a Holocaust survivor. Fact-checking site Snopes.com also posted about the claim, including a screenshot of a now-deleted Twitter post from a woman who knows the family and asked that people stop spreading misinformation about Mallinger.
In reality, Mallinger, at 97, was a sweet woman who was "vivacious" and "full of life," the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. She seemed younger than her age.
A regular at Tree of Life told the Post-Gazette Mallinger was often at services at the synagogue. And, The Washington Post reported Mallinger barely missed a service in decades and used to make breakfast for the congregants.
At least one Holocaust survivor who attends Tree of Life gave an interview, telling The Washington Post he "survived a second time" after he pulled into the parking lot four minutes late, while the shooting was happening.
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