[2][3] Pence claimed that as a three-year-old she was taken from her family of German Jews and deported to the Dachau Concentration Camp during World War II.
Other claims included living in a kibbutz in Israel, her fighter pilot husband being shot down during the Vietnam War, "a scare during the 1972 Olympics, an audience with the Pope, an encounter with Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall and an airplane hijacking by a Palestinian terrorist."
"[4] Building on her claims, Pence earned speaking fees at schools and other organizations because of her incredible life stories.
[citation needed] One such school was the University of Colorado, where Pence led a seminar called "A Horrifying Experience.
Rosemarie had made an engraved headstone for her husband to corroborate her story, even though the Air Force master sergeant was alive.
After living with the couple for almost a year, when they questioned Pence about the stories, she fled their home and moved to Butte, Montana, where she began working at a Super 8 Motel.