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Eva Schloss, the Auschwitz subsister who dedicated decades to educating radical astir the Holocaust and was the step-sister of diarist Anne Frank, has died aged 96, her instauration announced connected Sunday (January 4, 2026).
In a tribute, her household expressed their “great sadness” astatine the nonaccomplishment of this “remarkable woman: an Auschwitz survivor, a devoted Holocaust educator, tireless successful her enactment for remembrance, knowing and peace”.
With large sadness, we received the quality of the passing of Eva Schloss (née Geiringer), an Auschwitz survivor.
Eva was calved connected 11 May 1929 into a Jewish household successful Vienna. In 1938, her household fled to Belgium and aboriginal to the Netherlands. She lived successful the aforesaid flat building… pic.twitter.com/MpDIoMTKum
Schloss died connected January 3 successful London, according to the Anne Frank House.
King Charles III, who danced with Schloss astatine an lawsuit successful London successful 2022, and his woman Camilla, patron of her Anne Frank Trust U.K. foundation, said they were “greatly saddened”.
“We are some privileged and arrogant to person known her and we admired her deeply,” the royal mates said successful a statement.
Schloss co-founded the spot successful 1990 to amended radical astir the Holocaust and combat prejudice.
A connection from The King pursuing the decease of Auschwitz survivor, Eva Schloss.
Eva was Anne Frank's step-sister, and co-Founder and Honorary President of the @AnneFrankTrust, of which The Queen is Patron. The Trust works to empower young radical to situation prejudice. pic.twitter.com/8HEC8lrtYp
Early years
Born Eva Geiringer successful Austria successful 1929, she was a kid erstwhile the Nazis annexed her country.
Her Jewish household fled to Belgium and past Amsterdam wherever they settled other Anne Frank’s house.
Frank’s accounts of the Holocaust person go a awesome of the suffering inflicted by the Nazis during World War II.
The 2 girls were the aforesaid property and often played together.
But from 1942 onwards, some families had to spell into hiding.
Schloss, her parent Elfriede, her begetter Erich and her member Heinz were betrayed 2 years aboriginal by a Nazi sympathiser. They were arrested connected her fifteenth day and sent to the Auschwitz extermination campy successful May 1944.
Schloss was capable to enactment successful interaction with her parent but was separated from her begetter and brother, who some died successful the camps.
Anne Frank died successful the Bergen-Belsen attraction campy successful 1945.
After the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet service successful 1945, Schloss and her parent returned to the Netherlands wherever they met Anne’s begetter Otto Frank, who was a widower upon his ain instrumentality from Auschwitz.
Otto encouraged Schloss to prosecute photography, and successful 1952 she moved to London to survey and met her aboriginal husband, Zvi Schloss.
Elfriede and Otto joined successful 1953.
Eva and Zvi Schloss, who had 3 daughters, obtained British citizenship. Eva Schloss besides regained her Austrian citizenship successful 2021, aged 92.
She wrote respective books and recounted her experiences astir the world, and was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) successful 2013.
“Into her 90s, she spoke with tireless passion, often giving respective talks a day, including successful prisons and schools,” Gillian Walnes, vice president of the Anne Frank Trust UK said successful a statement.
“Eva’s bequest lives connected successful the lives she touched and the past she truthful bravely kept alive.”
