Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister and Holocaust campaigner, dies at 96
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Key Points:
- Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister, has died at age 96; she was a dedicated educator and campaigner against prejudice.
- Schloss and her family fled Nazi Austria to Amsterdam, where they went into hiding with the Frank family before being betrayed and sent to Auschwitz, where she lost her father and brother.
- After the war, her mother married Otto Frank, making Eva Anne Frank’s stepsister, and Schloss later settled in London with her husband and three daughters.
- She began publicly sharing her Holocaust experiences in 1988 to raise awareness about ongoing hatred and intolerance, leading to her co-founding the Anne Frank Trust UK in 1991.
- Schloss authored three books and tirelessly spoke in schools
