Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96
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Key Points:
- Eva Schloss, an Auschwitz survivor and stepsister of Anne Frank, died at age 96 in London, where she lived and worked as a Holocaust educator.
- Born in Vienna in 1929, Schloss fled to Amsterdam, was hidden with her family during Nazi occupation, and survived Auschwitz along with her mother, while her father and brother perished.
- After the war, Schloss settled in Britain, and her mother married Otto Frank, Anne Frank’s father, in 1953; Schloss began publicly sharing her experiences and educating about the Holocaust from 1986 onward.
- She co-founded the Anne Frank Trust UK and dedicated her life to combating prejudice and promoting Holocaust education worldwide, continuing her activism into her 90s.
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