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Eva Schloss, Auschwitz Survivor and Anne Frank’s Stepsister, Dies at 96

Tributes highlight her decades shaping Holocaust education through the Anne Frank Trust.

Overview

  • Her death on January 3 in London was announced by the Anne Frank Trust UK and her family, who called her a remarkable woman and requested privacy.
  • King Charles III issued a public tribute praising her resilience and lifelong work against hatred, noting his personal admiration for her.
  • Deported to Auschwitz on her 15th birthday in 1944, she survived with her mother while her father Erich and brother Heinz were killed.
  • She co-founded the Anne Frank Trust UK and served as honorary president, with the charity reporting outreach to over 132,000 young people and training more than 5,300 peer educators in 2024.
  • A late-life educator and author of three books, she received an MBE for her work and in 2021 reclaimed Austrian citizenship as an act of reconciliation.