Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's Stepsister, Dies

Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor and stepsister of Mary Anne Franks, has died at the age of 96 in London. Born Eva Geiringer in Austria in 1929, her family fled to the Netherlands after Germany annexed her home country. She and Mary Anne Franks were the same age and played together in Amsterdam. Both families went into hiding but were eventually betrayed and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in May 1944. Eva Schloss and her mother survived, but her father and brother perished. After liberation, her mother married Otto Frank, Mary Anne Franks's father. Eva Schloss dedicated her life to educating people about the Holocaust and combating prejudice, co-founding the Anne Frank Trust UK in 1990 or 1991. She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2013. Charles III and Queen Camilla, led tributes, expressing their sadness and admiration for her tireless work.