Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 96. Her death was confirmed on Saturday in a tribute published in the Jewish News, where her family expressed their 'great sadness' at the loss.
King Charles led tributes, saying he and Queen Camilla 'admired her deeply' and were 'privileged and proud' to have known her. The King had met Schloss in 2022, dancing with her during a visit to a Jewish community centre in north London.
Born Eva Geiringer in Vienna, she later lived in Amsterdam where she met Anne Frank. During the Holocaust, her family was betrayed and sent to Auschwitz. She and her mother survived, but her father and brother were killed. After the war, she moved to London and married Zvi Schloss in 1952, with whom she had three daughters.
Schloss became a prominent Holocaust education campaigner, co-founding the Anne Frank Trust. In 2021, she regained Austrian citizenship. Her family said: 'We hope her legacy will continue to inspire through the books, films and resources she leaves behind.'
