Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister, dies aged 96

04 January 2026 , 18:31

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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, Anne Frank’s stepsister, dies aged 96

Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor and the posthumous stepsister of Anne Frank, has died at the age of 96.

Her family confirmed her death in a statement, expressing “great sadness” at the loss of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

King Charles said he was “privileged and proud” to have known Schloss, describing her as someone he and the Queen “admired deeply”. Schloss co-founded the Anne Frank Trust UK in 1990 to help young people challenge prejudice by learning about the Holocaust and Anne Frank’s life.

Born Eva Geiringer in Vienna in 1929, she moved with her family to Amsterdam in 1940, where she befriended Anne Frank. After the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, both families went into hiding. On Eva’s 15th birthday in 1944, the family’s hiding place was betrayed to the authorities.

Eva’s father and brother later died after being sent on a death march to Mauthausen, while Eva and her mother were imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau. They were liberated by the Soviet army in 1945 and returned to Amsterdam, where Eva’s mother later married Otto Frank.

Schloss later settled in London, where she became a prominent Holocaust educator and campaigner for remembrance and tolerance. She was awarded an MBE for her work and remained active in public education well into later life. Her family said her legacy would continue through the books, films and educational resources she leaves behind.

Thomas Brown

Head of Investigations