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

By AFP 5 January 2026, 1:00 am

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Eva Schloss, the step-sister of Anne Frank and honorary president of the Anne Frank Trust UK, takes part in a candle lighting ceremony during a reception to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and the 75th publication of Anne Frank's diary for the Anne Frank Trust in London, on January 20, 2022. (Chris Jackson / POOL / AFP)

LONDON — Eva Schloss, the Auschwitz survivor who dedicated decades to educating people on the Holocaust and was the step-sister of diarist Anne Frank, has died aged 96, her foundation announces.

Her family expresses their “great sadness” at the loss of this “remarkable woman: an Auschwitz survivor, a devoted Holocaust educator, tireless in her work for remembrance, understanding and peace.”

King Charles III, who danced with Schloss at an event in London in 2022, and his wife Camilla, patron of her Anne Frank Trust UK foundation, say they were “greatly saddened.”

“We are both privileged and proud to have known her and we admired her deeply,” the royal couple says in a statement.

Schloss co-founded the organization in 1990 to pass on the memory of the Holocaust to young people and combat prejudice.