Eva Schloss died on January 3 in London, the BBC reports.
On the occasion of her death, the British King Charles announced in a post on social networks that he and Queen Camilla were “deeply saddened” by her departure.
Britain’s King Charles pointed out that the horrors that Schloss survived during the Holocaust were “impossible to comprehend”, but that she dedicated the rest of her life to the fight against hatred and prejudice, as well as to Holocaust education around the world.
Eva Schloss was the co-founder and honorary president of the Anne Frank Fund in Great Britain, whose patron is the British Queen Consort Camilla.
During World War II, Schloss and her family were expelled from Austria and lived as refugees in the Netherlands.
After hiding from the Nazis, the family was arrested and deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
She survived the camp
Eva survived the camp, while her brother and father perished in captivity.
After the liberation of the camp in January 1945 by the Soviet army, Eva and her mother Elfride Frank were in a serious state of health.
After returning to Amsterdam, Elfride Frank married Otto Frank, the father of Anne Frank, the only surviving member of the immediate family of the author of the famous diary.
The Anne Frank Fund stated that Eva Schloss lived as a girl in Amsterdam, across the street from Anne Frank’s house, and that, like her, she was forced to hide from the Nazis.
Eva Schloss’s family said they were grieving the loss of a “beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother,” while the Jewish News described her as an extraordinary woman and a tireless educator dedicated to preserving the memory of the Holocaust.
During the last four decades, Eva Šlos has actively worked on educating young people and promoting messages of tolerance, understanding and peace. She often spoke at public meetings and in schools across Europe.
In 1951, she moved to London, where she studied photography and met her husband, Zvi Schlos.
The couple were later granted British citizenship.
Cvi Schloss passed away in 2016.
The “Diary of Anne Frank”, which documents the life of Jews under the Nazi occupation, has sold more than 30 million copies and has been translated into 70 languages, and is considered one of the most important testimonies of the Holocaust.
(Vijesti.ba)
