Holocaust Survivor and Educator Eva Schloss, Stepsister to Anne Frank, Dies at 96

Schloss and her family were in hiding with the Franks in Amsterdam in 1942, before being sent to a concentration camp in Auschwitz.

Eva Schloss, 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 at the InterContinental Hotel in London on Jan. 20, 2022. Chris Jackson-Pool/Getty Images

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister to diarist Anne Frank, has died at 96 years old.

Schloss, who survived Auschwitz, went on to devote her life as a Holocaust educator. She died on Jan. 3 at her residence in London, both the Anne Frank Trust UK, of which she was co-founder and honorary president, and the Anne Frank House confirmed.