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Friday 7 February 2020

A woman’s story of Survival

Anne Frank’s stepsister in Aruba

ORANJESTAD – The stepsis- play, “And then they came
ter of one of the most dis- for me.” Like her stepsister
cussed Jewish victims of Schloss went into hiding
the Holocaust, Anne Frank, in holland until she, along
will be in Aruba on a special with her family, were be-
invitation by the Chabad trayed, captured and sent
Synagogue of Aruba. Enter to the Auschwitz-Birkenau
the world of Anne Frank as death camp. Her father
told by her stepsister and and brother did not survive
childhood friend. the ordeal, but she and
her mother were barely
Eva Schloss, born on May alive when they were freed
11, 1929, is an Austrian- in 1945 by Soviet troops.
English holocaust survivor They returned to Amster-
memoirist and stepdaugh- dam, and during this time,
ter of Otto Frank, the fa- Schloss and her mother re-
ther of Margot and diarist newed their friendship with
Anne Frank. Schloss will be Otto Frank, who was at
travelling fom London to that time contending with
share her story of truimph the loss of his wife and chil-
and survival, tolerance and dren, and the discovery of
global peace with the Aru- his daughter Anne's diary.
bian community. Schloss is Schloss did not talk about
a trustee of the Anne Frank her experiences in the con-
Educational Trust, an au- centration camp until after
thor of three books and Otto's death in 1980. Hav-
the subject of James Still’s ing experienced her step-
father's emotional involve-
ment with Anne and the
preservation of her mem-
ory, she felt compelled to
take on the responsibil-
ity of keeping Anne Frank's
name alive.

Since 1985, Schloss has de-
voted herself to Holocaust
education and global
peace. She has encoun-
tered her wartime experi-
ences in more than one
thousand speaking en-
gagements. Due to her
age she is not able to travel
much, but she is making an
exception and what mo-
tivated her to visit Aruba is
when she heard that we
have a bust of Anne Frank
at the Whilhelmina Park in
Oranjestad.

The educational speech
will be held on March 1st,
2020 at the Hilton Aruba
Caribbean Resort and Ca-
sino, Grand Morris Lapidus
Ballsroom, starting at 7pm.

For more information and
tickets call (+297) 592-7613
or visit www.annefranka-
ruba.com.q