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Tuesday 3 March 2020

Eva Schloss impressed Aruba in a full house Hilton ballroom:

She made you see World War II through the eyes of a Jewish girl

PALM BEACH — Eva Schloss camp where Nazi colonel
is a holocaust survivor and Mengle separated what
step sister of Anne Frank. he deemed, the weak from
She was in Aruba where she the strong, the illnesses in
shared her life story with a the barracks, the hunger
couple hundreds people in and cold and, the un-
a packed ballroom of the known. You imagined, but
Hilton Aruba Caribbean Re- you can never feel what
sort & Casino. The night was they felt. And that exactly is
organized by Chabad Jew- why this evening was so im-
ish Center Aruba. “I share portant. We must prevent
my story with the world to anyone from going through
create awareness and give this again. Eva dedicates
knowledge about what the herself to holocaust edu-
holocaust is.” You could cation and global peace,
have heard a pin drop dur- and is the perfect person to
ing her presentation. do that. She wishes Aruba
preserves their multicultural
The event was sold out, treasures and openness
and the great thing was towards each other. “You
that many teens were pres- have all these different
ent, a sign that parents people living together here
strive to educate their chil- without problems. You see,
dren about a part of history it can be done. As long as
we must-never-forget. The we strive for that.” Life is
emcee Ruben Garcia did precious and fragile, but
a great job and the speech there anything positive the creative spirit is stron-
by our Prime Minister Evelyn within the concentration ger than fear, the power of
Wever-Croes was power- camp life?” Eva: “Nothing. good is immeasurable, and
ful, empathic and thank- There was no fun. It was sur- love makes a difference.
ful. “We are honored to be viving day by day while suf-
able to hear you share your fering.” Eva has spoken on more
life with us,” she said to Eva than one thousand speak-
and also referred to the up- The impactful evening ing engagements. She has
coming International Day made one realize that written two books and has
of Women, where she sees there is no way you can had a play written about
Eva as an example to the imagine how it was for real. her life. In 1999 Eva signed
empowerment of women. When Eva talked you imag- the Anne Frank Peace
ined the streets of Amster- Declaration along with
Rabbi Ahron Blasberg of dam, the hiding places, United Nations Secretary
Chabad Aruba introduced tion of Jewish people. The Alas there are none in war the horrible trains that took General Kofi Annan and
his wife Chaya as the inter- audience barely moved, time, there is only losing. them to Auschwitz with the niece of Raul Wallen-
viewer of Eva. While the two anxious to hear what came That was also Eva’s answer one bucket drinking water berg, a legendary figure
sat down in comfortable next. Of course, we all to one of the three local and one bucket to urinate who rescued thousands of
sofa chairs, Eva took the hoped for a happy ending. students that asked: “Was for 80 people, the huge Jews in Budapest.q
public to another place.
The world of a young Jew-
ish girl in Austria who had
to flee, with her parents
and brother to Amsterdam
when Hitler invaded their
country. In Amsterdam,
she met Anne Frank and
her family and the two be-
came close friends. It did
not last for long, because
the Nazis entered the Neth-
erlands and from there the
horror started. She paints
a picture of the fears, the
insecurities and the emo-
tions of a young girl in the
time of war and persecu-