Anne Frank’s stepsister: How I survived Auschwitz, part 1
Part one of Eva Schloss’ extraordinary Holocaust testimony and her childhood memories of Anne Frank
Eva Schloss and Anne Frank had been childhood friends and neighbours in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Eva remembers Anne’s nickname was ‘Miss Quack Quack’ because she always loved talking. Then, like the Franks, Eva’s Jewish family was forced into hiding. Both families were ultimately betrayed and sent to Auschwitz, the most notorious of the Nazi death camps. After the war, Eva became Anne’s posthumous stepsister when her mother married Otto Frank, Anne’s father. Together they worked tirelessly to promote Anne Frank’s legacy through her diary.
Eva shares her extraordinary Holocaust testimony over two episodes. In this first episode, she describes her life before Auschwitz and her family’s eventual capture. In part two, you can hear about her experience of the liberation of Auschwitz and her efforts to keep her brother Heinz’s memory alive.
Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Maryam Maruf
Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
(Photo: Eva Schloss aged 11 in 1940. Credit: Courtesy of Eva Schloss)
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