Anne Frank's stepsister Eva Schloss on living with her legacy in new biography 'After Auschwitz'
Posted By admin on April 25, 2013
Eva, 83, appeared on This Morning to discuss her biography After Auschwitz Eva was sent to Auschwitz aged 15 with mother, Fritzi, father and brother Her father died in concentration camp - as did Anne Frank's mother Fritzi later fell in love with Anne's father, Otto Frank and they married in 1953 Eva says she knew Anne as a child but the two were never close Eva remembers Anne as a storyteller who loved to be centre of attention Admits life in her stepsister's shadow was difficult By Toni Jones PUBLISHED: 10:42 EST, 25 April 2013 | UPDATED: 13:45 EST, 25 April 2013 Eva Schloss was 23 years old when her mother Fritzi married Otto Frank, making her the posthumous stepsister to Anne Frank, who had died eight years earlier in a concentration camp. Like the Frank family, Eva and her family were discovered hiding in Amsterdam, arrested by Nazi soldiers and sent to a concentration camp when Eva was just 15.
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Anne Frank's stepsister Eva Schloss on living with her legacy in new biography 'After Auschwitz'
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