SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The stepsister of Holocaust victim Anne Frank is speaking at Augustana University in October.
Eva Schloss survived the Auschwitz death camp.
Anne Frank did not, but the now-famous diary of the girl did survive.
The Chabad Jewish Center of South Dakota is cosponsoring the event.
Tickets are $20, Augie students can get in free. Tickets are available at: www.augie.edu/annefrank
The event is at 7 p.m. October 29th at the Elmen Center on the Augustana campus.
Read more below from the Chabad Jewish Center’s news release.
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On Tuesday, October 29, Mrs. Eva Schloss will share how she survived the Holocaust, and her experiences as the childhood friend and step sister of Anne Frank, including accounts of the publishing of Anne’s famed diary.
The presentation will take place at the Elmen Center at Augustana University at 7:00pm. The event is suitable for people of all ages including teenagers. This is a special opportunity to hear a first-hand account from a holocaust survivor whose life intersected with one of the most compelling figures in our history.
Chabad Jewish Center of South Dakota is partnering with Augustana University in organizing the event.
Tickets are available at: www.augie.edu/annefrank
Date: October 29Location: Elmen Center, Augustana University CampusMore info: www.JewishSD.org/Past-Present-Future
Ticket prices are $20. Augustana Students will receive free entry if registered in advance. A Sponsor VIP package, featuring priority seating and private reception with Mrs. Schloss is also available. Please email info@JewishSD.org for more info.
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About Eva Schloss:
In 1938, Germany invaded Austria, causing many Jewish families to flee Austria to avoid persecution. Among the emigrants was 8-year old Eva Geiringer, who with her mother, brother, and father moved first to Belgium and then to Holland, where one of her neighbors was a German Jewish girl of the same age.
The two girls became friends and playmates (though, as Eva would say many years later, the girl was “much more grown-up and mature than me”). They passed the time by skipping, playing hopscotch and marbles, and drinking lemonade that the girl’s mother prepared.
Ultimately, both girls and their families were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Eva survived her concentration camp experience and made her way to England, where she married Zvi Schloss and raised three daughters. She worked as a studio photographer and ran an antique shop.
Her step-sister did not survive Auschwitz, but kept a diary that did. Her name was Anne Frank.
Since 1985, Eva Schloss has devoted herself to holocaust education and global peace. She has recounted her wartime experiences in more than one thousand speaking engagements. She has written two books and has had a play written about her life. In 1999 Eva signed the Anne Frank Peace Declaration along with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and the niece of Raoul Wallenberg, a legendary figure who rescued thousands of Jews in Budapest.
Eva joins many courageous individuals who work tirelessly to end the violence and bigotry that continue to plague our world. Eva’s story is sensational and difficult to imagine, yet her insightful message reminds us that life is precious and fragile, that the creative spirit is stronger than fear, that the power of good is immeasurable, and that love makes a difference.
