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A conversation with Eva
Schloss at The National World War II Museum
Holocaust survivor, author
to tell her harrowing story of survival,
explore close connection to Anne Frank
NEW ORLEANS – On March 9, 2008, at 2:00 pm, Holocaust
survivor Eva Schloss will recount her tragic and
harrowing story of Holocaust survival. Eva’s story of
hope in the most desperate of situations has been the
topic of two books, both co-authored by Schloss – Eva’s
Story and The Promise. She also collaborated on the play
And Then They Came for Me – Remembering the World of
Anne Frank. The presentation at The National World War
II Museum in New Orleans is free and open to the public.
Eva Geiringer Schloss was born in Vienna in 1929. The
Geiringer family consisted of her beloved Mutti and
Pappy and her older brother Heinz, to whom Eva was
extremely close. The family was Jewish and emigrated to
Holland in 1938 when Hitler annexed Austria. Their safe
haven did not last long. In 1942, the family was forced
into hiding after Heinz received orders to report for a
work detail. Hiding forced the family to live apart, Eva
with her mother and Heinz with his father, with only a
few treasured reunions.
Finally in May 1944, on the day of Eva’s 15th birthday,
the entire family was captured after being betrayed by a
double agent in the Dutch Underground. The family was
sent to Auschwitz where Eva recounts horrors that left
her physically and spiritually devastated. When the
Russian army liberated the camp in January of 1945, Eva
and her mother, both barely alive, were among a handful
of survivors. They would eventually learn that her
father and brother had not been so fortunate.
Schloss and her mother were finally repatriated to
Amsterdam in May 1945. In 1951, Schloss moved to London
where she met and married Zvi Schloss. The couple had
three daughters. In 1953, Eva celebrated another happy
occasion, the marriage of her mother to Otto Frank, the
father of Anne Frank and only survivor of the Secret
Annex. This made Eva the posthumous sister of Anne
Frank, whom she had known during her time in Amsterdam.
In addition to her lecture and booksigning at the
Museum, Eva Schloss will attend a performance of And
Then They Came for Me – Remembering the World of Anne
Frank. Performances will be held at Benjamin Franklin
High School on March 6, 7 and 8. The play is
co-sponsored by The National World War II Museum.
For more information on the lecture, call 504-527-6012 x
225. For information on the play, call 504-286-2600. Eve
Schloss’ books will be available for sale both at the
lecture and the performance.
The National World War II Museum was dedicated in 2000
as The National D-Day Museum and recently has been
designated by Congress as the country’s official
national World War II museum. It illuminates the
American experience during the war era and celebrates
the American spirit, the teamwork, optimism, courage and
sacrifice of the men and women who won World War II. The
National World War II Museum is currently undertaking a
$300 million expansion that, when complete, will create
a six-acre campus of exhibition pavilions, an advanced
format 4-D theater, USO venue, and a research and
conference center in downtown New Orleans. For more
information about The National World War II Museum, call
504-527-6012 or visit online at
www.nationalww2museum.org.
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