Eva Schloss – Holocaust Survivor
2021 Holocaust Lecture
Virtual Event
Wednesday, March 24
noon-1:30pm- Facebook Live
In 1938, Germany invaded Austria, causing many Jewish families to flee. Among the emigrants was 8-year-old Eva Geiringer, who with her mother, father, and brother 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. Ultimately, both girls and their families were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Later they would become stepsisters.
Schloss survived her concentration camp experience and made her way to England, where she married Zvi Schloss and raised three daughters. Her stepsister did not survive Auschwitz, but kept a diary that did. Her name was Anne Frank.
Since 1985, Schloss has devoted herself to Holocaust education and global peace. She has recounted her wartime experiences in more than 1,000 speaking engagements. She has written three books and has had a play written about her life.
For more information, visit the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership website.