LONDON — Eva Schloss, the Auschwitz survivor who dedicated decades to educating people about the Holocaust and was the stepsister of diarist Anne Frank, has died aged 96, her foundation announced Sunday.

In a tribute, her family expressed their “great sadness” at the loss of this “remarkable woman: an Auschwitz survivor, a devoted Holocaust educator, tireless in her work for remembrance, understanding and peace.”

Schloss died on January 3 in London, according to the Anne Frank House.

King Charles III, who danced with Schloss at an event in London in 2022, and his wife Camilla, patron of her Anne Frank Trust UK foundation, said they were “greatly saddened.”

“We are both privileged and proud to have known her and we admired her deeply,” the royal couple said in a statement.

Schloss co-founded the trust in 1990 to educate people about the Holocaust and combat prejudice.

Born Eva Geiringer in Austria in 1929, she was a child when the Nazis annexed her country.

Her Jewish family fled to Belgium and........

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