After Auschwitz: A story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Fr

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A story of heartbreak and survival by the step-sister of Anne Frank.

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Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday and sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck, her own determination and the love and protection of her mother Fritzi, who was deported with her.When Auschwitz was liberated, Eva and Fritzi began the long journey home. They searched desperately for Eva's father and brother, from whom they had been separated. The news came some months later. Tragically, both men had been killed.Before the war, in Amsterdam, Eva had become friendly with a young girl called Anne Frank. Though their fates were very different, Eva's life was set to be entwined with her friend's for ever more, after her mother Fritzi married Anne's father Otto Frank in 1953.This is a searingly honest account of how an ordinary person survived the Holocaust. Eva's memories and descriptions are heartbreakingly clear, her account brings the horror as close as it can possibly be.But this is also an exploration of what happened next, of Eva's struggle to live with herself after the war and to continue the work of her step-father Otto, ensuring that the legacy of Anne Frank is never forgotten.

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Eva Schloss arrived at Auschwitz when she was just 15 years old. Every other child with her on the train to the death camp was killed, and she later discovered that she had also lost her beloved brother and father. This is her harrowing, but spellbinding account of her struggle for survival both in Auschwitz and beyond. Now in paperback.

Author Biography

Eva is in her mid-eighties and lives with her husband Zvi in North London. After the war she became a professional photographer 'using the Leica camera Otto Frank had given her' and later opened an antiques shop in Edgware, which she ran for decades. She co-founded The Anne Frank Trust to perpetuate Anne and her step-father Otto's legacy. This year she was awarded an MBE for her work in schools, educating children on the perils of intolerance.Karen Bartlett is a writer and journalist based in London. She has written for The Sunday Times, The Times, The Guardian and WIRED from Africa, India and the U.S, and has presented and produced for BBC radio. She was the youngest Director of democratic reform and human rights campaign group Charter88, and began her career in the UK and South Africa.

Review

If it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. - Daily ExpressIf it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. - Daily ExpressIf it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. - Daily Express

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A story of heartbreak and survival by the step-sister of Anne Frank

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Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday and sent to Auschwitz. Her survival depended on endless strokes of luck, her own determination and the love and protection of her mother Fritzi, who was deported with her.When Auschwitz was liberated, Eva and Fritzi began the long journey home. They searched desperately for Eva's father and brother, from whom they had been separated. The news came some months later. Tragically, both men had been killed.Before the war, in Amsterdam, Eva had become friendly with a young girl called Anne Frank. Though their fates were very different, Eva's life was set to be entwined with her friend's for ever more, after her mother Fritzi married Anne's father Otto Frank in 1953.This is a searingly honest account of how an ordinary person survived the Holocaust. Eva's memories and descriptions are heartbreakingly clear, her account brings the horror as close as it can possibly be.But this is also an exploration of what happened next, of Eva's struggle to live with herself after the war and to continue the work of her step-father Otto, ensuring that the legacy of Anne Frank is never forgotten.

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If it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. - Daily ExpressIf it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. - Daily ExpressIf it is possible to write with stark sensitivity then Eva has managed it, illuminating both the frailty and strength of the human spirit. After 60 years Eva Schloss is finally telling her own story and it deserves to be read. - Daily Express

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A story of heartbreak and survival by the step-sister of Anne Frank.

Details ISBN1444760718 Author Eva Schloss ISBN-10 1444760718 ISBN-13 9781444760712 Media Book Imprint Hodder Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 940.5318092 Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-01-16 Short Title AFTER AUSCHWITZ Language English Subtitle A story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank Format Paperback Pages 352 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton UK Release Date 2014-01-16 Illustrations 2 x colour and black and white picture sections Audience General Series Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two NZ Release Date 2014-04-07 AU Release Date 2014-04-07 We've got this

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