Holocaust Survivor Talks About Her Experiences at Danville Station

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89-year-old holocaust survivor Eva Geiringer Schloss gave a history lesson to several hundred people in Danville last night.

Schloss detailed her time in hiding, being captured by the Nazi’s, and spending time in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

“I always get asked ‘did you lose your faith in god?” Schloss said. “Well, the answer is yes. The only thing we could do in the camp was pray to god to stop the atrocities. And god wasn’t there for us…I lost faith in humanity…and that was even worse.”

The Danville Station was packed with hundreds for the meet and greet, the standing room only crowd hanging on every word as Schloss detailed her experiences.

Schloss was friends with Anne Frank, and went on to become her step-sister, although Frank had already passed away by that time. Schloss’ mother married Frank’s father after surviving the concentration camp.

The event also unveiled a new permanent exhibit at the Station’s Anne Frank Pen Pal museum, paintings by Schloss’ father and brother who never made it out of the concentration camps alive. The paintings can be seen at the Danville Station, and if you missed the event you can watch a video on the Danville Community School District’s Facebook page.