Talk:Eva Schloss

German name

The name in German is Schloß, should this be mentioned in the lede? 166.199.113.75 (talk) 23:03, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Her name is spelled Schloss in sources in German too. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 22:39, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Her husband, Zvi Schloss, was a German emigré living in England. It seems likely that he anglicized his name when he left Germany. -- ABehrens (talk) 05:10, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Statements from Jacqueline van Maarsen

I'm missing the statements from Jacqueline van Maarsen in the article. She was a real very close friend of Anne Frank, and is even mentioned in Anne Frank's diary. She says that Eva Schloss didn't know Anne Frank personally, and as a close friend, she should know. Or do you know something about this that I don't? ~2025-29374-79 (talk) 20:42, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

I don't think that's necessarily a serious contradiction with the sentence Geiringer and Anne, close in age, occasionally played together between the ages of 11 and 13 already present in the article. If the two girls only played together a few times, not even necessarily only the two of them, Jacqueline might not have been aware of that. That they never encountered each other at all sounds rather implausible given the living situation, but they likely didn't know each other well. We should keep in mind that even contemporary witnesses can't know or recall every detail with perfect precision. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 22:32, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Per the first comment here, Jacqueline stated that she could not remember Eva, which does indicate that Jacqueline simply did not know her (or later forgot), and that that was the only reason for her to claim that the two girls had not had contact with each other (and it's simply implausible for Eva and Anne to have never met at all, not even once), and apparently Otto Frank actually said the two girls played with each other often. So it's likely that Eva did know Anne, just perhaps not very well. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 22:48, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Also, apparently Jacqueline was Anne's friend from school, and as such didn't necessarily even live in the same street, so her not remembering Eva doesn't necessarily mean much. Jacqueline might simply accidentally never have encountered Eva, or might have encountered her only in passing (and without knowing her name, and not together with Anne), and Anne might never have mentioned Eva, or too rarely for Jacqueline to remember, which would be consistent with Anne and Eva not knowing each other well, and not being close friends, but also not never having had contact at all, a pretty typical situation for children next door, or neighbourhood children, especially at the time. Beware of black-and-white thinking. It's easy enough to make sense out of this situation with a bit of nuanced, practical, real-world reasoning. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 23:05, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

Posthumous stepsisters?

I know Anne and Margot died before Otto remarried but it feels kinda weird to call it "posthumous" anyone have an explanation? KreamoNoBrainos/Kreamy/Fat Man (talk) 14:07, 6 January 2026 (UTC)