The King has danced with Anne Frank’s stepsister while visiting a Jewish community center in north London. At 93, Eva Schloss has survived Nazi concentration camps, spent decades promoting peace among humanity and now has danced with a King during a celebration of Hanukkah. Here’s what you need to know.
Eva said King Charles was “sweet” and “seemed to enjoy” taking part. “They are so easy to talk to, they are not standing on a higher level where you have to make an appointment, they are human beings and want to be part of the community and part of the British people and help everybody,” she said.
King Charles III Busts A Move With Anne Frank’s Stepsister At Jewish Community Center
Charles toured the JW3 community centre on Finchley Road speaking to school children packing presents and food hampers for families around Camden, refugees baking ginger bread biscuits and survivors of the Holocaust.
In a speech during which she presented the King with a Chanukiah of eight candelabras, Dame Vivian Duffield said she founded JW3 to give the Jewish community in London a place to gather to protect and celebrate their heritage.
Eva said: “Unfortunately, there is still anti-Semitism, people say Jewish people should go to Israel, this is England, but I hope we are getting over these prejudices. England is one of the rich countries in the world and we have to struggle with poverty and I hope King Charles will be able to manage this situation a little bit. I hope he will help make things easier for everybody and fight racism. I think he is a very good King.”
As Charles visited the kitchen where a group of young refugees were baking biscuits for the Christmas hampers, one of the cooks, Sefinat, fell to her knees with giddiness. She said afterwards: “To be honest, I can’t explain the feeling. To see him live, I was like oh my god, it was a nice feeling and I’m happy I was able to meet him.”
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