Barbara Ledermann

Holocaust survivor

Jeker School in Amsterdam, where she attended with Margot Frank, Eva Schloss and Sanne Ledermann.

Barbara Charlotte Rodbell-Ledermann (née Ledermann; born 4 September 1925) is a German Holocaust survivor. She was the sister of Sanne Ledermann and a good friend of Margot Frank.[1]

Early life

Barbara Charlotte Ledermann was born in Berlin in 1925, the first daughter of business lawyer and notary Franz Ledermann [de] (1889–1943) and Dutch pianist Ilse Ledermann-Citroen [de] (1904–1943). Her sister, Sanne (1928–1943), was three years her junior. Her entire family was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.

She emigrated to the United States and married biochemist Martin Rodbell, who would later win the Nobel Prize. They had four children. Widowed in 1998, she resides in North Carolina.

References

  1. ^ "The Aftermath of the Holocaust: Personal Histories". encyclopedia.ushmm.org. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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