Barbara Ledermann

Barbara Charlotte 'Rodbell-Ledermann' is a German-born American Holocaust survivor. She was the sister of Sanne Ledermann and a good friend of Margot Frank.

Early life

Barbara Charlotte Ledermann was born in Berlin in 1925, the first daughter of business lawyer and notary and Dutch pianist . Her sister, Sanne, was three years her junior. Her entire family was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.
She later emigrated to the United States, and married biochemist Martin Rodbell, who would later win the Nobel Prize. The couple had four children and she was widowed in 1998. She currently resides in North Carolina.