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.

Early life

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

Barbara Ledermann

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.

Barbara Ledermann

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Living people

1925 births

German people of Dutch descent

German emigrants to the United States

Anne Frank

Holocaust survivors

20th-century German women

People from Berlin

People from Amsterdam

American people of German descent

Barbara Ledermann