Information about barbara ledermann death

Barbara Ledermann came to the Netherlands in 1933 with her parents and younger sister Susanne. Her mother was a sister of the artist Paul Citroen (1896-1983).^[1]

Like Margot, she attended the Jeker School. Margot was a great help to her with her schoolwork.^[1] She had ballet lessons from Hans Snoek, the later founder of the Scapino Ballet.^[1] In 1941, a photographer took photos of Barbara and Joyce van der Veen during their ballet exercises.^[2]

When the deportations started in July 1942, Barbara was exempted because of connections with the Jewish Council.

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Nevertheless, her parents had her vaccinated against cholera and typhus, just to be sure.^[3]

Later, with the help of friends, she managed to change her identity.^[1] She got through the years of occupation under the name Barbara Waarts. In this false identity, the first names of the parents and the date and place of birth were correct.

On 5 July 1944 she also received a new ident Barbara Ledermann | Holocaust Encyclopedia MEGIV