Barbara Ledermann goes into hiding
Barbara Ledermann went into hiding around November 1942. Having been given a solid false identity, she was able to walk the streets freely. She became active in the resistance by helping Jews in hiding. Her parents did not want to go into hiding and were rounded up with her sister Sanne in a major raid on 20 June 1943 and taken to Camp Westerbork.
Barbara Ledermann went into hiding around November 1942. She obtained a different identity with the help of connections of her friend Manfred Grünberg. Her new papers were in the name of Barbara Waarts, and the correct first names of parents, her date and place of birth had been retained. On 5 July 1944, she was also given a new identity card in the name of Barbara Waarts.[1] This was after the April 1944 bombing of the State Inspectorate of Population Registers, whose documents posed the greatest danger to holders of fake personal identity cards.[2] The quality of her first identity card is not known, but in July 1944 it was easier to get her a good fake one. After the liberation, the Population Registry cleaned up the corrupted card file, and in the process Barbara Waarts' card was also labelled 'Valsch' (False).
Footnotes
- ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Barbara Ledermann en Barbara Waarts.
- ^ Loe de Jong, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog, 1939 - 1945, deel 7, Mei '43 - Juni '44, tweede helft, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1976, p. 797 - 802.