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llse Ledermann - Citroen

Ilse Citroen was the mother of Sanne and Barbara Ledermann, friends of Anne and Margot Frank.

Person

Fotograaf onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam
  • Ilse Louise Ledermann - Citroen
  • Born on: March 8, 1904
  • Born in: Berlijn, Duitsland
  • Died on: Nov. 19, 1943
  • Died in: Auschwitz

Sanne, Ilse en Barbara Ledermann, Beekbergen, 1941

Fotograaf onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting Amsterdam

Status onduidelijk

Ilse Citroen was the youngest daughter of a family with Dutch roots.[1] One of her brothers was painter Paul Citroen.[2] She married Franz Anton Ledermann on 16 October 1924 in Berlin.[1] Their two daughters - Barbara and Sanne - were born in 1925 and 1928.[3] The girls would become friends of Anne and Margot Frank.[4]

In 1933, the familiy left Berlin for the Netherlands. After a short stay in Zandvoort, they were registered in Amsterdam on 14 December 1933.[3]

Ilse Ledermann, her husband and their youngest daughter Sanne were arrested on 20 June 1943 and taken to Westerbork. From there they went to Auschwitz on 16 November 1943.

Source personal data.[5] Address: Noorder Amstellaan 37 III, Amsterdam.[3]

Footnotes

  1. a, b Paul Enck, Die Familie von Franz Ledermann (Teil 5), Mittendran, 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Getuigenarchief, Ledermann: Transcriptie interview Barbara Ledermann door Teresien da Silva en Erika Prins, februari 2008. For Paul Citroen, see: Wikipedia: Paul Citroen.
  3. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart F.A. Ledermann.
  4. ^ Anne Frank, DIary Version A, 14 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  5. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart F.A. Ledermann; Joods Monument: Ilse Luise Ledermann-Citroen.