Sanne Ledermann
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Susanne "Sanne" Ledermann (7 October 1928 – 19 November 1943) was a German Jewish girl who was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. She was best-known for her friendship with sisters Anne and Margot Frank.
Early life and family
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Sanne was born in
Sanne was admitted to the Jeker school,
On 20 June 1943,[4] the Ledermanns were arrested by the Nazis. They were transported to the Westerbork transit camp, and on 16 November [5] were deported to the Auschwitz death camp.
Sanne's elder sister,
Sanne in Anne Frank diary
Sanne Ledermann was one of Anne Frank's closest friends, including Hannah Goslar and Jacqueline van Maarsen. Sanne is mentioned in Frank's diary several times, and one of the more famous events appears in the diary on 21 June 1942, when Anne was asked to write an essay as a punishment for talking during class.
"It was time to come up with something else, something original. My friend Sanne, who's good at poetry, offered to help me write the essay from beginning to end. I jumped for joy. Keesing was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I'd make sure the joke was on him. I finished my poem, and it was beautiful! It was about a mother duck and a father swan with three baby ducklings who were bitten to death by the father because they quacked too much. Luckily, Keesing took the joke the right way. He read the poem to the class, adding his own comments, and to several other classes as well. Since then I've been allowed to talk and haven't been assigned any extra homework. On the contrary, Keesing's always is making jokes these days."
Part of the original essay written by Sanne Ledermann appears in Anne's book Tales from the Secret Annex, which is a collection of other events and stories written by Anne Frank besides the diary.
Jeker School
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The school is located close to the Merwedeplein square and before the German occupation of the Netherlands, many Jewish students among them Margot Frank, Barbara Ledermann, Sanne Ledermann, Eva Schloss and many others, attended it. At the entrance to the school building is a memorial plaque for the teachers and students who were sent to concentration camps and never returned.
Joodse leerlingen en leerkrachten van de in dit gebouw gevestigde joodsche schoolen 10 en 11 werden in de oorlogjaren 1940 - 1945 op last van de duitse bezetter weggevoerd en keerden niet meer terug. Wir mogen hen nooit vergeten
Jewish students and teachers of the Jewish schools 10 and 11 established in this building were taken during the war years 1940 - 1945 by order of the German occupiers and did not return. We must never forget them!
See also
- People associated with Anne Frank
- Hanneli Goslar
External links
- Letters From the Ledermanns: The Story of the Ledermann Family at amazon.com
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD8D5gZZSYI&t=60s Hannah Goslar memories of Sanne
- Photo: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/353673376960857289/ Margot Frank stand next to the entrance of the Jeker elementary school in Amsterdam.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_dL5n2LUss Tour in the neighborhood where Anne Hanne & Sanne Lived
References
- ^ Herinnering aan een vermoord kind – NL. Willy Lindwer Collection. 26 June 2017. Event occurs at 2:45. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/full-length-portrait-of-margot-frank-the-older-sister-of-news-photo/3208583?adppopup=true Photo of Margot Frank at the entrance of the Jeker Elemntry school (plaque at her feet that says 'memory of my school year in Dutch)
- ^ https://collections.ushmm.org/iiif-b/assets/714396 Photo of Sanne and Eva in Jeker Elemntry school
- ^ Yad Vashem Archive file: 4315955 document page 64 / 65
- Auschwitz
- Melissa Muller