Theodor Gottlieb

Theodor Gottlieb was born in Nahbollenbach on February 4, 1881. He worked as a shopkeeper. He married Luisa Haas in Germany, probably around 1908. Luisa was born in Treisenheim around 1877. Theodor and Luisa lived in Offenburg, Germany, where they had two sons: Hans and Frederick. Theodor was obviously well-loved by his siblings, because two of them named children after him: Theodore Siesel and Theodore Gottlieb Rich.

Theodor and Luisa stayed in Germany until the brink of the Holocaust. They came to America in December, 1938, and were met at Ellis Island by son Hans, who had arrived two years earlier. They lived in Brooklyn, in the same apartment building as Hans, around the corner from his brother Herman. In America, Theodor owned a dry goods store.

Luisa died in Brooklyn on September 6, 1948. I have found no record of when Theodor died, but he was still living in 1945 when he was identified as son Fred's next of kin.

Hans Gottlieb

Hans Gottlieb was born in Offenburg, Germany on September 5, 1909. Hans was a physician. He studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, Freiburg and Berlin, and ultimately earned his degree from the University of Basle in Switzerland. He was living in Basle as the Holocaust was beginning. Hans was the first of this branch of the family to leave Europe, coming to America on the SS Queen Mary in July, 1936. He was met at Ellis Island by his uncle Herman. He settled in Brooklyn, around the corner from Herman. Hans was naturalized on September 17, 1940.

Jean Goldstein

Hans married Jean C. Goldstein at her parents' home in Brooklyn on March 24, 1939. Jean was born in New York on January 22, 1918. She graduated from Barnard College in 1938 majoring in French and continued her studies at Columbia University. They had two children.

Hans died on June 11, 1993 in Manhattan, New York. Jean died on January 8, 2006.

Frederick Gottlieb

Fred Gottlieb Legion of Merit

Friedrich Gottlieb was born in Offenburg, Germany in 1914. He was working as a clerk when he came to America on the SS Aquitania in October 1936. He was met at Ellis Island by his aunt Rose. In America, he worked as a motion picture film editor.

In 1941, Fred enlisted in the United States Army. He earned the rank of Second Lieutenant, serving in the Interrogation of Prisoner of War team, where his native knowledge of German was undoubtedly invaluable. He died in combat in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Legion of Merit.

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• New York Passenger Lists
• Theodore Gottlieb (with Luise), SS President Harding, 12/31/1938, List 4, Lines 6-7
• Hans Gottlieb, SS Queen Mary, 7/6/1936, List 25, Line 2
• Friederich Gottlieb (Fred), SS Aquitania, 10/27/1936, List 10, Line 4
• Naturalization Index
• Theodor Gottlieb, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1944
• Hans Gottlieb, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1940
• Marriage Notices
• Hans Gottlieb - Jean Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Mar 1939
• 1940 United States Census
• Theodor Gottlieb (with Frederick; same page as son Hans), New York, Kings, Brooklyn, E.D. 24-298, Sheet 7B, Lines 54-56
• Hans Gottlieb (same page as father Theodor), New York, Kings, Brooklyn, E.D. 24-298, Sheet 7B, Lines 52-53
• Military Records
• Theodor Gottlieb, World War II Draft Registration, New York, Brooklyn, U837
• Fred Gottlieb, World War II Army Enlistment Records, New York, 32171730
• Fred Gottlieb, World War II Jewish Servicemen Cards (3 pages)
• Social Security Death Index
• Hans Gottlieb
• Obituaries
• Hans Gottlieb, New York Times, 13 Jun 1993 and 14 Jun 1993
• The Gottlieb Family, by Peggy Rich and her son
• My Family Tree, by my father