The following documents were graciously provided by Marian Kallis Price. 

As part of performing family research, it is always a bonus to come across personally documented stories about family elders, how they lived and survived in the old country, and how they managed to arrive here in the US.  

Marian Price has provided several documents written by her mother Selma Gottlieb Kallis, her elder cousins, Else Teutsch Gottlieb and Ernst Gottlieb, and her grandfather Julius Gottlieb. Together, these documents tell a story about the family, the old country, the good times and the bad, and of those that made it out of Germany in the nick of time, and those that did not. 

I believe that you will appreciate reading them as much as I have.

My Journey to America

by Julius Gottlieb

"My Journey to America" is the personal experience of Julius Gottlieb as he traveled from Bosen, Germany to America in 1884. It's the translated text from his diary that he kept during the long journey from Germany to the Midwest where many of the Gottlieb family settled, and where a large family of Gottliebs live today.  

A Bio of Julius Gottlieb

by Regina Gottlieb

A brief synopsis of the life of Julius Gottlieb.

The Gottlieb Family Story

Part One  Part Two   Part Three   Part Four  Part Five

A series of letters written between Gottlieb family members during 1979 - 1980 discussing the home country (Bosen, Germany), the people and their lives. These letters capture in a snapshot,  the essence of Gottlieb life in Germany from the 1800s to the Holocaust and beyond.

A Remembrance from Else Teutsch Gottlieb

A short story discussing her life in Germany at the beginning of the war and coming to America.

Letters From Else

A series of letters written by Else Teutsch Gottlieb further discussing family and life in pre-war Germany.

Part One   Part Two   Part Three   Part Four

Letters from Ernst 

Two letters written to the US from a relative in Holland just prior to the Nazi invasion.

Jews in Bosen, Gonnesweiler and Sotern  

by Else Teutsch Gottlieb

Jews of Bosen

A discussion of the lives of the Jews in Bosen, Germany.