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    "url": "https://research.annefrank.org/en/personen/70d46c84-cc19-4925-b4ed-19da7cfd76ae/",
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    "first_name": "Leo",
    "last_name": "Röttgen",
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    "title": "Leo Röttgen",
    "title_nl": "Leo Röttgen",
    "title_en": "Leo Röttgen",
    "content": "<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen was the father of Auguste van Pels-R&ouml;ttgen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"qn8qp\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;He had married Rosa Rosenau in <strong>1896 </strong>in Hackenburg and at that time lived in Buer, a small town near Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen. Here the four daughters were born: Gertrude (1889), Else (1897), Margarete (1899) and Auguste (1900). Around <strong>1906 </strong>the family moved to Essen, where Leo had a business in ready-to-wear garments and tailoring. He owned a shop in the city centre on Limbeckerstrasse. In <strong>1908</strong>, the youngest daughter Lotte was born there. Between <strong>1914 </strong>and <strong>1919 </strong>the family moved to Elberfeld, a suburb of Wuppertal. Around <strong>1939 </strong>he moved from Wuppertal to Amsterdam. The R&ouml;ttgen couple lived with the family of their daughter Auguste van Pels-R&ouml;ttgen for six months.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3hl3r\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen had at least three grandchildren in Amsterdam: Peter van Pels, and G&uuml;nter and Doris Goldschmidt, children of his daughters Auguste and Margaretha.<sup data-footnote-id=\"hmgi1\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>On <strong>2 July 1941</strong>, together with Aaron van Pels, he was witness to the marriage of Clara van Pels and G&uuml;nther Neumann.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zrtgv\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup>&nbsp;On <strong>2 September 1942</strong>, he was also witness to the marriage of Henny van Pels and Erich Marx together with G&uuml;nther Neumann.<sup data-footnote-id=\"h5e29\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source personal data</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"erarm\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup>&nbsp;<em>Addresses</em>:&nbsp;Buer-Recklinghausen; Huyssenallee 2,&nbsp;Essen (ook eigenaar van&nbsp;bedrijfspand op de&nbsp;Limbecker Strasse&nbsp;14 (1906-1914); Vereinstrasse 14,&nbsp;Wuppertal-Elberfeld (1919-1935); Biesboschstraat 59-I,&nbsp;Penseelstraat 5hs; Biesboschstraat 67-III, Amsterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"9bnsd\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"qn8qp\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne refers to him as <em>her father</em>. Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 5 February 1943, in: <em>The Collected Works,&nbsp;</em>[transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3hl3r\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadtarchiv Essen, 7 januari 2020; Adressbuch Wuppertal en Elberfeld 1919-1935; SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten, inv. nr. 35: Woningkaart Biesboschstraat 59.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"hmgi1\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Auguste en Margaretha R&ouml;ttgen.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zrtgv\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Burgerlijke Stand (toegang 5009), inv. nr. 6675: register van huwelijksakten 1941, deel 20, 8v, nr. 15.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"h5e29\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Burgerlijke Stand, inv. nr. 6764: register van huwelijksakten 1942, deel 56, 2v, nr. 3.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"erarm\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiekaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart L. R&ouml;ttgen.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"9bnsd\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Toelichting Stadtarchiv Essen, 7 januari 2020; Adressbuch Wuppertal en Elberfeld 1919-1935. Voor adressen in Amsterdam, zie noot 1.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
    "content_nl": "<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen was de vader van Auguste van Pels-R&ouml;ttgen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"qn8qp\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;Hij was in <strong>1896</strong> in Hackenburg getrouwd met&nbsp;Rosa Rosenau&nbsp;en woonde op dat moment in Buer, een klein plaatsje in de buurt van Recklinghausen en Gelsenkirchen. Hier werden&nbsp;de vier dochters geboren: Else <strong>(1897)</strong>, Gertrude <strong>(1898)</strong>, Margaretha&nbsp;<strong>(1899) </strong>en Auguste <strong>(1900)</strong>. Rond&nbsp;<strong>1906 </strong>verhuisde&nbsp;het gezin naar Essen, waar&nbsp;Leo een bedrijf in confectie en kleermakerij had. Hij was eigenaar van een winkel in de binnenstad op de Limbeckerstrasse. In <strong>1908 </strong>werd hier de jongste dochter Lotte geboren. Tussen <strong>1914</strong> en <strong>1919</strong> verhuisde&nbsp;het gezin naar Elberfeld, een randgemeente van Wuppertal. Rond <strong>1939</strong> kwam&nbsp;hij vanuit Wuppertal naar Amsterdam.&nbsp;Het echtpaar R&ouml;ttgen woonde&nbsp;een half jaar in bij de het gezin van hun dochter Auguste van Pels - R&ouml;ttgen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3hl3r\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen had&nbsp;in Amsterdam tenminste drie kleinkinderen: Peter van Pels, en&nbsp;G&uuml;nter en Doris Goldschmidt,&nbsp;kinderen van zijn dochters Auguste en Margaretha.<sup data-footnote-id=\"hmgi1\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen was op <strong>25 december 1925</strong> getuige bij het huwelijk van zijn dochter Auguste met Hermann van Pels.<sup data-footnote-id=\"7ftdp\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup> Op&nbsp;<strong>2 juli 1941 </strong>was&nbsp;hij samen met A&auml;ron van Pels getuige bij het huwelijk van Clara van Pels en G&uuml;nther Neumann.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zrtgv\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup>&nbsp;Op&nbsp;<strong>2 september 1942</strong> was hij ook getuige bij het huwelijk van<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Henny van Pels en&nbsp;Erich Marx samen met&nbsp;G&uuml;nther Neumann.<sup data-footnote-id=\"h5e29\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"erarm\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup>&nbsp;<em>Adressen</em>:&nbsp;Buer-Recklinghausen; Huyssenallee 2,&nbsp;Essen (ook eigenaar van&nbsp;bedrijfspand op de&nbsp;Limbecker Strasse&nbsp;14 (1906-1914); Vereinstrasse 14,&nbsp;Wuppertal-Elberfeld (1919-1935); Biesboschstraat 59-I,&nbsp;Penseelstraat 5hs; Biesboschstraat 67-III, Amsterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"9bnsd\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"qn8qp\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Wordt door Anne aangeduid als: <em>haar vader</em>. Anne Frank, Dagboek B, 5 februari 1943, in: <em>Verzameld werk</em>, Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2013.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3hl3r\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadtarchiv Essen, 7 januari 2020; Adressbuch Wuppertal en Elberfeld 1919-1935; SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten, inv. nr. 35: Woningkaart Biesboschstraat 59.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"hmgi1\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Auguste en Margaretha R&ouml;ttgen.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"7ftdp\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Standesamt Elberfeld (Wuppertal), Huwelijksafkondigingregister nr. 1767, Aktenummer 1374: Afschrift (d.d. 14 februari 1996) van trouwakte Hermann van Pels en Auguste R&ouml;ttgen d.d. 5 december 1925 (Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_vPels_I_002).</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zrtgv\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Burgerlijke Stand (toegang 5009), inv. nr. 6675: register van huwelijksakten 1941, deel 20, 8v, nr. 15.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"h5e29\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Burgerlijke Stand, inv. nr. 6764: register van huwelijksakten 1942, deel 56, 2v, nr. 3.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"erarm\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart L. R&ouml;ttgen.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"9bnsd\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Toelichting Stadtarchiv Essen, 7 januari 2020; Adressbuch Wuppertal en Elberfeld 1919-1935. Voor adressen in Amsterdam, zie noot 1.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
    "content_en": "<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen was the father of Auguste van Pels-R&ouml;ttgen.<sup data-footnote-id=\"qn8qp\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;He had married Rosa Rosenau in <strong>1896 </strong>in Hackenburg and at that time lived in Buer, a small town near Recklinghausen and Gelsenkirchen. Here the four daughters were born: Gertrude (1889), Else (1897), Margarete (1899) and Auguste (1900). Around <strong>1906 </strong>the family moved to Essen, where Leo had a business in ready-to-wear garments and tailoring. He owned a shop in the city centre on Limbeckerstrasse. In <strong>1908</strong>, the youngest daughter Lotte was born there. Between <strong>1914 </strong>and <strong>1919 </strong>the family moved to Elberfeld, a suburb of Wuppertal. Around <strong>1939 </strong>he moved from Wuppertal to Amsterdam. The R&ouml;ttgen couple lived with the family of their daughter Auguste van Pels-R&ouml;ttgen for six months.<sup data-footnote-id=\"3hl3r\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Leo R&ouml;ttgen had at least three grandchildren in Amsterdam: Peter van Pels, and G&uuml;nter and Doris Goldschmidt, children of his daughters Auguste and Margaretha.<sup data-footnote-id=\"hmgi1\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>On <strong>2 July 1941</strong>, together with Aaron van Pels, he was witness to the marriage of Clara van Pels and G&uuml;nther Neumann.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zrtgv\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup>&nbsp;On <strong>2 September 1942</strong>, he was also witness to the marriage of Henny van Pels and Erich Marx together with G&uuml;nther Neumann.<sup data-footnote-id=\"h5e29\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source personal data</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"erarm\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup>&nbsp;<em>Addresses</em>:&nbsp;Buer-Recklinghausen; Huyssenallee 2,&nbsp;Essen (ook eigenaar van&nbsp;bedrijfspand op de&nbsp;Limbecker Strasse&nbsp;14 (1906-1914); Vereinstrasse 14,&nbsp;Wuppertal-Elberfeld (1919-1935); Biesboschstraat 59-I,&nbsp;Penseelstraat 5hs; Biesboschstraat 67-III, Amsterdam.<sup data-footnote-id=\"9bnsd\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"qn8qp\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Anne refers to him as <em>her father</em>. Anne Frank, Diary Version B, 5 February 1943, in: <em>The Collected Works,&nbsp;</em>[transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"3hl3r\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadtarchiv Essen, 7 januari 2020; Adressbuch Wuppertal en Elberfeld 1919-1935; SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Woningkaarten, inv. nr. 35: Woningkaart Biesboschstraat 59.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"hmgi1\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten Auguste en Margaretha R&ouml;ttgen.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zrtgv\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Burgerlijke Stand (toegang 5009), inv. nr. 6675: register van huwelijksakten 1941, deel 20, 8v, nr. 15.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"h5e29\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Burgerlijke Stand, inv. nr. 6764: register van huwelijksakten 1942, deel 56, 2v, nr. 3.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"erarm\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiekaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart L. R&ouml;ttgen.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"9bnsd\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Toelichting Stadtarchiv Essen, 7 januari 2020; Adressbuch Wuppertal en Elberfeld 1919-1935. Voor adressen in Amsterdam, zie noot 1.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
    "birth_date": "1865-11-06",
    "death_date": "1943-03-26",
    "gender": "male",
    "birth_place": "Wattenscheid",
    "birth_country": "Duitsland",
    "death_place": "Sobibor",
    "death_country": "",
    "summary": "Leo Röttgen was the father of Auguste van Pels-Röttgen.",
    "summary_nl": "Leo Röttgen was de vader van Auguste van Pels-Röttgen.",
    "summary_en": "Leo Röttgen was the father of Auguste van Pels-Röttgen.",
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