Dr. Walter Gruenpeter (later Peters) (1903-1978) was born in Kattowitz, the only son of Salon and Hedwig (née Zernik) Gruenpeter. He had a sister, Ilse and a half-sister, Inge, both of whom died in the Holocaust. He studied law at the Universities of Breslau and Freiburg and became an associate at the law office of Eugen Bandmann. In 1931 he married Eugen Bandmann's daughter, Charlotte. They had one daughter, Baerbel Gruenpeter, later Barbara Peters, who was born in 1933. Walter Gruenpeter was disbarred after Hitler's rise to power and emigrated to Belgrade, Yugoslavia with his family. In 1938 he left for England while his wife and daughter went to the United States. He joined them in 1940. He and Charlotte Peters eventually divorced; Charlotte lived on in New York City until her death on January 27, 1999. In 1972 Walter Peters married Alice Stern (née Salm).
Alfred Rothholz (1896-1963) was born in Pudewitz (today Pobiedziska, Poland). He was the son of Jakob and Dorotea Rothholz. He and his two brothers, Heinrich and Leo, volunteered for service in the German Army in World War I. Alfred and Heinrich were severely wounded and Leo went missing-in-action. Alfred married Bertha Isner of Bayreuth in 1927 and had one son, Lutz-Peter (Peter), who was born in 1929. Bertha's mother was Laura Isner. Alfred and Bertha divorced in 1933. In 1936 Alfred brought his son to live with him in Dresden and subsequently they emigrated to London in 1938 and then moved to Oxford in 1941 and later to Cambridge. After the end of World War II, Peter moved to the United States to live with his mother and Alfred returned to London, where he married Gertrude Rosenheimer in 1949.
Barbara Peters (Baerbel Gruenpeter) married Peter Rothholz.
Leo Strauss was the stepfather of Peter Rothholz.
From the guide to the Barbara and Peter Rothholz Family Collection, 1903-1942, bulk 1916-1937, (Leo Baeck Institute)
