Jakob Lichtwitz was born on February 22, 1843 in Ober-Glogau, Posen (now Głogówek, Poland). He graduated from the Protestant Gymnasium (High School) in Ratibor in 1863 and acquired his diploma as a medical doctor from the University in Berlin in 1868. After several medical positions with the army and as a civilian in Berlin, Breslau, and other places, he was called to the district of Ohlau (now Oława, Poland) as a Kreis-Physikus in 1888. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1920, having been named an honorary citizen of Ohlau in 1913.
Leopold Lichtwitz (1877-1943) was the son of Jakob and Julie Lichtwitz. 1917-1931 he was director of the City Hospital of Hamburg (Germany), before moving on to Berlin. He immigrated to the United States in 1933, joining Montefore Hospital in New York City, with which he stayed affiliated until his retirement in 1941.
From the guide to the Lichtwitz Family Collection, 1863-1942, (Leo Baeck Institute)
