Some more time with Margot

In order not to take away from Margot's complete oral history, I will only reveal a few more select details from our interview session. Margot has many a story to tell.

After her return from San Francisco, Margot settled in Salvador and soon met Fritz "Lico" Rosenberg. Fritz, the son of a Jewish father and Catholic mother spent his childhood in the Dominican Republic. Arriving in Salvador for business purposes, Fritz was engaged to two women before meeting and marrying Margot. Fritz eventually worked for Casa Goldtree Liebes and together the couple had Yolanda, Frank, and Ricardo. Their three children would be like siblings to my own mother, an only child. Margot's sister, Chita Liebes would eventually marry the lawyer and future diplomat Federico "Chico" Lima. Chita and Chico later had Sylvia and Carlos Lima. The Rosenbergs and Limas raised their children in San Salvador.

Life seemed idyllic.

Ricardo remembers a story that has quickly become one of my favorites. Once a week, the cousins (Yolanda, Frank, Ricardo, and my own mother Ruth Reich) would gather together to have lunch at the home of Eugen and Irma Liebes. Eugen was always a very serious man awhile Irma was more lighthearded with a fantastic laugh. Meals tended to be on the more formal side but during dessert, my mother (Ruth) would put on one of her favorite Broadway records and convince her Aunt Irma to dance with her around the room. The cousins would laugh hysterically while Eugen would (gasp!) let a tiny smile enter through the corner of his mouth.....