Parents and Childhood
His father, Rabbi Dr. Salomon Carlebach (Heidelsheim 1845-1919 Luebeck) was Rabbi of Luebeck for forty years and his sons’ first teacher…
His mother, Esther Carlebach, née Adler (Moisling near Luebeck 1853-1920 Luebeck), housewife, wife of the Rabbi, mother of twelve children of her own and of additional foster children, active in the women’s club, author and poetess
Joseph (Zvi) Carlebach, born 30th January 1883
A splashing, kicking, very lively baby, the eighth of twelve children
On the day before Pessach the little boy broke the matzot which were stored in the Rabbi’s house for the whole community, with a broomstick.
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Approximately 1891: The 12 Carlebach children; Joseph is in the back row, 3rd from left, the earliest picture in our possession.
Close-up on Joseph
one of eight, here one of seven grown sons – most of them rabbis and teachers
(Joseph Carlebach – 2nd row, 2nd from left)
Approximately 1897, at the Katharineum gymnasium
Cheeky Joseph (back row, 3rd from right) was reprimanded repeatedly during lessons because of laughing: “Carlebach, don’t be too clever …”
His friend, later anti-Nazi judge Ludwig Duebel, appears on this picture (front row, second from right). He died tragically in 1939, after he pronounced a just verdict in favor of a Jew.
From Carlebach’s letter of condolence: “… early on already he revealed his serene nature filled with a deep sense of justice…”
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