Originally posted by wabbit
Incidentally, as for Teitz. I remember reading that Teitz was the name of a huge department store in Berlin. It was a very classy store, sort of like Bloomingdales. The family left germany in 1941 for the US, and the store was destroyed in the war. I don't know if this Teitz was related to them, but he could have been. Kind of an interesting story.
Actually, after the war, the family reopened their department store chain as Hertie--named for Her(mann) Tie(tz), the founder of the flagship store in Berlin. The Hertie chain (not the original store) is more like Mervyns than Bloomingdales. BTW, the store is definitely spelled Tietz (pronounced "teets"). If the spelling of the cyclist was Teitz, it is a different name and pronunciation (like "tights").
Rich