When the Reitmans hired that German nanny...

  One of Montreal's's most famous kidnappings occurred after Dorothy Salomon, aka Dorothy Reitman, 25, and husband Cyril Reitman, son of Sam, of the Reitman's clothing empire, hired a widowed German nanny named Greta Goede-Zablotsky, 46.
   Goede, the daughter of an SS captain was put in charge of the wealthy Jewish family's two and a half year old son Joel, known as Jo-Jo. They lived at 2205 Athlone Road in Town of Mount Royal and likely still live there.
   Cyril took Dorothy to the Elm Ridge Golf Club on the evening of June 14, 1958.  
   When they returned, Greta and Joel had gone, and a poorly-written ransom note was left on the table, demanding $10,000 in 20 and 50 dollar bills, or else the boy would be killed.
   The couple contacted the police and Captain Greenberg and a psychologist named Dr. Cameron were both helping out.
   The couple put the money, as requested, in a container at the Drummond Street bus terminal.
   Mom went on the radio pleading to have her son returned.
   Greta had fled to Ottawa and left the child with a taxi driver. The driver contacted police and the child was returned. The Reitmans gave the driver a $2,000 reward and Goede was apprehended soon after.
   Joel was fine. He remains the couple's only son. Now 58, he sometimes appears in the newspapers involved with Jewish politics, donations and fundraising galas. Dorothy was involved in many worthy causes, including helping to found the Portage drug center.
   Not exactly sure what happened to Greta Goede, but she'd be in her mid-90s if she's still alive.