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Max Hermann Maier Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 6136

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains two letters, several passports and identification cards, and a large amount of small-format photographs, likely shot during World War I.

The first letter contains a long, essayistic statement expressing Maier's thoughts on the possibilities and implications of a return of Jewish refugees to Germany after the end of the second World War. The second letter is directed to the general secretary of Deutsche Bank and recounts his father's career as director of the Frankfurt branch of Deutsche Bank. The photographs appear to have been mostly taken while serving as a soldier in World War I. Most are unlabeled, but a few labels indicate locations in France and training in Darmstadt, Germany. Many other photos appear to have been taken in Eastern Europe during the war.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-1982

Creator

Language of Materials

This collection is in German and Portuguese.

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access Information

Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.

Use Restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:

Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

Biographical Note

Max Hermann Maier (born in Frankfurt am Main in 1891) was the son of Hermann Maier, director of the Frankfurt branch of the Deutsche Bank. He was a soldier in World War I. After the war he worked as a lawyer in Frankfurt am Main. In 1936 Maier became the legal advisor of the "Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden" in Hesse and organized Jewish emigration. In 1938 he emigrated to Brazil.

Extent

3 Folders

Abstract

This collection contains two letters, several passports and identification cards, and a large amount of small-format photographs, likely shot during World War I.

Related Material

See also the Mathilde Maier Collection, LBI call number AR 10726.

See also Max Hermann Maier's Ein Gedenk- und Dankblatt zum 25. Juni 1951, meinem 60. Geburtstag,

LBI call number ME 415.

See also the books:

Separated Material

A medal for war service had been removed to the Art and Objects Collection.

Title
Guide to the Max Hermann Maier Collection, 1915-1982  AR 6136
Status
Completed
Author
Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
Date
© 2009
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Revision Statements

  • September 27, 2011 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.

Repository Details

Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository

Contact:
15 West 16th Street
New York NY 10011 United States