Max Hermann Maier Collection
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
- 1915-1982
Creator
- Maier, Max Hermann, 1891-1976 (Person)
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.
Separated Material
A medal for war service had been removed to the Art and Objects Collection.
- Archival materials
- Banks and banking
- Brazil
- Brazil -- Emigration and immigration
- Deutsche Bank
- Education, Higher
- Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
- Germany -- History -- 1918-1933
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Maier, Hermann
- Maier, Mathilde
- Maier, Max Hermann, 1891-1976
- Munich (Germany)
- Photographs
- Universities and colleges
- 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
