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"content": "<p>Max Brahn was a former lecturer in psychology in Leipzig. At the<strong> end of the 1930s</strong>, he became managing director of Thelopharm, a sister company of Sangostop, where his older brother Benno was supervisory director and vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brahn obtained his doctorate in <strong>1896 </strong>with a dissertation on the development of Kant's concept of the soul.<sup data-footnote-id=\"0bcco\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> He held various academic posts, but as a Jew, he lost them under the National Socialist regime after <strong>1933</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"kwnny\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> After Kristallnacht, he moved to Amsterdam. There he became a director of Thelopharm.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> He was also a supervisory director and vice-chairman of the company's Supervisory Board.<sup data-footnote-id=\"88ba0\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Because German Jewish emigrants accused the Amsterdam Jewish Council of neglecting the interests of non-Dutch Jews, Brahn was given the opportunity to attend council meetings without voting rights. He formed a 'Beirat' of ten, later twenty members, including two representatives of the Polish and Russian Jews.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zcys5\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup> Hans Goslar was also a member of this Beirat.<sup data-footnote-id=\"j6kn5\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup> Jacques Presser, who met Brahn several times, remembered him 'with deep respect'. As a member of the Beirat, he had two rooms at 366 Lijnbaansgracht.<sup data-footnote-id=\"leiu0\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source personal data</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> <em>Addresses</em>: Pommersche Straße 15, Berlijn-Wilmersdorf (1931);<sup data-footnote-id=\"svsiy\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup> Vijzelstraat 60-I, Amsterdam (dec. 1938), Prinsengracht 1043 (maart 1943).<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-3\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"0bcco\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Hans Gundlach, “Max Brahn (1873 – 1944). “In memoriam”, in: <em>Psychologie und Geschichte</em>, 6 (3/4), p. 223-232, aldaar 224.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"kwnny\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Gundlach, “Max Brahn”, p. 229.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-2\">b</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-3\">c</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten, toegang 30238: archiefkaart M. Brahn.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"88ba0\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>“Handelsregister. Wijzigingen November 1939”, <em>Pharmaceutisch Weekblad</em>.<em> Orgaan van de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter bevordering van de Pharmacie</em>, 6 januari 1940.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zcys5\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>L. de Jong, <em>Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog</em> VI. <em>Juli ’42 – Mei ’43</em>, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1975, p. 5.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"j6kn5\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten: Archiefkaart H. Goslar.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"leiu0\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>J. Presser, <em>Ondergang. De vervolging en verdelging van het Nederlandse Jodendom 1940-1945</em>, Den Haag: Staatsuitgeverij, 1985, Deel I, p. 422.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"svsiy\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin</em>, <em>Ausgabe</em> <em>1931</em>, Berlin: arani-Verlag GmbH, 1994, p. 45.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_nl": "<p>Max Brahn was voormalig docent psychologie in Leipzig. <strong>Eind jaren dertig</strong> werd hij directeur van Thelopharm, een zusterbedrijf van Sangostop, waar zijn oudere broer Benno commissaris en vicevoorzitter van de Raad van Commissarissen was.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brahn promoveerde in<strong> 1896 </strong>op een dissertatie over de ontwikkeling van het zielsbegrip bij Kant.<sup data-footnote-id=\"0bcco\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> Hij vervulde diverse wetenschappelijke posities, maar verloor onder het nationaalsocialistische regime als Jood zijn ambten na <strong>1933</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"kwnny\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> Na de Kristallnacht week hij uit naar Amsterdam. Hier werd hij directeur van Thelopharm.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> Ook was hij commissaris en vicevoorzitter van de Raad van Commissarissen van het bedrijf.<sup data-footnote-id=\"88ba0\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Omdat Duits-Joodse emigranten de Amsterdamse Joodse Raad verweten de belangen van niet-Nederlandse Joden te veronachtzamen, kreeg Brahn gelegenheid de vergaderingen van de raad zonder stemrecht bij te wonen. Hij vormde een ‘Beirat’ van tien, later twintig leden, onder wie twee vertegenwoordigers van de Poolse en Russische Joden.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zcys5\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup> Hans Goslar was ook lid van deze Beirat.<sup data-footnote-id=\"j6kn5\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup> Door Jacques Presser, die Brahn een paar keer ontmoette, werd hij “met diepe eerbied herdacht.” Als lid van de Beirat had hij twee kamers op Lijnbaansgracht 366.<sup data-footnote-id=\"leiu0\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> <em>Adressen</em>: Pommersche Straße 15, Berlijn-Wilmersdorf (1931);<sup data-footnote-id=\"svsiy\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup> Vijzelstraat 60-I, Amsterdam (dec. 1938), Prinsengracht 1043 (maart 1943).<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-3\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"0bcco\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Hans Gundlach, “Max Brahn (1873 – 1944). “In memoriam”, in: <em>Psychologie und Geschichte</em>, 6 (3/4), p. 223-232, aldaar 224.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"kwnny\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Gundlach, “Max Brahn”, p. 229.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-2\">b</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-3\">c</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten, toegang 30238: archiefkaart M. Brahn.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"88ba0\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>“Handelsregister. Wijzigingen November 1939”, <em>Pharmaceutisch Weekblad</em>.<em> Orgaan van de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter bevordering van de Pharmacie</em>, 6 januari 1940.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zcys5\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>L. de Jong, <em>Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog</em> VI. <em>Juli ’42 – Mei ’43</em>, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1975, p. 5.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"j6kn5\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten: Archiefkaart H. Goslar.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"leiu0\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>J. Presser, <em>Ondergang. De vervolging en verdelging van het Nederlandse Jodendom 1940-1945</em>, Den Haag: Staatsuitgeverij, 1985, Deel I, p. 422.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"svsiy\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin</em>, <em>Ausgabe</em> <em>1931</em>, Berlin: arani-Verlag GmbH, 1994, p. 45.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_en": "<p>Max Brahn was a former lecturer in psychology in Leipzig. At the<strong> end of the 1930s</strong>, he became managing director of Thelopharm, a sister company of Sangostop, where his older brother Benno was supervisory director and vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brahn obtained his doctorate in <strong>1896 </strong>with a dissertation on the development of Kant's concept of the soul.<sup data-footnote-id=\"0bcco\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> He held various academic posts, but as a Jew, he lost them under the National Socialist regime after <strong>1933</strong>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"kwnny\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup> After Kristallnacht, he moved to Amsterdam. There he became a director of Thelopharm.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> He was also a supervisory director and vice-chairman of the company's Supervisory Board.<sup data-footnote-id=\"88ba0\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Because German Jewish emigrants accused the Amsterdam Jewish Council of neglecting the interests of non-Dutch Jews, Brahn was given the opportunity to attend council meetings without voting rights. He formed a 'Beirat' of ten, later twenty members, including two representatives of the Polish and Russian Jews.<sup data-footnote-id=\"zcys5\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup> Hans Goslar was also a member of this Beirat.<sup data-footnote-id=\"j6kn5\"><a href=\"#footnote-6\" id=\"footnote-marker-6-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[6]</a></sup> Jacques Presser, who met Brahn several times, remembered him 'with deep respect'. As a member of the Beirat, he had two rooms at 366 Lijnbaansgracht.<sup data-footnote-id=\"leiu0\"><a href=\"#footnote-7\" id=\"footnote-marker-7-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[7]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source personal data</em>.<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> <em>Addresses</em>: Pommersche Straße 15, Berlijn-Wilmersdorf (1931);<sup data-footnote-id=\"svsiy\"><a href=\"#footnote-8\" id=\"footnote-marker-8-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[8]</a></sup> Vijzelstraat 60-I, Amsterdam (dec. 1938), Prinsengracht 1043 (maart 1943).<sup data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-3\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"0bcco\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Hans Gundlach, “Max Brahn (1873 – 1944). “In memoriam”, in: <em>Psychologie und Geschichte</em>, 6 (3/4), p. 223-232, aldaar 224.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"kwnny\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Gundlach, “Max Brahn”, p. 229.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"vk87y\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-2\">b</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-3\">c</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten, toegang 30238: archiefkaart M. Brahn.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"88ba0\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>“Handelsregister. Wijzigingen November 1939”, <em>Pharmaceutisch Weekblad</em>.<em> Orgaan van de Nederlandsche Maatschappij ter bevordering van de Pharmacie</em>, 6 januari 1940.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"zcys5\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>L. de Jong, <em>Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog</em> VI. <em>Juli ’42 – Mei ’43</em>, Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1975, p. 5.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"j6kn5\" id=\"footnote-6\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-6-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten: Archiefkaart H. Goslar.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"leiu0\" id=\"footnote-7\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-7-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>J. Presser, <em>Ondergang. De vervolging en verdelging van het Nederlandse Jodendom 1940-1945</em>, Den Haag: Staatsuitgeverij, 1985, Deel I, p. 422.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"svsiy\" id=\"footnote-8\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-8-1\">^</a> </sup><cite><em>Jüdisches Adressbuch für Gross-Berlin</em>, <em>Ausgabe</em> <em>1931</em>, Berlin: arani-Verlag GmbH, 1994, p. 45.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"birth_date": "1873-06-15",
"death_date": "1944-10-30",
"gender": "male",
"birth_place": "Laurahütte",
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"death_place": "Omgeving Auschwitz",
"death_country": "",
"summary": "Max Brahn was an older brother of Benno Brahn, a business associate of Otto Frank.",
"summary_nl": "Max Brahn was een oudere broer van Benno Brahn, een zakenrelatie van Otto Frank.",
"summary_en": "Max Brahn was an older brother of Benno Brahn, a business associate of Otto Frank.",
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