page_title: Max Mannheimer
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Max Mannheimer / Early life
caption_attribution_description: Max Mannheimer, Überlebender des Holocaust und jüdischer Buchautor im November 2005 in München (aufgenommen im Saal des alten Rathauses).
context_page_description: Max Mannheimer was an author, painter and survivor of the Holocaust. Except for one brother, he lost his entire family in the Holocaust, including his new wife. For decades, he did not speak about his experiences, despite nightmares and depression. In 1986, while traveling in the United States, he happened to see a swastika and the sight of it triggered a nervous breakdown. After that, he began to speak about his experiences at the hand of the Nazis, giving talks to young people and adults, at school and universities. Mannheimer won many honors and awards for his work.
context_section_description: Mannheimer was born in Neutitschein, North Moravia, in what was then Czechoslovakia and is today in the Czech Republic. His mother, Margarethe (Markéta), née Gelb, was born 4 April 1893 in Uherský Brod, near the Hungarian border. His father was Jakob Leib Mannheimer, born 24 May 1888 in Myślenice, Poland.
caption: 2005-11-09 Max Mannheimer
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