Max M. Warburg (5 June 1867 – 26 December 1946) was a Jewish-German-American banker and was, from 1910 until 1938, director of M.M.Warburg & CO in Hamburg, Germany. Prior to his directing of the Warburg banking company, he developed apprenticeships in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, and London. As head of that important firm, he advised Kaiser Wilhelm II prior to World War I.
Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, Warburg played a role in financin...
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Max M. Warburg (5 June 1867 – 26 December 1946) was a Jewish-German-American banker and was, from 1910 until 1938, director of M.M.Warburg & CO in Hamburg, Germany. Prior to his directing of the Warburg banking company, he developed apprenticeships in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, and London. As head of that important firm, he advised Kaiser Wilhelm II prior to World War I.
Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, Warburg played a role in financing the Bolshevik movement, reportedly providing funding for a Bolshevik publishing house in 1916. Although Warburg's actions reflected the general German policy of subverting Russia from within in order to end World War I, Warburg's involvement has been used by anti-semitic groups as "proof" of a zionist-bolshevik conspiracy.
In the 1930s, despite the rise of the Nazi Party, Warburg felt there was hope for the future in Germany and tried to wait out the Nazi crisis. Beginning in 1933 he served on the board of the German Reichsbank under...
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