Born: Max (Mordechai) Bamberger
Frankfurt, Germany
April 14, 1914
Died: July 1, 1998
Max (Mordecai) Bamberger was born in Frankfurt am Main on April 14, 1914, only months before the start of World War I (1914-1918). Bamberger attended a public school where he received one hour of Jewish religious instruction per week. When he was 16 years old he joined his father at a commercial metals company.
In 1934, the year after Hitler came to power in Germany, the company transferred Bamberger to Brussels, Belgium. The situation in Germany continued to grow more dire. Bamberger’s father was arrested and sent to a concentration camp during the pogrom of Kristallnacht on the night of November 9, 1938. Although later released, his father died that December.
Two years later Bamberger immigrated to the United States with the help of his younger brother who had gotten a job at the New York Times. In March 1941 Bamberger joined the Army. He served as a translator for the U.S. military and was an officer in the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) and Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). Bamberger participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.
Max Bamberger became a U.S. citizen in 1943. In April 1946 he moved to Houston, Texas where he married and raised two sons. He continued to work in the commercial metal industry until his retirement in 1995.
Parents:
Ernst Bamberger, d. December 1938
Martha Goldschmidt Bamberger, survived
Siblings:
Werner, survived