Max Brauer
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Born | 1887-09-03 Ottensen, Germany |
Died | 1973-02-02 (Age 85) Hamburg, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
Mayor of Hamburg. One of a dozen men whom Józef Retinger consulted when setting up the Bilderberg
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Max Julius Friedrich Brauer was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). In 1923, Brauer was mayor of the independent city of Altona, incorporated into Hamburg after 1937. He was one of the few Social Democratic incumbents in the Weimar Republic. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Brauer fled Germany and spent the following years in exile, becoming a German expert for the American Federation of Labor and a US citizen. In 1946 he returned to Germany and became the first elected Mayor of Hamburg after the Second World War. He held this position – with an interruption from the end of 1953 to the end of 1957 – until 1960.He was one of a dozen men whom Józef Retinger consulted when setting up the Bilderberg group.[1]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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Bilderberg/1954 | 29 May 1954 | 31 May 1954 | Netherlands Hotel Bilderberg Oosterbeek | The first Bilderberg meeting, attended by 68 men from Europe and the US, including 20 businessmen, 25 politicians, 5 financiers & 4 academics. |
Bilderberg/1955 March | 18 March 1955 | 20 March 1955 | France Barbizon | The second Bilderberg meeting, held in France. Just 42 guests, fewer than any other. |
Bilderberg/1955 September | 23 September 1955 | 25 September 1955 | Germany Bavaria Garmisch-Partenkirchen | The third Bilderberg, in West Germany. The subject of a report by Der Spiegel which inspired a heavy blackout of subsequent meetings. |
Bilderberg/1956 | 11 May 1956 | 13 May 1956 | Denmark Fredensborg | The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after |
Bilderberg/1958 | 13 September 1958 | 15 September 1958 | Buxton UK | The 7th Bilderberg and the first one in the UK. 72 guests |
Bilderberg/1959 | 18 September 1959 | 20 September 1959 | Turkey Yesilkoy | The 8th Bilderberg and the first in Turkey. 60 guests. |
Bilderberg/1962 | 18 May 1962 | 20 May 1962 | Sweden Saltsjöbaden | The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden. |
Bilderberg/1963 | 29 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | France Cannes Hotel Martinez | The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France. |
Bilderberg/1964 | 20 March 1964 | 22 March 1964 | US Virginia Williamsburg | A year after this meeting, the post of GATT/Director-General was set up, and given Eric Wyndham White, who attended the '64 meeting. Several subsequent holders have been Bilderberg insiders, only 2 are not known to have attended the group. |
References
- ↑ The Bilderberg Group, August 1956, Józef Retinger