Max van Praag, the son of Arnold van Praag and Frederica Salomons, was born in Amsterdam on 16 June 1925. He was well educated, was in posession of his diploma 5-year business school (HBS) and his practical diploma short hand. Before the was Max was emloyed as an office clerk.
After the compulsory registration of all Jews in the Netherlands in 1941, Max was exempted from deportation for the time b…