Max Wessel

Max Wessel wrote Sport en Psyche which was published in 1947 with an introduction by M.J. Adriani Engels.
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Max Wessel married Elly Premsela on 17 December 1941 in Amsterdam.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Elly Premsela

Max Wessel is also commemorated on Jewish Monument Zaanstreek

Max Wessel was een zoon van Eliezer Wessel en Elisabeth Morpurgo.

Was the Max Wessel who died at Auschwitz related to the Max Louis Wessel who escaped from the Netherlands on the ZEEMANSHOOP on the 14 May 1940?

See the brief account of his life at: http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/Engelandvaarders.html#Wessel

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 1480) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject …

Het echtpaar Wessel was ondergedoken in de Bootenmakersstraat in Zaandam. Hier werden ze in de nacht van 22 op 23 november 1943 opgepakt, nadat hun onderduikverlener was verraden, wat tot gevolg had dat Max en Elly tijdens de inval ook werden ontdekt. Elly wist via de tuin te ontsnappen, maar keerde terug omdat ze haar handtas met haar bezittingen had achtergelaten en werd toen alsnog gearresteerd…