Max Windmüller was a son of Moritz Windmüller and Jette Seligmann.
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Max Windmüller belonged to a group of young German Zionists who came to Assen to work in Zeijerveld in the province of Drenthe with farmers to prepare for farm life in Palestine. They were known as Palestine Pioneers.
In early 1942 Max Windmüller ended up Camp Westerbork, from where he escaped. He joined the Westerweel group. Max Windmüller was involved in the escape route to Spain that the Westerweel group organized for Palestine Pioneers. He was the liaison between the group in the Netherlands and groups in France. He was arrested while attempting to free Palestine pioneers from a prison in Paris.
In 1947 the surviving Palestine Pioneers planted the Westerweel Forest on Mount Ephraim in the Galilee in what was Palestine at the time. There is a monument bearing the names of the Palestine Pioneers killed during the war. Max Windmüller's name appears on this monument.
H. Hamburger and J.C. Regtien, Joodse oorlogsmonumenten in de provincie Overijssel, alsmede algemene oorlogsmonumenten waarop joodse namen voorkomen. Profiel (Bedum 2002) 22;
F.J. Hulst and H.M. Luning, De joodse gemeente Assen. Geschiedenis van een behoorlijke Kille, 1740-1976 (Assen 1993)
In 2010 a movie/documentary on the life of Max Windmuller came out: Deckname Cor – die dramatische Geschichte des Max Windmüller.
On 24 March 2011 an article appeared on Max Windmüller in the NRC Handelsblad.