Meijer Speijer, alsoknown as Max, was the son of Simon Speijer and Saartje Stern. He was married. Max worked as an architectural draughtsman both for the Municipal Housing Service in Amsterdam and for the architectural firms Vorking, Pauw & Van Hardeveld, Baanders and B.T. Beyinga. Later on he worked in Amsterdam as an independent architect. In 1920, Max won a residential design competition set by the society Architectura et Amicitia. He designed villas in the Gooi region, a country house in Bussum (1924) and shops in Amsterdam and The Hague. He also designed the following buildings: the villa at Albert Hahnplantsoen 18 (1927), the houses at Kijkduinstraat 23-43 (1935), Sloterkade 169-170 (1935), and Kinderdijkstraat 64-114 (1937-1938), and a block of flats on Weteringschans (1938). He also produced a design for Amsterdam town hall (1939).
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For additional information see: M. Nord et al. (eds.), Rebel, mijn hart: kunstenaars 1940-1945 (Zwolle 1995) 175.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 52632) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.