Max Horkheimer

Max Horkheimer was born on February 14, 1895 at what was then Militärstr. 19, now Breitscheidstr. His parents were Babette Horkheimer and Moritz - baptized Moses-Horkheimer. His father Moritz Horkheimer was a wealthy and respected entrepreneur who made new cotton fabrics from old ones. In 1917, the town of Zuffenhausen, together with his neighbor, Samuel Rothscild, awarded him honorary citizenship, as he had shown and rendered the best possible service to the town and its families, especially the war families.