TY  - BOOK
AU  - Michels, Karen
ED  - Nümann, Ekkehard W.
ED  - Wissenschaftliche Stiftung, Hamburgische
AB  - The story of how Max Warburg became head of the family-owned bankhouse, although his brother was supposed to take over the business, was often told: When he was 12 years old, the one year older Aby offered Max his birthright for the promise to buy all the books Aby would ever need. Max accepted,and - as he later said - issued  "the biggest blank cheque in my life". The paths of life of the two brothers spilt into different directions. Aby built his library into a research institute. Max developed M. M. Warburg & Co., thus the  bankhouse becoming one of the most important private banks in Germany. At Simultaneously, they both pursued another goal: the foundation of the university. The brothers were among the early donors of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation (Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung). It was all about "Hamburg's mental capacity" ("Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit").
DO  - 10.15460/HUP.MFW.17.157
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1002427
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1083010475
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Aby Warburg
KW  - Max Warburg
KW  - Hamburg
KW  - university
KW  - library
KW  - Bankhouse M. M. Warburg & Co.
KW  - foundation
KW  - culture
KW  - science
KW  - politics
KW  - Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/66ff3294-970a-4520-9491-faabd719d208/1002427.pdf
LA  - German
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27578
PB  - Hamburg University Press
PP  - Hamburg
PY  - 2015
SN  - 9783943423853
TI  - "Es muß besser werden!". Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeitnull
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