Max Naumann

Naumann was a captain in the Bavarian Army during World War I and a Berlin lawyer.

He served as an infantry commander during World War I and was awarded the Iron Cross (First and Second Class).

[2] Standing in opposition to Jewish organizations, such as the Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens (Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith), and Zionist groups, Naumann advocated total assimilation as an answer to antisemitism.

Along with Julius Brodnitz, Heinrich Stahl, Kurt Blumenfeld and Martin Rosenblüth, Naumann was one of the Jewish activists who were summoned to a meeting with Hermann Göring on 25 March 1933.

Göring tried to enlist their help in preventing a rally against Nazi antisemitism which was planned in New York City for 27 March (see Mass meetings of the Anti-Nazi boycott of 1933).