01995nam 22003733a 450 991014966590332120250203235647.010.15460/HUP.MFW.17.157(CKB)3790000000064256(OAPEN)1002427(ScCtBLL)683a5650-7f44-47f3-9b7e-4ce2d428f604(OCoLC)1163811787(EXLCZ)99379000000006425620250203i20152020 uu geruuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier"Es muß besser werden!". Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige ZahlungsfähigkeitKaren MichelsVolume 17.0Hamburg :Hamburg University Press,2015.1 online resource (1 p.)9783943423280 394342328X 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").HistorybicsscHistoryMichels Karen985446ScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910149665903321"Es muß besser werden!"4157757UNINA