Max...?


The man Kurt Muller (Paul Lukas) worked with in Europe, in the underground anti-Nazi movement was called Max...Freeling?

Is this person based on fact? The name sounds awfully familiar to me, but maybe I am just mistaken. If it is based on someone who actually spearheaded many anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist activities during the war; how is the named spelled and where can I find information on him?

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Max Freidech and I cannot locate any information on him being based upon an actual person. Good luck searching.

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My first thought was, "what was Uncle Max's name in The Sound of Music"? But then I looked it up, and he was Max Detweiler, so never mind. He was just the first Max who popped into my head.

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I thought the name was Max Freitag.

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Hellman wrote this play while the conflict in Europe was already underway. Does anyone seriously think that, had she known the name of someone actually in the underground, she would have used it in her play?

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