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Revision as of 21:01, 6 September 2014 by Drmies (talk | contribs) (quick, a stub)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Maurits "Maup" Caransa was a Dutch businessman who became one of the most important real estate developers in post-World War II Amsterdam.
Caransa, who was Jewish, married a Catholic woman in 1941 and thus (combined with his apparently non-Jewish appearance) managed to survive World War II, living in Amsterdam's Jodenbuurt, its Jewish quarter. His parents did not return from German captivity, and Maup and his sister Femma were the family's only survivors. After the war he began a career as a trader in just about everything, but especially real estate, and toward the end of his life he had acquired many of the properties in the Jodenbuurt. With his money the Maupoleum (reportedly the ugliest building in the city or even the country) was built--originally named the Burgemeester Tellegenhuis, it became named for him.
References
- Kuper, Simon (2012). Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour. Nation Books. p. 193. ISBN 9781568587233.