Blatz Brewing Company Records, 1862-1944

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Karl, Max, 1990 June 29
Abstract: "Mr. Max Karl was born within view of the Polish Basilica in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Jewish immigrant parents in 1910. Mr. Karl's father, Louis Karl, arrived from Russian Poland in 1898 and opened a dry goods store on the Polish South Side of Milwaukee. Mr. Karl's mother came from Lodz in Russian Poland. When Louis Karl was unable to compete with the department stores, he bought a grocery store. From an early age, Max Karl was active with his father's Polish clientele. He would accompany his father on peddling forays to outlying villages and wait on Polish customers in the grocery store. Mr. Karl remembers the Polish words for grocery items from over seventy years ago. He spent his youth living and attending school in a overwhelmingly Polish neighborhood. His first clients as a fledgling lawyer were his Polish neighbors. In 1957 Max Karl founded MGIC Corporation, one of Wisconsin's leading companies. He is a community leader and well known for his philanthropy." — Robert G. Mink, 1990

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