Hacker, Max
File Number: 40085/11-2Name: Hacker, Max
Sex: M
Place of birth: Germany
DOB/age upon arrival: 1905
Date of arrival: 06/18/1940
Name of ship: Asama Maru
Days in Detention: 3 months
Notes: Max was 35 years old when he arrived at Angel Island on June 16, 1940. He was born in Ritzing, Germany and was initially destined to join his friend Joseph Friedrich in New York. Upon arrival, he was denied entry due to his qualification as a person likely to become a public charge. He was held until Sept. 14, 1940 when a $500 bond was posted on his behalf by Morris Mandl and his wife Melvin Mandl, a relative and a consulting engineer living in Passiac, New Jersey. After the bond was posted, Max settled in San Francisco taking a job as a waiter at Bunny's Restaurant on Market Street as of Sept 9, 1941. On Mar 31, 1942, Melvin Mendl wrote a letter informing the Dept of Justice that Max had joined the US army at Sheppard Field, Texas.