Max is een zoon van Asser Cohen en Rosa Loeb. Hij trouwde 1 augustus 1928 met Elisabeth Kuppens (31 jaar, geboren in Den Haag), dochter van Antonius Gerardus Kuppens en Paulina Leenderika ten Wolde.
We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.