s ▁" br ig ade " ▁of ▁German ▁architect s ▁and ▁pl ann ers ▁established ▁twenty ▁cities ▁in ▁three ▁years , ▁including ▁Magn it og or sk . ▁May ' s ▁travel s ▁left ▁him ▁stat eless ▁when ▁the ▁Naz is ▁seized ▁power ▁in ▁Germany , ▁and ▁he ▁spent ▁many ▁years ▁in ▁African ▁ex ile ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁Germany ▁near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁Life ▁May ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Frankfurt ▁am ▁Main , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁le ather ▁goods ▁manufact urer . ▁His ▁education ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁through ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁included ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁studying ▁under ▁Raymond ▁Un win , ▁and ▁absor bing ▁the ▁less ons ▁and ▁principles ▁of ▁the ▁garden ▁city ▁movement . ▁He ▁finished ▁a ▁study ▁at ▁the ▁Techn ical ▁University ▁of ▁Mun ich , ▁working ▁with ▁Friedrich ▁von ▁Th iers ch ▁and ▁The odor ▁Fischer , ▁a ▁co - found er ▁of ▁the ▁Deutsch er ▁Werk bund . ▁ ▁Working ▁for ▁himself ▁and ▁others ▁through ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 0 s , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁he ▁helped ▁win ▁a ▁competition ▁for ▁rural ▁housing ▁estate ▁develop ments ▁in ▁Bres lau . ▁His ▁concepts ▁of ▁decent ral ized ▁planning , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁imported ▁from ▁the ▁garden ▁city ▁movement , ▁he ▁won ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁city ▁architect ▁and ▁pl anner ▁for ▁his ▁home ▁city ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁through ▁ 1 9 3 0 . ▁Working ▁under ▁Mayor ▁Ludwig ▁Land mann