Matthias Brandis was born in Hamburg in 1939 as the grandson of Heinrich and Hedwig Wohlwill. After working as a pediatrician and medical director of the University Children's Hospital in Marburg and Freiburg, he devoted himself to researching the widely ramified family history, which can be read in the book "Meines Großvaters Geige" (Hentrich&Hentrich, 2020).
