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204: 244: 299: 259:, Bolivia's military president from 1937 to 1939, Hochschild pushed Bolivia to open its doors to Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany. An estimated 9,000 were admitted. Hochschild also funded the transport of the refugees and their housing once they arrived in the South American country. Although his involvement was not widely publicised at the time, later analysis of involvement led to 21st century mass media outlets calling him "Bolivia's Schindler." 31: 234:
In 1918, he married Käthe Rosenbaum and in 1920, he returned to South America but to Bolivia. In 1920, his son, Gerardo Hochschild Rosenbaum, was born; his wife died in 1924. Known as 'Don Mauricio' in South America, Hochschild built up an economic empire in Bolivia during the following two decades
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In both 1939 and 1944, Hochschild was arrested by the Bolivian government and sentenced to death. Just two weeks after his release following his 1944 arrest, he was captured and held by kidnappers for two weeks. After he was freed he left Bolivia, never to return.
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to Chile. During this period of growth, more of his family followed him to South America to work for him, including his cousin Philipp Hochschild and Philipp's wife Germaine. Moritz and Germaine had an affair, and they married after Germaine divorced Philipp.
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family which had already been active in the mining industry for over a generation. He was the eldest son of a general trader, Louis Hochschild Altschul (1853–1923) who had two cousins involved in the metal industry: brothers
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The 1930s saw the peak of the Moritz Hochschild Group's economical and political influence. In 1938, using his influence with
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The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II
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In 1905, he began his career in the field at the large industrial conglomerate
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In 1951, the Hochschilds donated the majority of their fortune to the
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around the mining and trade of tin ore. His empire stretched from
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barons. Additionally, he saved thousands of Jews during the
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Moritz Hochschild died in 1965 in Paris, and was buried in
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at a kindergarten in Bolivia funded by Hochschild, c.1944
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He is the great uncle of billionaire 589:Moritz Hochschild Collection 1881–2002 678:Bolivian prisoners sentenced to death 493: 491: 7: 683:20th-century Peruvian businesspeople 628:20th-century Bolivian businesspeople 143:, he was one of the three so-called 673:German prisoners sentenced to death 643:20th-century Chilean businesspeople 14: 633:Bolivian businesspeople in mining 223:where he worked with his brother 648:Chilean businesspeople in mining 16:Bolivian businessman (1881–1965) 638:German businesspeople in metals 268:Hochschild Trust and Foundation 1: 482:"Papers of Moritz Hochschild" 251:and the mayor of Potosi, 1940 247:Hochschild (center) with the 525:Llona, Carmen (2017-03-17). 276:Bolivian National Revolution 133:Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild 126:Gerardo Hochschild Rosenbaum 668:German emigrants to Bolivia 599:20th Century Press Archives 408:Collyns, Dan (2022-08-11). 372:McConahay, Mary Jo (2018). 709: 653:German commodities traders 284:Mantos Blancos copper mine 548:"Refuge in Latin America" 28: 658:19th-century German Jews 35:Portrait by Irene Brann 591:at the Internet Archive 162:Hochschild was born in 444:Mining History Journal 349:. aish.com. 2017-05-20 323:Père Lachaise Cemetery 306: 252: 212: 177:American Metal Company 92:Père Lachaise Cemetery 301: 246: 206: 141:Carlos Víctor Aramayo 562:"Eduardo Hochschild" 484:– via cjh.org. 480:Hochschild, Moritz. 173:Berthold Hochschild 137:Simón Iturri Patiño 327:Eduardo Hochschild 307: 253: 217:Metallgesellschaft 213: 185:Metallgesellschaft 181:Zachary Hochschild 175:, who founded the 166:, Germany, into a 663:Hochschild family 446:. pp. 151–55 280:Hochschild Mining 130: 129: 60:February 17, 1881 50:Moritz Hochschild 23:Moritz Hochschild 700: 576: 575: 573: 572: 558: 552: 551: 544: 538: 537: 535: 534: 522: 513: 512: 510: 509: 495: 486: 485: 477: 456: 455: 453: 451: 441: 432: 426: 425: 423: 422: 405: 388: 387: 369: 358: 357: 355: 354: 343: 294:Holocaust savior 110:Mining executive 78: 59: 57: 33: 19: 708: 707: 703: 702: 701: 699: 698: 697: 608: 607: 585: 580: 579: 570: 568: 560: 559: 555: 546: 545: 541: 532: 530: 524: 523: 516: 507: 505: 497: 496: 489: 479: 478: 459: 449: 447: 439: 435:John, Hillman. 434: 433: 429: 420: 418: 407: 406: 391: 384: 371: 370: 361: 352: 350: 345: 344: 340: 335: 319: 303:Jewish children 296: 229:first World War 225:Sali Hochschild 209:Potosi, Bolivia 201: 183:, a partner in 160: 118:Käthe Rosenbaum 83: 80: 76: 67: 61: 55: 53: 52: 51: 41: 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 706: 704: 696: 695: 690: 685: 680: 675: 670: 665: 660: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 630: 625: 620: 610: 609: 606: 605: 592: 584: 583:External links 581: 578: 577: 553: 539: 514: 487: 457: 427: 389: 382: 359: 337: 336: 334: 331: 318: 315: 295: 292: 200: 197: 159: 156: 128: 127: 124: 120: 119: 116: 112: 111: 108: 104: 103: 100: 96: 95: 89: 85: 84: 81: 79:(aged 84) 73: 69: 68: 62: 49: 47: 43: 42: 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 705: 694: 691: 689: 686: 684: 681: 679: 676: 674: 671: 669: 666: 664: 661: 659: 656: 654: 651: 649: 646: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 624: 621: 619: 616: 615: 613: 604: 600: 596: 593: 590: 587: 586: 582: 567: 563: 557: 554: 549: 543: 540: 528: 521: 519: 515: 504: 500: 494: 492: 488: 483: 476: 474: 472: 470: 468: 466: 464: 462: 458: 445: 438: 431: 428: 417: 416: 411: 404: 402: 400: 398: 396: 394: 390: 385: 383:9781250091246 379: 375: 368: 366: 364: 360: 348: 342: 339: 332: 330: 328: 324: 316: 314: 312: 304: 300: 293: 291: 289: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 264: 260: 258: 250: 245: 241: 238: 232: 230: 226: 222: 218: 210: 205: 198: 196: 194: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 169: 165: 157: 155: 153: 149: 146: 142: 138: 134: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 90: 86: 82:Paris, France 75:June 12, 1965 74: 70: 65: 48: 44: 39: 32: 27: 20: 569:. 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Lima, Peru
Biblis
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Simón Iturri Patiño
Carlos Víctor Aramayo
Bolivian
tin
Holocaust
Biblis
Jewish
Berthold Hochschild
American Metal Company
Zachary Hochschild
Metallgesellschaft
Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
agnostic

Potosi, Bolivia
Metallgesellschaft
Chile
Sali Hochschild
first World War
Peru

bishop
German Busch
nationalized
Bolivian National Revolution
Hochschild Mining

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