Re: You're getting your Kochs and Maxwells mixed up, Mary Archived Message Posted by Mary on August 26, 2019, 3:14 pm, in reply to "You're getting your Kochs and Maxwells mixed up, Mary" Correct. For Ian Robert Maxwell read Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin HOCH. Did he change his name by deed poll? No relation to the Koch Brothers! and quite a colourful life. Probably brave. 'Maxwell was born into a poor Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish family in the small town of Slatinské Doly (now Solotvyno, Ukraine) in the easternmost province of pre-World War II Czechoslovakia. His parents were Mechel Hoch and Hannah Slomowitz. He had six siblings. In 1939, the area was reclaimed by Hungary. Most members of his family died in Auschwitz after Hungary was occupied in 1944 by Nazi Germany, but he had already escaped to France. In Marseille, he joined the Czechoslovak Army in exile in May 1940. After the defeat in France and the retreat to Britain, Maxwell (using the name "Ivan du Maurier", or Leslie du Maurier the surname taken from the name of a popular make of cigarette, Du Maurier) took part in a protest against the leadership of the Czechoslovak Army, and with 500 other soldiers he was transferred to the Royal Pioneer Corps and later to the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1943. He was then involved in action across Europe, from the Normandy beaches to Berlin, and achieved the rank of sergeant. He gained a commission in 1945 and was promoted to the rank of captain.' Wikipedia. Message Thread: Epstein: The Maxwell Connection By George Galloway - Keith-264 August 26, 2019, 9:54 am Part 4 of the Whitney Webb series - Raskolnikov August 26, 2019, 11:05 am Its brilliant work - and more to come.... - AlanG August 27, 2019, 10:17 am Re: Epstein: The Maxwell Connection By George Galloway - Mary August 26, 2019, 11:23 am You're getting your Kochs and Maxwells mixed up, Mary - scrabb August 26, 2019, 1:59 pm Re: You're getting your Kochs and Maxwells mixed up, Mary - Mary August 26, 2019, 3:14 pm   Searching