Jewish life in Latin America Archives

The “Bolivian Schindler” Who Saved Thousands of Jews—Then Faced Imprisonment

A new book details how mining titan Moritz “Mauricio” Hochschild helped Jews escape the Nazis in Bolivia, only to be scapegoated himself.

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