Mauricio Hochschild

Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild (February 17, 1881 – June 12, 1965) was a leading mining industry businessman in the first half of the twentieth century. Along with Simón Iturri Patiño and Carlos Víctor Aramayo, he was one of the three so-called Bolivian tin barons. Additionally, he saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust by facilitating their legal admission to Bolivia.

Early life Hochschild was born in Biblis, Germany, into a Jewish family After Hochschild graduated from school, he studied mining and engineering at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. He was agnostic.

Career Mining facility of M. Hochschild & Co. in Potosi, Bolivia, c.1932

In 1905, he began his career in the field at the large industrial conglomerate Metallgesellschaft. after it was discovered that the Bolivian business tycoon facilitated the escape of between 9,000 and 22,000 Jews from Nazi Germany and occupied Europe.

Final years Moritz Hochschild died in 1965 in Paris, and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.