Alexander Hochberg
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Alexander I. Friedrich-Wilhelm Georg Konrad (Conrad) -Ernst-Maximilian von Hochberg, 5 (9). Prince von Pless, Count von Hochberg, Freiherr zu Fürstenstein, bourgeois Aleksander Pszczyński (born February 1, 1905 in London , † February 22, 1984 in Mallorca ) was a German-Polish nobleman, businessman and British Secret Intelligence Service officer. In 1984 he was temporarily head of the Hochberg von Pless family .
Life
Hochberg was a son of Hans Heinrich XV. Prince von Pless and his wife Daisy von Pless .
After the First World War , Hochberg became a Polish citizen. As heir to the Pless family fortune, he was one of the richest landowners in the country.
After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Hochberg emigrated to Paris , where he joined the Polish Army of the West , with which he was deployed in North Africa and Italy .
After his escape, Hochberg was classified as an enemy of the state by the National Socialist police: in the spring of 1940 the Reich Main Security Office in Berlin - which mistakenly suspected him to be in Great Britain - then placed him on the special wanted list GB , a directory of people who were particularly dangerous to the NS surveillance apparatus important, which is why, in the event of a successful invasion and occupation of the British Isles by the Wehrmacht , they should be located and arrested by the special SS commandos following the occupation forces .
After the Second World War , Hochberg settled in Pollença on Mallorca.
On January 26, 1984, Hochberg succeeded his brother Hans Heinrich XVII as the 5th Prince of Pless . After his death, his nephew Bolko Hochberg von Pless succeeded him as head of the family.
family
Via his uncle George Cornwallis-West , the younger brother of his mother, Hochberg was related to the politician Winston Churchill , whose mother was married to Cornwallis-West for the second time, so that Hochberg's uncle became the stepfather of the British politician ) Hochberg's step-cousin was.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hitler's Black Book - information for COUNT Hochberg. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .
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| SURNAME | Hochberg, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Count von Hochberg, Baron zu Fürstenstein, 5th Prince of Pless, Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Konrad Ernst Maximilian (full name); Pszczyński, Aleksander (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-German nobleman and officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1984 |
| Place of death | in Mallorca |