Raúl Peñaranda and Robert Brockmann give a book talk on Escape to the Andes: The Story of Mauricio Hochschild, the “Schindler of Bolivia”

In this talk, authors Raúl Peñaranda and Robert Brockmann introduce their recently published book, Escape to the Andes: The Story of Mauricio Hochschild, the “Schindler of Bolivia.” Their work, written in Spanish, delves into a lesser-known chapter of history, revealing how Bolivia became a refuge for approximately 12,000 European Jews escaping the horrors of the Holocaust. Drawing upon a rich array of archival sources, including materials from the JDC Archives, the authors discuss the remarkable role played by Mauricio Hochschild, a prosperous German Jewish mine owner in Bolivia, in saving these refugees.