Hans Hoets
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Hans Hoets in 2011 | |
Born | April 24, 1921 The Hague, Netherlands |
Died | 28 August 28, 2014 Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
Allegiance | Netherlands |
Service/ | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) |
Rank | 2nd Lt. Special Services |
Unit | Infantry |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Other work | Lawyer, writer |
Pieter Johannes Hoets (April 24, 1921 – August 28, 2014) was a Dutch Engelandvaarder, an active Dutch resistance fighter against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in WW-II.
World War II[]
After a failed attempt to sail to England on June 19, 1940 he eventually left the country from Delfzijl on October 13, 1944. In Stockholm he signed up as a volunteer and was assigned to the Dutch Intelligence in Stockholm to interrogate new arrivals. After he arrived in England, he served in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.
Post-war[]
After the war he immigrated to the US, where he studied US law at Yale University, joined The Coca-Cola Company where he became Chief Counsel for Coca Cola Europe, and later joined New York-based Reid & Priest, a law firm with 160 attorneys founded in 1935 with an office in Washington, D.C.. Hoets authored five historic books, including De Yale Connection. De jacht op de Marcos-miljarden en het Zwitsers bankgeheim ("The Yale Connection. Hunting the Marcos billions and Swiss banking secrecy.")
Death[]
Hoets died on August 28, 2014 in Stamford, Connecticut the United States.
Military and Knight's Orders[]
- Cross of Merit (Netherlands)
- Oorlogsherinneringskruis with four stars ()
- Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross)
- Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
See also[]
Bibliography[]
- Vrijgevaren! Met voorwoord van Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (1976), ISBN 9061001412
- Englandspiel ontmaskerd. Schijnstoot op Nederland en België 1942–1944 (1990), ISBN 9061003458
- Spookspoor naar Moskou (1996), ISBN 9024271452
- De Yale Connection. De jacht op de Marcos-miljarden en het Zwitsers bankgeheim. Met medewerking van Alexander Münninghoff (2000), ISBN 902611480X
- Buitengaats! Met een Engelandvaarder de wereld in (2006), ISBN 905911163X
References[]
- 1921 births
- 2014 deaths
- Recipients of the Cross of Merit (Netherlands)
- Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Recipients of the Resistance Memorial Cross
- Dutch resistance members
- Yale University alumni
- Coca-Cola people