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, and a philanthropist.

Biography

Hochschild was born to a

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family in

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, the son of Auguste Gustina (née Bendheim) and Koppel Jakob Hochschild. In 1881, his brother

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, along with his cousin

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and Leo Ellinger, founded

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. In 1886, he immigrated to the United States, founding American Metal with Jacob Longeloth two years later. He had two sons, Harold K. Hochschild and Walter Hochschild, and a daughter, Gertrude Hochschild (married to Russian World War I ace and

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test pilot Boris Sergievsky).New York Times: "Gertrude H. Sergievsky, Tolstoy Foundation Officer"
February 13, 1975 Harold founded the

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in Blue Mountain Lake, New York and Walter Hochschild built an Adirondack Great Camp on

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in 1938. The sons of his cousin were

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tin baron

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and Chilean mining magnate

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References

*''New York Times'', January 25, 1928, Berthold Hochschild. Former Chairman of the American Metal. Co. Dies at Age of 68. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hochschild, Berthold 19th-century German Jews German emigrants to the United States 1860 births 1928 deaths German businesspeople in metals

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German commodities traders