Hans Hoets
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.
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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 |
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 (War Memorial Cross)
- Verzetsherdenkingskruis (Resistance Memorial Cross)
- Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau
See also
- List of Engelandvaarders
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