Hans Hoets

Hans Hoets

Hans Hoets in 2011
Born April 24, 1921
The Hague, Netherlands
Died 28 August 28, 2014
Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Allegiance Netherlands
Service/branch 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 emigrated to the USA 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.

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