Background
Max Moszkowicz was born on 5 October 1926 in Essen in the Weimar Republic.
Max Moszkowicz was born on 5 October 1926 in Essen in the Weimar Republic.
The Jewish Moszkowicz family fled Nazi Germany in 1933. Max Moszkowicz himself survived Auschwitz. He is the father of (former) lawyers David Moszkowicz (born 1950), Robert Moszkowicz (born 1953), Max Moszkowicz Junior (born 1955), and Bram Moszkowicz (born 1960).
David, Robert, and Bram were disbarred in 2016, 2006, and 2013.
Moszkowicz became well known in the Netherlands for defending the godfather of the Amsterdam underworld Klaas Bruinsma and the Heineken kidnappers Cor van Hout and Willem Holleeder.
He is a member of the People"s Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratic (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy)).