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Listers,
I don't know how large this list is in terms of names count but just befor=
e
the Millenium, a very large number of you most kindly bought a book from m=
e
titled "In the Shadow of my Father - Life at Triumph". Originally, I thoug=
ht
a thousand copies would be enough but it later went through two re-prints =
of
1,500 and 1,000 copies to meet demand and I still have a few (less than 10=
0)
copies left. However, this post is not about that book.
This last week, I thought I'd let you know I signed a contract with a
London, England publisher for my latest book called "FROM IRON CROSS TO TH=
E
CROSS OF NAILS". It was originally my late father's story to tell but he w=
as
dogged by ill-health after retiring from Standard-Triumph in the 1960's an=
d
never got to write the narrative. After some forty years of research on my
part and several complete re-writes, the story is finished. If you're
interested in automotive history - especially if it's to do with Jaguar an=
d
Standard-Triumph - you may well be interested in my latest offering. It
concerns the escape from Austria in the summer of 1939 of two people, both
Jews, who were the official and only importers and distributors for Austri=
a
for cars made by The Standard Motor Company and SS Limited - which post-wa=
r
became Jaguar Cars. The two people in question were Hans and Monika Koch a=
nd
a very compressed version of their story appeared in "In the Shadow of my
Father" but in "From Iron Cross" you get the full story in every detail an=
d
you'll get to *meet* Sir John Black (CEO Standard Motor Co) and Sir Willia=
m
Lyons (CEO Jaguar), read about some of their conversations and how they
helped the Kochs in the early weeks of their unplanned and very coincident=
al
arrival in England just before the outbreak of WW2. Speaking entirely for
myself, the Koch's story has always fascinated me because what husband and
wife both did - and on the spur of the moment without any prior planning o=
f
note - to avoid the horrors of places like Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen and
Mauthausen to name but three places, defies comprehension. But somehow, th=
ey
won through and against the most extraordinary odds. I didn't get the bone=
s
of this story just from Dad because in 1964 when my internship at Jaguar w=
as
coming to an end, I spent nine months in Vienna working for GHM KOCH
AUTOMOBILE when it was still the Jaguar importer. That stay gave me a supe=
rb
opportunity to check many facts of the story, read a lot of the
documentation and study some important surviving artefacts to do with this
man and his wife's escape from the jaws of the SS and Reichsfuhrer Heinric=
h
Himmler's mob of sadists.
That's the basic background. The book is scheduled to appear in the Spring
of 2023 but at the time of writing I have no idea of its pricing. I do kno=
w
it will be available as a print on demand from Amazon in the UK, Barnes &
Noble (I think), together with e-book versions and on Kindle. If you'd lik=
e
more info when it becomes available, I'm working with the publisher to
identify possible buyers. Just drop me an email to this address giving me
your name, postal address and email contact details and I'll come back to
you when more detail such as ISBN number and likely prices are available.
Please feel free to circulate this email to your Jaguar and Triumph club
friends and if you feel your club newsletter editor would like details for=
a
forthcoming issue, I'd be pleased to hear from him or her.
Finally, I think this story is somewhat apocryphal as I signed the
publishing contract on the last day of Holocaust Memorial Week. A bit
creepy, huh?
Jonmac
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1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Listers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nb=
sp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>I don’t know how large this list is=
in terms of names count but just before the Millenium, a very large number=
of you most kindly bought a book from me titled “In the Shadow of my=
Father – Life at Triumph”. Originally, I thought a thousand co=
pies would be enough but it later went through two re-prints of 1,500 and 1=
,000 copies to meet demand and I still have a few (less than 100) copies le=
ft. However, this post is not about that book.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMso=
Normal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>This last week, I thought =
I’d let you know I signed a contract with a London, England publisher=
for my latest book called “FROM IRON CROSS TO THE CROSS OF NAILSR=
21;. It was originally my late father’s story to tell but he was dogg=
ed by ill-health after retiring from Standard-Triumph in the 1960’s a=
nd never got to write the narrative. After some forty years of research on =
my part and several complete re-writes, the story is finished. If you’=
;re interested in automotive history – especially if it’s to do=
with Jaguar and Standard-Triumph – you may well be interested in my =
latest offering. It concerns the escape from Austria in the summer of 1939 =
of two people, both Jews, who were the official and only importers and dist=
ributors for Austria for cars made by The Standard Motor Company and SS Lim=
ited – which post-war became Jaguar Cars. The two people in question =
were Hans and Monika Koch and a very compressed version of their story appe=
ared in “In the Shadow of my Father” but in “From Iron Cr=
oss” you get the full story in every detail and you’ll get to *=
<b>meet</b>* Sir John Black (CEO Standard Motor Co) and Sir William Lyons (=
CEO Jaguar), read about some of their conversations and how they helped the=
Kochs in the early weeks of their unplanned and very coincidental arrival =
in England just before the outbreak of WW2. Speaking entirely for myself, t=
he Koch’s story has always fascinated me because what husband and wif=
e both did – and on the spur of the moment without any prior planning=
of note – to avoid the horrors of places like Auschwitz, Bergen Bels=
en and Mauthausen to name but three places, defies comprehension. But someh=
ow, they won through and against the most extraordinary odds. I didn’=
t get the bones of this story just from Dad because in 1964 when my interns=
hip at Jaguar was coming to an end, I spent nine months in Vienna working f=
or GHM KOCH AUTOMOBILE when it was still the Jaguar importer. That stay gav=
e me a superb opportunity to check many facts of the story, read a lot of t=
he documentation and study some important surviving artefacts to do with th=
is man and his wife’s escape from the jaws of the SS and Reichsfuhrer=
Heinrich Himmler’s mob of sadists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNorma=
l><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>That’s the basic backgrou=
nd. The book is scheduled to appear in the Spring of 2023 but at the time o=
f writing I have no idea of its pricing. I do know it will be available as =
a print on demand from Amazon in the UK, Barnes & Noble (I think), toge=
ther with e-book versions and on Kindle. If you’d like more info when=
it becomes available, I’m working with the publisher to identify pos=
sible buyers. Just drop me an email to this address giving me your name, po=
stal address and email contact details and I’ll come back to you when=
more detail such as ISBN number and likely prices are available. Please fe=
el free to circulate this email to your Jaguar and Triumph club friends and=
if you feel your club newsletter editor would like details for a forthcomi=
ng issue, I’d be pleased to hear from him or her.<o:p></o:p></p><p cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Finally, I think =
this story is somewhat apocryphal as I signed the publishing contract on th=
e last day of Holocaust Memorial Week. A bit creepy, huh?<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Jonmac<o:p></o:=
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