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John,
Put me on the list, sound like a fascinating account.=20
Bill Beecher
TS30800L
=E2=80=9CThe future of the world is contained in a sandwich=E2=80=9D Berger=
ac
On May 1, 2022, at 9:05 AM, johnbmacartney@gmx.com wrote:
=EF=BB=BF
Listers,
=20
I don=E2=80=99t 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 f=
rom me titled =E2=80=9CIn the Shadow of my Father =E2=80=93 Life at Triumph=E2=
=80=9D. Originally, I thought 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 s=
till have a few (less than 100) copies left. However, this post is not about=
that book.
=20
This last week, I thought I=E2=80=99d let you know I signed a contract with a=
London, England publisher for my latest book called =E2=80=9CFROM IRON CROS=
S TO THE CROSS OF NAILS=E2=80=9D. It was originally my late father=E2=80=99s=
story to tell but he was dogged by ill-health after retiring from Standard-=
Triumph in the 1960=E2=80=99s and never got to write the narrative. After so=
me forty years of research on my part and several complete re-writes, the st=
ory is finished. If you=E2=80=99re interested in automotive history =E2=80=93=
especially if it=E2=80=99s to do with Jaguar and Standard-Triumph =E2=80=93=
you may well be interested in my latest offering. It concerns the escape fr=
om Austria in the summer of 1939 of two people, both Jews, who were the offi=
cial and only importers and distributors for Austria for cars made by The St=
andard Motor Company and SS Limited =E2=80=93 which post-war became Jaguar C=
ars. The two people in question were Hans and Monika Koch and a very compres=
sed version of their story appeared in =E2=80=9CIn the Shadow of my Father=E2=
=80=9D but in =E2=80=9C=46rom Iron Cross=E2=80=9D you get the full story in e=
very detail and you=E2=80=99ll get to *meet* Sir John Black (CEO Standard Mo=
tor Co) and Sir William Lyons (CEO Jaguar), read about some of their convers=
ations and how they helped the Kochs in the early weeks of their unplanned a=
nd very coincidental arrival in England just before the outbreak of WW2. Spe=
aking entirely for myself, the Koch=E2=80=99s story has always fascinated me=
because what husband and wife both did =E2=80=93 and on the spur of the mom=
ent without any prior planning of note =E2=80=93 to avoid the horrors of pla=
ces like Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen and Mauthausen to name but three places, d=
efies comprehension. But somehow, they won through and against the most extr=
aordinary odds. I didn=E2=80=99t get the bones of this story just from Dad b=
ecause in 1964 when my internship at Jaguar was coming to an end, I spent ni=
ne months in Vienna working for GHM KOCH AUTOMOBILE when it was still the Ja=
guar importer. That stay gave me a superb opportunity to check many facts of=
the story, read a lot of the documentation and study some important survivi=
ng artefacts to do with this man and his wife=E2=80=99s escape from the jaws=
of the SS and Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler=E2=80=99s mob of sadists.
=20
That=E2=80=99s the basic background. The book is scheduled to appear in the S=
pring of 2023 but at the time of 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, Barne=
s & Noble (I think), together with e-book versions and on Kindle. If you=E2=80=
=99d like more info when it becomes available, I=E2=80=99m working with the p=
ublisher to identify possible buyers. Just drop me an email to this address g=
iving me your name, postal address and email contact details and I=E2=80=99l=
l come back to you when more detail such as ISBN number and likely prices ar=
e available. Please feel free to circulate this email to your Jaguar and Tri=
umph club friends and if you feel your club newsletter editor would like det=
ails for a forthcoming issue, I=E2=80=99d be pleased to hear from him or her=
.
=20
Finally, I think this story is somewhat apocryphal as I signed the publishin=
g contract on the last day of Holocaust Memorial Week. A bit creepy, huh?
=20
Jonmac
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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">John,<div>Put me on the list, sound like a f=
ascinating account. </div><div>Bill Beecher</div><div>TS30800L</div><di=
v><br><div dir=3D"ltr">=E2=80=9CThe future of the world is contained in a sa=
ndwich=E2=80=9D Bergerac</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On May 1, 2022, at 9=
:05 AM, johnbmacartney@gmx.com wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF=
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oNormal">Listers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I don=E2=80=99t know how large this list is in terms o=
f names count but just before the Millenium, a very large number of you most=
kindly bought a book from me titled =E2=80=9CIn the Shadow of my Father =E2=
=80=93 Life at Triumph=E2=80=9D. Originally, I thought a thousand copies wou=
ld be enough but it later went through two re-prints of 1,500 and 1,000 copi=
es to meet demand and I still have a few (less than 100) copies left. Howeve=
r, this post is not about that book.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o=
:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">This last week, I thought I=E2=80=99=
d let you know I signed a contract with a London, England publisher for my l=
atest book called =E2=80=9CFROM IRON CROSS TO THE CROSS OF NAILS=E2=80=9D. I=
t was originally my late father=E2=80=99s story to tell but he was dogged by=
ill-health after retiring from Standard-Triumph in the 1960=E2=80=99s and n=
ever got to write the narrative. After some forty years of research on my pa=
rt and several complete re-writes, the story is finished. If you=E2=80=99re i=
nterested in automotive history =E2=80=93 especially if it=E2=80=99s to do w=
ith Jaguar and Standard-Triumph =E2=80=93 you may well be interested in my l=
atest 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 distrib=
utors for Austria for cars made by The Standard Motor Company and SS Limited=
=E2=80=93 which post-war became Jaguar Cars. The two people in question wer=
e Hans and Monika Koch and a very compressed version of their story appeared=
in =E2=80=9CIn the Shadow of my Father=E2=80=9D but in =E2=80=9C=46rom Iron=
Cross=E2=80=9D you get the full story in every detail and you=E2=80=99ll ge=
t to *<b>meet</b>* Sir John Black (CEO Standard Motor Co) and Sir William Ly=
ons (CEO Jaguar), read about some of their conversations and how they helped=
the Kochs in the early weeks of their unplanned and very coincidental arriv=
al in England just before the outbreak of WW2. Speaking entirely for myself,=
the Koch=E2=80=99s story has always fascinated me because what husband and w=
ife both did =E2=80=93 and on the spur of the moment without any prior plann=
ing of note =E2=80=93 to avoid the horrors of places like Auschwitz, Bergen B=
elsen and Mauthausen to name but three places, defies comprehension. But som=
ehow, they won through and against the most extraordinary odds. I didn=E2=80=
=99t get the bones of this story just from Dad because in 1964 when my inter=
nship 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 gave=
me a superb opportunity to check many facts of the story, read a lot of the=
documentation and study some important surviving artefacts to do with this m=
an and his wife=E2=80=99s escape from the jaws of the SS and Reichsfuhrer He=
inrich Himmler=E2=80=99s mob of sadists.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal=
"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">That=E2=80=99s the basic backg=
round. 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 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=E2=80=99d like more info whe=
n it becomes available, I=E2=80=99m working with the publisher to identify p=
ossible buyers. Just drop me an email to this address giving me your name, p=
ostal address and email contact details and I=E2=80=99ll come back to you wh=
en more detail such as ISBN number and likely prices are available. Please f=
eel 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 forthcomin=
g issue, I=E2=80=99d be pleased to hear from him or her.<o:p></o:p></p><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Finally, I thi=
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he last day of Holocaust Memorial Week. A bit creepy, huh?<o:p></o:p></p><p c=
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