Elisabeth Maxwell
Elisabeth Maxwell | |
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| Born | Élisabeth Jenny Jeanne Meynard 11 March 1921 Saint-Alban-de-Roche, France |
| Died | 7 August 2013 (aged 92) Domme, France |
| Education | St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1981 |
| Occupations | Holocaust researcher, proponent of interfaith dialogue |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 9, including Christine, Isabel, Ian, Kevin and Ghislaine |
Elisabeth Jenny Jeanne Maxwell (née Meynard; 11 March 1921 – 7 August 2013) was a French-born researcher of the Holocaust who established the journal Holocaust and Genocide Studies in 1987. She was married to publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell from 1945 until his death in 1991. Later in life, she was recognized for her work as a proponent of interfaith dialogue and received several awards including an honorary fellowship from the Woolf Institute at Cambridge.