Elisabeth Maxwell
Elisabeth Maxwell | |
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| Born | Elisabeth Jenny Jeanne Meynard 11 April 1921 La Grive, France |
| Died | 7 August 2013 (aged 92) Dordogne, France |
| Nationality | French British |
| Education | St Hugh's College, Oxford, 1981 |
| Occupation(s) | Holocaust researcher, proponent of interfaith dialogue |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 9, including Christine, Isabel, Ian, Kevin and Ghislaine |
Elisabeth Jenny Jeanne Maxwell (née Meynard; 11 April 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 when the family came under scrutiny for his business dealings, especially his responsibility for the Mirror Group pension scandal. 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. She was the mother of the convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell.