I hope I am not duplicating your work! Anyway...

His wife name was Martha. Together they created several US foundations, 
including the Dr. Maximilian and Martha Koessler Law Library Legacy Fund.

However, more important biographic information can be found here:

https://portal.ehri-project.eu/units/us-005578-irn518430 
<https://portal.ehri-project.eu/units/us-005578-irn518430>

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518430 
<https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn518430>

Excerpt:

Maximillian Koessler (1889-1964) was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and 
in 1912 graduated from the University of Austria in Czernowitz; immigrated to 
the United States and earned his American degree at the Columbia University in 
1941 (LLB 1945). He became member of the California and New York Bars. Koessler 
worked as Attorney of the United States Army, and was employed on War Crimes 
Trials in Germany, and served in 1946-1947 in the Office of Chief of Counsel 
for War Crimes in Nuremberg. He published articles in the American Bar 
Association Journal, the Yale Law Journal, the Columbia Law Review, etc. Later 
in his life he worked as editor for law book publishing firm Bancroft-Whitney 
Company in San Francisco.

After membership in the Vienna Bar, he was admitted into the New York Bar in 
1946, then the California Bar in 1953.

Other research materials might be found here:

https://californiahistoricalsociety.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/8855
 
<https://californiahistoricalsociety.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/8855>

An example of his pot-war publications:

https://core.ac.uk/download/231004721.pdf 
<https://core.ac.uk/download/231004721.pdf>

Law School publication (2007) — particularly pg. 29 of the file, pg. 24. of the 
magazine:

https://www.law.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10866/files/media/documents/Counselor-Spring-2007.pdf
 
<https://www.law.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk10866/files/media/documents/Counselor-Spring-2007.pdf>


Best,

JB



On Aug 5, 2025, at 2:59 AM, Edgar Hauster <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Sergiy,

The Digitization Project of the Digital Forum Central and Eastern Europe 
(DiFMOE) “Jewish-German Bukovina 1918+”  has most valuable information for you:

https://www.difmoe.eu

You will find six hits on Dr. Maximilian Koessler (Kössler). For the period up 
to the First World War, I recommend the ANNO online newspaper archive:

https://anno.onb.ac.at/anno-suche/complex?dateMode=period&from=1

In general, you will find an excellent compilation of “Jewish Bukovina: Sources 
for Genealogical and Family History Research”, which was so thoroughly compiled 
by Prof. Bruce Reisch:

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/sadgura/ReischToronto.html

Good luck with your research!

Edgar Hauster [MacBook]


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Subject: [czernowitz-l] Maximilian Koessler

Dear all,
As a Researcher I will be very thankful for any information about Dr, 
Maximilian Koessler (Kössler) and his ancestors.
M. Koessler was born in Czernowitz, graduated from the University of 
Czernowitz, worked in Vienna, then emigrated to the USA. He lived in San 
Francisco and worked as an Attorney at Law.
I will be thankful for any reply.
Best regards
Dr. Sergiy Nezhurbida
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