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] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Sergiy Nezhurbida <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 00:01 To: [email protected] 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. 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