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George Sergius de Mohrenschildt (; April 17, 1911 – March 29, 1977) was a petroleum geologist and professor who befriended Lee Harvey Oswald in the summer of 1962 and maintained that friendship until Oswald's death, two days after the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. His testimony before the Warren Commission investigating the assassination was one of the longest of any witness. ==Early life== Mohrenschildt began life as Jerzy Sergius von Mohrenschildt in Mozyr, in the Russian Empire, now in Belarus , born on April 4 in the old style Russian Julian calendar).〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 168, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 He had an older brother, Dimitri. His wealthy father, Sergey Alexandrovich von Mohrenschildt, was of German, Swedish, and Russian descent. Mohrenschildt's mother, Alexandra, was of Polish, Russian, and Hungarian descent.〔 Sergey von Mohrenschildt was claimed by his son to have been a Marshal of Nobility of the Minsk Governorate〔In his testimony to the Warren Commission, Mohrenschildt claimed that his father had been a Marshal of Nobility of the Minsk Governorate, but the directories of 1913-1917 listed him in the lower position of Marshal for a uezd (county). Beside this, he and his children never had the title of baron or count/graf, whether in Russia or in any other country.〕 from 1913-1917, and a civil rank of Actual Civil Councilor corresponding to Major General. In 1920, some years after the Russian Revolution, Sergey von Mohrenschildt was arrested by the Bolsheviks for anti-Communist activities.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 171, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 He was sentenced to exile for life in Veliky Ustyug, a town in the north of Russia. Mohrenschildt later testified to the Warren Commission that while awaiting transport to Veliky Ustyug, his father had become ill. Two Jewish doctors who treated him in jail advised him to stop eating so he would appear more sickly. The doctors then told the Soviet government that Sergey was too ill to survive the trip to Veliky Ustyug and he should be allowed to stay at home to recover, under the condition that he check in weekly until he was well enough to be sent to Veliky Ustyug. The Soviet government agreed. After his release, Sergey, his wife and the young Mohrenschildt then fled to Poland in a hay wagon (Mohrenschildt's older brother Dimitri was awaiting execution, but was later released in a prisoner exchange in Poland).〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 172, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 During their journey, Mohrenschildt, his father and mother Alexandra contracted typhoid fever. Alexandra died of the disease shortly after the family entered Poland.〔 After the death of his mother, Mohrenschildt and his father made their way to Wilno, where the family had a six acre property. Mohrenschildt graduated from the Wilno gymnasium in 1929 and later graduated from the Polish Cavalry Academy in 1931.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 175, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 He went on to earn a Master's degree at the Institute of Higher Commercial Studies.〔Bugliosi 2007 p. 655〕 Having completed a dissertation on the economic influence of the U.S. on Latin America, he received a doctor of science degree in international commerce from the University of Liège in Belgium in 1938.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, pp. 177-178, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 George von Mohrenschildt migrated to the United States in May 1938, after which he changed the nobiliary particle in his name from the German "von" to the French "de". Upon his arrival the the U. S., British intelligence reportedly told the U.S. government that they suspected he was working for German intelligence. Documents indicate he was under FBI surveillance for much of the 1940s. Mohrenschildt was hired by the Shumaker company in New York City, which also employed a man named Pierre Fraiss who had connections with French intelligence. According to Mohrenschildt, he and Fraiss, among their other duties, gathered information about people involved in "pro-German" activities, such as those bidding for U.S. oil leases on behalf of Germany before the U.S. became involved in World War II.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 183, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 Mohrenschildt testified that the purpose of their data-collection was to help the French out-bid the Germans.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 184, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 Mohrenschildt spent the summer of 1938 with his older brother Dimitri von Mohrenschildt on Long Island, New York. Dimitri was a staunch anti-Communist〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 176, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 and member of the OSS and one of the founders of the CIA's Radio Free Europe and Amcomlib (a.k.a., Radio Liberty) stations.〔Baker 2009 p. 72〕 His contacts included top officials of the CIA. (Dimitri died at the age of 100 in 2002.) While in New York, Mohrenschildt became acquainted with the Bouvier family, including the young Jacqueline Bouvier, the future wife of John F. Kennedy. Jacqueline grew up calling Mohrenschildt "Uncle George" and would sit on his knee.〔Baker 2009 p. 128〕 He became a close friend of Jacqueline's aunt Edith Bouvier Beale.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 179, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 Mohrenschildt dabbled in the insurance business from 1939 to 1941, but failed to pass his broker's examination.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, p. 180, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 In 1941, he became associated with Film Facts in New York, a production company owned by his cousin Baron Maydell, who was said to have pro-Nazi sympathies. (Mohrenschildt denied any Nazi sympathies of his own, claiming he helped raise money for the Polish resistance.) Mohrenschildt made a documentary film about resistance fighters in Poland.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, pp. 182-183, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 However, when the United States entered World War II, his application to join the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was rejected. According to a memo by former CIA director Richard Helms, Mohrenschildt "was alleged to be a Nazi espionage agent." In 1942, Mohrenschildt married an American teenager named Dorothy Pierson. They had a daughter, Alexandra (known as "Alexis") and divorced in early 1944.〔Bugliosi 2007 p. 656〕 In 1945, Mohrenschildt received a master's degree in petroleum geology from the University of Texas.〔Warren Commission Hearings, volume 9, pp. 190-191, (Testimony of George S. de Mohrenschildt ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George de Mohrenschildt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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