Roosje Velleman was a daughter of Levie Velleman and Rebecca Italiaander. She was born on 7 April in Amsterdam and married there Maurits Cohen on 27 June 1917, a son of Arie Cohen and Eva van de Kar. Maurits earned his living as a rag dealer and clothes man. The couple had two children, namely Arie, who survived the Holocaust and Rebecca, who was born on 21 February 1920 but who was murdered with …