Levie Cohen

Levie Cohen was a son of the butcher Heijman Cohen and Mietje Kornalijnslijper. He was born on 7 June 1880 in Amsterdam. His father, who was born 12 August 1858 in Hoorn, passed away in Amsterdam on 21 November 1925 and his mother, born in Amsterdam on 3 June 1850, died there on 7 July 1936. Both were interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Muiderberg.

Levie was born into a family of in total eight chi…

A few peculiarities of this convoy are that the composition of this convoy was already started on 29 August, in the first place with Jews who were arrested during the big raid in Antwerp in the night before. The system of "calls" was still in force but was not sufficient to reach the desired number of persons to be deported. Only 99 people on the transport list have the indication of their "job ca…