Jozeph Cohen

Jozeph Cohen was born on 14 October 1900 in Amsteram as a son of Philip Cohen from Dordrecht and Mina Eismann from Venlo. He lived with his parents and brothers Meijer, Jacob and Mozes in Antwerp and in Den Haag, where Jozeph between 1915 and 1919 was employed as an errandboy but later he became a commercial traveller by profession. In Juli 1919 Jozeph and his family moved to the Carnotstraat 168 …

The only German-style concentration camp that was set up in our country was concentration camp Vught, which was opened in January 1943. The camp had a number of “Aussenkommando’s“ (satellite camps) including Moerdijk. This command was located in the old barracks of the anti-aircraft artillery near the harbour. Fifty S.S. men were appointed as guards and the first prisoners arrived on 26 March 1943…

Leonora Vos was gescheiden van Jozeph Cohen waarmee ze 2 kinderen had gekregen: Mina Cohen en Philip Cohen. In België trad Leonora in het huwelijk met Abraham Roosnek.