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Mina Cohen

Antwerpen, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 19 years

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About Leonora Vos and her children Mina and Philip Cohen.

Leonora Vos was born on 8 December 1905 in Amsterdam. Together with her parents Hijman Vos and Lea van West, siblings Philip, Barend, Sara and Esther, Leonora left Amsterdam in April 1909 for Belgium, where they found housing in the Van den Peerenboomstraat 26 in Borgerhout (Antwerp).

On 1 July 1910 Leonora and the family moved to Lange Kievitstraat 110 in Antwerp and up from August 1913 everybody…

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About the 18th and 19th convoy of 15 January 1943.

After the departure from Mechelen, both the convoys of 15 January 1943 formed a single transport of 1555 deportees, including 287 children. The 77 deportees who jumped out of the train were not included in this statistic, but they nevertheless bear witness to the rebellious spirit of the Jewish population.

It took 2 ½ months to collect this number for the convoys of 15 January 1943. Since 1 Novemb…

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Kinderen uit haar eerste huwelijk

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.

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