Hildo Cohen was the halfbrother of 540237. His parents survived the war. He was shot dead by the Grüne Polizei when he had to pick up potatoes in a shed in Blaricum. After his death his family was not allowed to see him.
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See also the documentary De zin van mijn leven (Cineclub Vrijheidsfilms 1985. Director: At van Praag).
Hildo Cohen was unmarried. He was a mechanical engineer. He lived in Blaricum, where he had joined a team of ten 'heavies'. During a raid on 12 February 1945 on a black marketeer, Hildo Cohen was shot dead.
NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw;
B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 144-145