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 …