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- Paul Hartog Cohen (Emden, December 30, 1924 - Gorinchem, October 5, 1991)
At the end of the war, Paul Cohen stayed at 80 Zuideinde in Koog aan de Zaan. He is a son of: Benni Cohen and Ella Keusch.
Crystal night
Father and mother Cohen were arrested during their Kristallnacht in their German hometown Emden. His mother was released soon, his father spent some time in a camp before being allowed to return home. Mother Ella died in 1939. Father Cohen tried to get Paul and his sister Hedwig to the Netherlands, but the border was now closed. A petition from his Dutch relative Heiman Cohen to Queen Wilhelmina to admit his nephew and niece did help. In January 1939 they were placed in a children's home in Wijk aan Zee and four months later in the Dutch Israelite Orphanage in The Hague. Their father would not survive the war.
Deventer
After a while, first Hedwig and then Paul also went to family in Deventer. In 1942 they were collected together and taken to a building in Deventer. However, they were able to leave that building unscathed and then went into hiding. Paul ended up with his uncle Jakob Cohen on a farm near Deventer for a short time. A German invasion killed Jacob. He was arrested and died on December 7, 1942 in Auschwitz. Paul managed to hide in a haystack. At the liberation in May 1945 his address was Zuideinde 80 in Koog aan de Zaan. The widow Aagje Mooij-de Groot lived there (Zaandijk, 2-1-1863 - Zaandam, 26-9-1950). Paul Cohen was in possession of a forged identity card called Jacob Bruining.
Domestic Armed Forces
From May 14, 1945, Paul Cohen was part of the Interior Forces in Koog aan de Zaan and Zaandijk. Among other things, he worked in the military kitchen. In early June 1945, he left for his family in Deventer. On a postcard to the Commander of the N.B.S. [Jan Dirk Vis], Zaandijk, Town Hall, "he wrote on June 6," having arrived here in Deventer. " “Most of the houses here are very damaged. There is no house or windows are out. (…) I am very sorry that I left you. You were always good comrades to me. ” In April 1952, Paul Cohen emigrated to Canada, but returned after some time. He was involved in film and photography. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 66.
His sister Hedwig went into hiding in Friesland during the war and escaped the Holocaust there. (Joodsmonument Zaanstreek)
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Om slægterne Brændgaard & Heilesen
1924 - 1991 (66 år)
