Alexander Cohen

Herman Cohen was a son of Mozes Cohen and Sara Brander. He was born in Amsterdam on 31 July 1897 and married there at the age of 39 on 12 August 1936 the 27-year old Rijntje van Leeuwen, a daughter of Alexander van Leeuwen and Veronica Pos. Rijntje was born in Den Haag on 15 March 1909 and she worked as a day maid in Arnhem, where she then lived at the Amsterdamscheweg 15.

Herman and Rijntje moved…

Alexander Cohen was deported to Sobibor in June 1943 from Vught via Westerbork on the so-called children's transport. He was 4 when he died.
J. de Moei, Joodse kinderen in het kamp Vught (Vught 1999) 25

In addition, a Jokos file (number 33720) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.