Biography

About Moses Cohen

Moses Cohen was an artist. He was married. He and his wife lived in Amsterdam. Moses Cohen forged identity cards. In 1942 he tried to escape to Switzerland. He was caught at the French-Swiss border near the French village of Gex on 28 September 1942. Moses Cohen was deported to Auschwitz via the French transit camp at Drancy.

A ration registration card that belonged to Moses Cohen remains.
NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw;
Het Joodsche Weekblad, 27 February 1942, 5
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr 6767;
B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 146-147