David Cohen

David worked as merchant in textile such as shirts, socks etc. He worked for example at the Albert Cuijp in Amsterdam. For a period of time he lived in Paris. When he returned to The Netherlands he lived with his brother Maurits, (Maup). Maup had a shop at the Binnenweg, Rotterdam. My grandfather lived above the shop. That house does still exist. David was tall ca 195 m. My grandmother was 1.48 m.

last address: ' Zegwaardstraat 26 d, Rotterdam

For about thirteen years, David Cohen lived together with a non-Jewish woman. The couple wasn't married because David was worried that a marriage would bring his wife and children in danger in light of the rising Nazism in Germany. They had 5 children together. All of them survived the war. David Cohen sold textiles - shirts and socks - at the Albert Cuijp market and other markets. He was very close with his younger sister Jansje and used to go to the synagoge with her. He also went with her when she was deported, for her sake and in order to protect his children.

David Cohen had another brother and sister, both of them married to a non-Jewish partner, and two half-brothers.

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