Simon Cohen, born 15 November 1893 in Coevorden, was a son of Mozes Cohen and Ester Mirian Roos. He was unmarried. Simon was born into a family with four children; he himself and his sister Mirian were killed in the Shoah. His sisters Jeannette and Jacoba Dina have survived the war, but also his m…
Simon Cohen died on 29 November 1942 in Reichsautobahnlager Annaberg, Upper Silesia, Germany (today Poland).
The official cause of death: heart failure (Herzschwäche).
Source: the official death certificate issued by German authorities (Standesamt).
Research into the wartime civil registries of one of the civil registry offices in Upper Silesias (Poland) discovered many records that corresponded to deaths of inmates from the "Reichsautobahnlager Annaburg" and "Zwangsarbeitslager Niederkirch" camps.
A certificate of death for Simon Cohen as disc…
The period between 28 August till 12 December 1942 was known as the so-called “Kozel-period”. Named as such, as a number of transports with deported Jews from Belgium, France and Holland were stopped at Kozel station, about 80 km west from Auschwitz, where the Germans unloaded men who were suitable …