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Philip Cohensius

Philip Cohensius was the janitor of the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Philip Cohensius
  • Breda, Nederland Oct. 10, 1895
  • Omgeving Auschwitz March 31, 1944

Anne Frank refers to Philip Cohensius "the caretaker."[1] Before that he was a painter for Public Works.[2] Although details are sketchy, it is highly likely that he was fired by the council due to his Jewish descent. Afterwards he became "janitor J Lyceum".[3] He maintained the preserved Absentenboek (Absentee book) from 1942.[4] Among former pupils, opinions about him were divided: one described him as a "gentleman",[5] another as "really nasty".[6]

Philip Cohensius was transported from Camp Westerbork to Auschwitz on 16 November 1943.[7]

Source personal data.[3] Address: Da Costakade 33-II, Amsterdam (changed in August '42 to Goeverneurkade).[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Tales and events from the Secret Annex, "My First Day at the Jewish Lyceum", 11 August 1943, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Pensioenkaarten, archiefnummer 5175, inventarisnummer 1968: Pensioenkaart Philip Cohensius.
  3. a, b, c SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Philip Cohensius.
  4. ^ Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam 1941 - 1943, Amsterdam: Vasalucci, 2001, p. 11.
  5. ^ Hondius, Absent, p. 126.
  6. ^ Hondius, Absent, p. 161.
  7. ^ Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek: DocID: 130274415 (Philip COHENSIUS); DocID: 5147980.

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