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Philip Cohensius

Philip Cohensius was the caretaker of the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Philip Cohensius
  • Born on: Oct. 10, 1895
  • Born in: Breda, Nederland
  • Died on: March 31, 1944
  • Died in: Omgeving Auschwitz

Philip Cohensius was the caretaker of the Jewish Lyceum.[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 "caretaker J Lyceum".[2] He maintained the preserved Absentenboek (Absentee book) from 1942.[3] Among former pupils, opinions about him were divided: one described him as a "gentleman",[4] another as "really nasty".[5]

Source personal data.[2] Address: Da Costakade 33-II, Amsterdam (changed in August '42 to Goeverneurkade).[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Joods Monument: Philip Cohensius. Anne refers to him as: the caretaker. 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. a, b, c, d Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart P. Cohensius.
  3. ^ Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam 1941 - 1943, Amsterdam: Vasalucci, 2001, p. 11.
  4. ^ Hondius, Absent, p. 126.
  5. ^ Hondius, Absent, p. 161.