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Josef Cohen

Josef Cohen was a writer whose books were read by Anne Frank.

Person

  • Josef Cohen
  • Born on: Jan. 2, 1886
  • Born in: Deventer, Nederland
  • Died on: July 12, 1965

Josef Cohen was a Dutch writer whose books were read by Anne, including the two-volume​ '​​Nederlandse Sagen en Legenden' (Dutch Sagas and Legends).[1] Besides being a man of letters, he was a librarian.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 14 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Wikipedia: Josef Cohen.