Cohen and van Bever families collection

Identifier: irn533045
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn533045

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Emile Cohen and Sanneke Cohen Murphy.

Scope and Content

Two stamp albums, owned by the donors' maternal grandfather, Emanuel van Bever, and retrieved by the donors' mother after the family returned to their apartment in Amsterdam following the end of World War II, which they had survived by living in hiding. These albums were among the very few belongings still left in their apartment. Collection also includes two photographs of Emile Cohen as a boy, including one of him taken while in hiding during the war.

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Cohen and van Bever families photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn549243
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Contains two photographs of Emile Cohen as a boy, including one of him taken while in hiding in Amsterdam during the war.
Postage stamp album
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn549244
- English
- overall: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 10.625 inches (26.988 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
One of two stamp albums, owned by the donors' maternal grandfather, Emanuel van Bever, and retrieved by the donors' mother after the family returned to their apartment in Amsterdam following the end of World War II, which they had survived by living in hiding. These albums were among the very few belongings still left in their apartment.
Postage stamp album
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn549245
- English
- overall: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
One of two stamp albums, owned by the donors' maternal grandfather, Emanuel van Bever, and retrieved by the donors' mother after the family returned to their apartment in Amsterdam following the end of World War II, which they had survived by living in hiding. These albums were among the very few belongings still left in their apartment.

Cohen and van Bever families collection

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Cohen and van Bever families photographs

Postage stamp album

Postage stamp album