Morton Cohen collection

Identifier: irn90439
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The duffel bag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Morton Cohen.

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Duffel bag used by a US Army soldier during the war in Europe
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3516
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Duffel bag shipped by Morton N. Cohen in October 1945 to the United States at the end of his tour of duty in Europe. Cohen served in the 95th Infantry Division in Europe and saw combat at Metz, Maginot and Siegfried lines, Ruhr. He was a liberator of the Soviet POW camp Warstein in the Ruhr, and participated in the arrest of Hitler's Vice-Chancellor, Franz von Papen.
Schutzpolizei [Security police] helmet taken from a captured German by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3599
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Schutzpolizei [Security police] helmet taken by Morton Cohen, a US soldier, from a captured German soldier.
Helmet taken from a captured German by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3610
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Helmet taken by Morton Cohen, a US soldier, from a captured German soldier.
Sword
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3631
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Morton Cohen took this sword from a weapons room attached to an officers' barracks in a German town.
Nazi dagger and sheath
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3642
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Morton Cohen took this dagger from a weapons room attached to an officers' barracks in a German town.
Nazi banner with swastika removed from building in Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3643
- English
- overall: Height: 49.000 inches (124.46 cm) | Width: 116.000 inches (294.64 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Banner was taken down from a municipal building towards the end of the war, in a German town by Morton Cohen, an interpreter for the United States Army, stationed in Germany.
Nazi banner with swastika found in Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3654
- English
- overall: Height: 59.000 inches (149.86 cm) | Width: 150.000 inches (381 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Banner was taken down from a municipal building in Germany, towards the end of WWII, by Morton Cohen, an interpreter for the United States Army who was stationed in Germany.
Saber
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3665
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Morton Cohen was summoned by a colonel after hostilities ended to accompany him to a conference and serve as a translator. It turned out that his translating skills were not required and he waited outside of the inn which served as a conference site. While waiting, he was surprised by a Russian soldier approaching on horseback. The soldier was Russian, and upon learning that Cohen was American, handed him his saber as a token of friendship. Cohen was the first American the Russian soldier had ever met. In return, Cohen gave the man his watch.
Morton N. Cohen collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn548938
- English
- box 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The Morton N. Cohen collection includes personal photographs taken by Morton N. Cohen while he served in the United States 95th Infantry Division, as well as a typed manuscript of the history of the 95th Infantry Division. The photographs reveal scenes from the Division’s travel throughout France, Germany, and Holland. Of particular note are photographs of the arrest of Franz Von Papen, former Vice-Chancellor of Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1934, photographs of a Soviet prisoner of war (POW) concentration camp located in Warstein, Germany, and photographs of soldiers on ships ret...