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Testimony of Sini Cohen, born in 1925 in Amsterdam, about her work at a children's home and the rescue of children in Amsterdam in 1942–1943

Testimony
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Oppression of Dutch Jews from 1940 on; concentrating the Jewish population of Amsterdam in a theatre building without basic provisions; separating children from parents; establishing a children's home; witness placed in charge of the children's safety; deportation of Jews to Westerbork; children smuggled out and placed with Dutch families with the help of the Dutch resistance; bribing the Germans with alcohol; persuading parents to place their children in the children's home to save their lives; working with the manager of the children's home, Henriëtte Pimentel; saving the children until 1943; meeting her future husband; marrying; deportation together with the children in transports in 1943; rescue.
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9000434
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Sini
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Cohen
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1925
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Testimony
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13340
details.fullDetails.language
English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
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17/05/2010
details.fullDetails.latestDate
17/05/2010
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כהן סיני
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YES
details.fullDetails.numOfPages
26
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O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
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Video
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Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection