After almost 78 years of marriage,Muriel and David Cohen, our beloved parents, grandparents, and great grandparents passed away hours apart at the Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts on April 10, 2020. They were treated with Love, dignity, and respect, which they greatly deserved.
After retirement Muriel and David moved to Longmeadow to be near their children and grandchildren.
David Cohen was born on December 11, 1917 to Samuel Cohen and Eva (Blackman) Cohen in Brooklyn, New York. David served in the army as a radio operator during WWII where he was a liberator at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, a satellite camp of Buckenwald. After serving in the military, he became a history teacher in South Jamaica, NY.
He spent the rest of his life speaking about his liberating experiences and teaching area school children about the Holocaust and to “never hate”. During David’s time in the military, during the liberation, David took an abundance of photographs, some of which can be seen in the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Because of this experience, David was interviewed by Stephen Spielberg, for his Shoah Foundation and also the living archives at Yale University.
After retirement Muriel and David moved to Longmeadow to be near their children and grandchildren.
David Cohen was born on December 11, 1917 to Samuel Cohen and Eva (Blackman) Cohen in Brooklyn, New York. David served in the army as a radio operator during WWII where he was a liberator at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, a satellite camp of Buckenwald. After serving in the military, he became a history teacher in South Jamaica, NY.
He spent the rest of his life speaking about his liberating experiences and teaching area school children about the Holocaust and to “never hate”. During David’s time in the military, during the liberation, David took an abundance of photographs, some of which can be seen in the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Because of this experience, David was interviewed by Stephen Spielberg, for his Shoah Foundation and also the living archives at Yale University.
After almost 78 years of marriage,Muriel and David Cohen, our beloved parents, grandparents, and great grandparents passed away hours apart at the Jewish Nursing Home of Western Massachusetts on April 10, 2020. They were treated with Love, dignity, and respect, which they greatly deserved.
After retirement Muriel and David moved to Longmeadow to be near their children and grandchildren.
David Cohen was born on December 11, 1917 to Samuel Cohen and Eva (Blackman) Cohen in Brooklyn, New York. David served in the army as a radio operator during WWII where he was a liberator at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, a satellite camp of Buckenwald. After serving in the military, he became a history teacher in South Jamaica, NY.
He spent the rest of his life speaking about his liberating experiences and teaching area school children about the Holocaust and to “never hate”. During David’s time in the military, during the liberation, David took an abundance of photographs, some of which can be seen in the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Because of this experience, David was interviewed by Stephen Spielberg, for his Shoah Foundation and also the living archives at Yale University.
After retirement Muriel and David moved to Longmeadow to be near their children and grandchildren.
David Cohen was born on December 11, 1917 to Samuel Cohen and Eva (Blackman) Cohen in Brooklyn, New York. David served in the army as a radio operator during WWII where he was a liberator at the Ohrdruf Concentration Camp, a satellite camp of Buckenwald. After serving in the military, he became a history teacher in South Jamaica, NY.
He spent the rest of his life speaking about his liberating experiences and teaching area school children about the Holocaust and to “never hate”. During David’s time in the military, during the liberation, David took an abundance of photographs, some of which can be seen in the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Because of this experience, David was interviewed by Stephen Spielberg, for his Shoah Foundation and also the living archives at Yale University.
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