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Coat used by the Cohen family from Athens when they fled to Turkey after it became too dangerous to hide in the homes of Greek families

Various Greek families hid Aaron and Tova Cohen and their four children during the Holocaust. The benevolence of these families, who acted in spite of the mortal danger to themselves and their families, enabled the Cohen family to evade deportation to the death camps, a fate suffered by most of Greek Jewry.

Coat used by the Cohen family from Athens when they fled to Turkey after it became too dangerous to hide in the homes of Greek families
Coat used by the Cohen family from Athens when they fled to Turkey after it became too dangerous to hide in the homes of Greek families

Coat used by the Cohen family from Athens when they fled to Turkey after it became too dangerous to hide in the homes of Greek families
Tova Cohen with Shlomo, postwar
Tova Cohen with Shlomo, postwar

Tova Cohen with Shlomo, postwar
Haim, Shlomo and Dvora (Deisi) Cohen, postwar
Haim, Shlomo and Dvora (Deisi) Cohen, postwar

Haim, Shlomo and Dvora (Deisi) Cohen, postwar
Aaron Cohen with his daughter Sara (left) and his niece Sara, postwar
Aaron Cohen with his daughter Sara (left) and his niece Sara, postwar

Aaron Cohen with his daughter Sara (left) and his niece Sara, postwar