Op de valreep als arts afgestudeerd in Utrecht. Daarna direct door naar Westerbork. En van daaruit maakte Isaac Cohensius een lange en barre tocht naar diverse zogenoemde ‘Cosel-kampen’ in de buurt van Auschwitz-Birkenau. Dat waren dwangarbeiderskampen ten behoeve van de Duitse industrie, waar Organisation Schmelt een belangrijke rol speelde. Isaac was daar arts, waar hij een niet te benijden rol vervulde tussen de kampbewaking en collega-gevangenen. De arme Amsterdamse Joden vertrouwden ...

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