Cohen, Joshua 'Josie'
Birth Name | Cohen, Joshua 'Josie' |
Call Name | 'Josie' |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 86 years, 6 months, 8 days |
Events
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Birth | 1924 | Glasgow Glaschu, Strathclyde, Scotland |
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Graduation | Joshua 'Josie' Cohen earned his MD |
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Membership | Habonim Dror הבונים דרור |
Event Note Dr. Joshua (Josie) Cohen was recruited by Habonim Dror to work in the refugee camps in southern France, to examine Holocaust survivors before boarding te Haapalah ships bound for Palestine. |
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Boat | יציאת אירופה Exodus 1947 אקסודוס תש"ז USS President Warfield | Dr, Joshua 'Josie Cohen served as Chief Medical Officer |
Event Note Dr. Joshua (Josie) Cohen met Exodus 1947 Commander, Yossi Harel, and Captain, Ike Aronowitz, at a camp in Bondal, and was recruited to serve as the ship’s official doctor.
Dr. Joshua (Josie) Cohen set up impromptu clinics on every deck of Exodus 1947, to care for more than 4,500 passengers, including 655 children. Dr. Joshua (Josie) Cohen negotiated with the British doctors to have as many wounded as possible sent by ambulance to Haifa, but most of the passengers on Exodus 1947 were forced onto prison ships, and sent back to Europe.
Dr. Joshua (Josie) Cohen pointed at Lenny Sklar, and British soldiers took him off Exodus 1947, and took him to a tent where an |
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Death | July 9, 2010 |
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Burial | July, 2010 | ירושלים Jerusalem, הרי יהודה, ישראל |
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Web Links
Type | Link/ Description | |
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1 | Web Search | Doctor of Legendary 'Exodus' Sgip dies at 86, Obituary, from The Jerusalem Post |
2 | Web Search | Crew members:צוות המתנדבים על אונייית "אקסודוס", from Exodus 1947,org |
3 | Web Search | This is the Way it Was, from Palyam.org |
4 | Web Search | Doctor on the 'Exodus' recalls a dramatic voyage, from JPost.com |
5 | Web Search | The Story of a volunteer aboard the Exodus 1947, from Palyam.org |
Pedigree
- Cohen, Joshua 'Josie'