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David Cohen - 22 Jun. 1977
- Name
- David Cohen
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Interview Date
- 22 Jun. 1977
- Source
- Oral Histories
- Name
- David Cohen
- Number
- OH 73
- Subject
- Synagogues
- Interview Date
- 22 Jun. 1977
- Quantity
- 2 cassettes (1 copy)
- 1 WAV file
- Interviewer
- Mark Verman
- Total Running Time
- 39.45 minutes
- Conservation
- Copied to cassette in August 2003
- Copied to digital file in January 2015
- Sound inaudible
- Use Restrictions
- Copyright is held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. Please contact the archives to obtain permission prior to use.
- Biography
- David's parents, Sam and Clara Cohen, were amongst the first Jewish settlers of Port Colborne. David's father was born in Lithuania and came to Port Colborne via England and South Africa. After his arrival in Port Colborne in 1914, Sam opened a scrap business. David was born in Port Colborne and likely had his bar mitzvah in the late 1920s at the Agudath Achim Synagogue. David recalls Jewish settlers of Port Colborne including the Sam Kassirer family, the Dwors, and his in-laws who arrived in 1918. At its peak thirty-two Jewish families lived in Port Colborne.
- Material Format
- sound recording
- Language
- English
- Geographic Access
- Port Colborne (Ont.)
- Original Format
- Audio cassette
- Copy Format
- Audio cassette
- Digital file
- Transcript
- G:\Description\Oral Histories\OH 73 - Cohen\OH73_Log.pdf
- Source
- Oral Histories