Paul Herman Cohen de Boer

Paul Herman Cohen de Boer lived in The Hague. He was a student and journalist and belonged to the Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (LO)/Leidschendam-Den Haag (national organization to aid people in hiding/Leidschendam-The Hague chapter). He helped people in hiding and was active in raids to help them. His brother Robert Hans Cohen de Boer tried unsuccessfully to escape to England. Paul Herman Cohen de Boer was identified as Jewish and betrayed during his activities. On 22 June 1944 he was arrested on the Kettingstraat in The Hague and deported to Buchenwald via the Scheveningen prison and Westerbork.

(Source: NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw; B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 146-147)

Paul Herman was known as 'De Wit' during his time in the resistance. He was recognized and arrested by someone he knew from his militairy service time.

(Source: Het Grote Gebod: gedenkboek van het verzet in LO en LKP (Kampen/Bilthoven, 1951)

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