Adolf Emile Cohen
Adolf Emile Cohen also: Dolf Cohen (born December 4, 1913 in Rotterdam ; † June 26, 2004 in Oegstgeest ) was a Dutch historian .
Life
Adolf Emile came from a Jewish family. He was born as the son of the historian and pharmacist Hendrik Cohen (* December 20, 1879 in Rotterdam; † March 4, 1945 in Bergen-Belsen) and his wife Flora Polak (* July 7, 1885 in Rotterdam; † March 4, 1945 in Bergen -Belsen) was born. In his childhood years he attended the Erasmus grammar school in his hometown and from 1932 studied at the University of Leiden . Here he completed his teacher’s examination in history on June 18, 1935, his doctoral examination on July 10, 1940 and received his doctorate under Johan Huizinga on August 18, 1941 with the thesis De visie op Troje van de westerse middeleeuwse geschiedschrijvers tot 1160 (German: The vision of Troy from the western medieval historians to 1160 ) as a doctor of philosophical sciences. He then worked as a teacher at the Jewish Lyceum in Haarlem until 1942 . After the Second World War, in 1945 he became an employee, later adjunct chief at the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam .
On November 9, 1959, he was appointed professor of the history of the Middle Ages and its auxiliary sciences at the University of Leiden, which he took on on January 1, 1960 and on September 23 of the same year, his inaugural speech Otto van Freising as divorced van zijn tijd (German : Otto von Freising, as a historian of his time ). From 1969 Cohen also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University. First as dean of the philosophical faculty and from 1972 to 1976 as rector of the alma mater . He led the educational institutions through turbulent times. Above all, the spirit of 1968 moved the students and lecturers at the university, who called for the democratization of teaching. In 1979, Cohen retired and held his farewell lecture on February 9, 1979, entitled Terug in de tijd (German: Back in Time ). For his academic achievements he was honored with the Knightly Order of the Dutch Lion .
family
Cohen married on June 14, 1945 in Haarlem Henriëtte (Hetty) Koster (born October 5, 1913 in Leeuwarden, † March 8, 1996 in Leiden), the daughter of the pharmacist Issac Koster (born October 26, 1874 in Medemblik; † 10. July 1940 in Haarlem) and his wife Marie (Mies) Esther Belinfante (born November 21, 1881 in Amsterdam; † August 6, 1969 in Haarlem), who was married on October 10, 1912 in Amsterdam, the widow of Arnold Carel Cosman (* 7. January 1910 in Leiden; † May 15, 1940 in Amsterdam, married November 16, 1939 in Haarlem). There are two sons from the marriage. The son Floris Cohen (born July 1, 1946 in Haarlem) became a science historian and married Maria Klever. The son Job Cohen (born October 18, 1947 in Haarlem) became mayor of Amsterdam and married Alida Christina (Lidie) Lodeweges on June 2, 1972 (born March 16, 1948 in Deventer; † August 4, 2015 in Amsterdam).
Works (selection)
- De visie op Troje van de westerse middeleeuwse geschiedschrijvers dead 1160. Assen 1941
- Vijf nota's van Mussert aan Hitler over de samenwerking van Duitschland en Nederland in een bond van Germaansche volkeren, 1940–1944. The Hague 1947
- Historie en metahistorie: "Robert Fruin" lustrumbundel 1952. Leiden 1952
- Het proces Rauter. The Hague 1952
- Een onbekende tijdgenoot: De laatste commander of the security police in Nederland. Amsterdam 1955
- Some formulas against Hitler's bemoeienis met Nederlandse aangelegenheden in question. Amsterdam 1956
- Rules en aanbevelingen ten gebruike bij het samenstellen van Geschriften uit te given door het Rijksinstituut voor oorlogsdocumentatie. Amsterdam 1956
- Regels voor de bewerking van de bronnenpublikaties van het Rijks-Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie. Amsterdam 1956
- Guilty slachtoffer: De derde commander of the security police and the SD in Nederland. Amsterdam 1957
- Het ontstaan van het duitse rijkscommissariaat voor Nederland. Amsterdam 1958
- Otto van Freising as divorcee van zijn tijd. Amsterdam 1960
- Vergelijken in de tijd. Groningen 1961
- Graaf, stad en school: speech honored ... 1964 ... the herdenking van het 575-year bestaan van het Stedelijk Gymnasium te Haarlem. Haarlem 1965
- De Leidse universiteit in Vorgang en traditie. Leiden 1975
- Terug in de tijd. Leiden 1979
literature
- Anton van der Lem: Adolf Emile Cohen (Rotterdam December 4, 1913 - Oegstgeest June 26, 2004). In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij of the Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden 2004-2005. EJ Brill, Leiden, 2005 ( online )
Web links
- Cohen in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
- Cohen at the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)
- herinneringen aan de familie Cohen-Coster (2010)
- AE Cohen as historicus en universitair bestuurder
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Adolf Emile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohen, Dolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 2004 |
| Place of death | Oegstgeest |