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Pictures of my Grandfather, R' Pesach Cohen zt"l

my Grandfather and his brothers

L-R: Herbie, Itchie and my Grandfather

my Grandfather & his family

July 1926
My Grandfather (left) with his family

my Grandfather

My Grandfather
as a child

my Grandfather with his parents

1935
My Grandfather with his
parents, Morris and Sarah Cohen
before leaving for Europe

New Year's Card

A New Year's Card
my Grandfather
sent from Europe

my Grandfather in Nowojelnia

July 27, 1935
My Grandfather
in Nowojelnia

Mirrer Yeshiva, on vacation in Nowojelnia

1937
The Rav of the Mir,
R' Elya Boruch Kamai is seated
in front; my Grandfather is in
the back right corner. This picture
was taken on one of the Yeshiva's
Bein HaZmanim retreats

my Grandfather & Shmuel Scheinberg

My Grandfather (right) with
his friend, Shmuel Scheinberg
in Nowojelnia

Nowojelnia

Source: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rkimble/Mirweb/YeshivaStudents.html

Mirrer Yeshiva

Mirrer Yeshiva
Source:
All for the Boss by Ruchoma Shain

the Gripsholm

The Gripsholm,
a Swedish-American Line boat that
carried my Grandfather and about
15 other Americans home

source: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/7894/grip2.html

my Grandfather & his brothers

June 1944
My Grandfather with his brothers
Ivan (left) & Herbie (right) who
both served in the US Armed Forces
during WWII

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lakewood plaque

This plaque was presented to my Grandmother by Lakewood Yeshiva after my Grandfather was niftar; In the top left corner is one of three copies of a draft exemption list for the 13 original Lakewood talmidim & underneath is a picture of the first home of the Lakewood Yeshiva

Lakewood article

This is an article Lakewood published
in their newsletter after my Grandfather
was niftar

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