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samuel -lrb- brother -rrb- ilona kohn -lrb- sister -rrb- leo kohn and -lrb- brother -rrb- ljubica kohn -lrb- sister -rrb- mira kohn roza -lrb- sister -rrb- olga kohn -lrb- sister -rrb- hinko kohn kohn -lrb- brother -rrb- cilika kohn -lrb- sister -rrb- irma kohn -lrb- -lrb- sister -rrb- zlatko kohn -lrb- brother -rrb- berta kohn parents -lrb- sister -rrb- robert kohn -lrb- brother -rrb- -rrb- benko kohn 16 november 1984 osijek , sfr yugoslavia , -lrb- now croatia -rrb- dobrovac now croatia -rrb- , near lipik , austro-hungarian monarchy , -lrb- 125px croat 21 may 1905 arnold kohn
 arnold kohn
arnold kohn

arnold kohn -lrb- 21 may 1905 -- 16 november 1984 -rrb- was an croatian zionist , longtime president of the jewish community osijek and holocaust survivor .
kohn was born in dobrovac , near lipik , to a jewish orthodox zionist family on 21 may 1905 .
his family was engaged in grocery store trade .
in 1905 kohn moved to osijek with his family .
during world war ii , in 1942 , kohn and his family were deported to auschwitz from their home in tenja , near osijek .
while at auschwitz , inmate number `` 62178 '' was tattooed onto his arm .
kohn survived the holocaust while all members of his immediate family -lrb- mother , brothers and sisters -rrb- perished in the nazi concentration camps .
after his return from mauthausen-gusen concentration camp in 1945 kohn was physically and mentally exhausted , on the verge of death .
after his recovery , he participated in the restoration of the jewish community of osijek .
he was a longtime president of the union of trade and craft workers in osijek .
in 1962 he was awarded with the `` medal of the socialist alliance of working people of yugoslavia '' .
within the jewish community of osijek he was a longtime member of the board , and from 1965 to 1975 he was the president of the community .
kohn 's special merit is in setting the oscar nemon monument `` mother and child '' dedicated to jews who perished during the holocaust and the victims of fascism .
kohn was also a member of the union of jewish communities of yugoslavia executive committee .
he died in osijek on 16 november 1984 .
