Michael Cohen is a lawyer at Gray Plant Mooty in Minneapolis.
Michael Cohen
By Michael Cohen
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Community For One Holocaust Survivor, A Lifetime Of Activism Began With Homemade Cookies
On June 9, two German law enforcement agents arrived at my mother’s Minnesota apartment. As one of the last remaining survivors of the Stutthof concentration camp, she could provide testimony to help determine whether to pursue an indictment against a former Nazi SS guard. For more than four hours, the investigators questioned my mother on…
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