Номер объектаM2017/027:026
НазваниеCertificate of Naturalization as an Australian Citizen
ОписаниеNaturalization Certificate belonging to Netty Kaars (nee Pappie). It is dated 9 August, 1957 and issued at a ceremony that took place in Lane Cove on the 30 January 1958.
Netty was born Schoontje Pappie, 13 June 1916 in Utrecht, Holland. Her first husband, Jacob Van Praag, was arrested in January 1943 and sent to Westerbork and then Auschwitz where he was murdered. Three months later, Netty and her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Pappie, were transported to Vught. Netty was selected to work at the Philips factory, but her parents were sent to Sobibor and subsequently murdered.
It was her labour at the Philips factory that Netty attributes to her survival. In 1944 when they were moved to Auschwitz (referred to collectively as the Philips Transport), they were deemed specialist manufacturers, given preferential treatment and put to work in the Telefunken factory. As Russians advanced in 1945, the group were marched in the snow for four months; most of the prisoners perished. Following liberation, Netty was sent to Malmo, Sweden to recover. She met her second husband, Abraham Kaars, in Holland and they married in 1946. With no immediate family remaining, the pair decided to immigrate to Australia with their two young sons.
This document is part of a large collection documenting the lives of both Netty and Abraham (Bram) Kaars; he too survived the Holocaust. There is significantly more information about Netty, garnered in part from her VHA. This testimony was the only time she spoke of her experiences. The collection also includes documents relating to Netty’s application for restitution citing her exploitation as a slave labourer.
Netty was born Schoontje Pappie, 13 June 1916 in Utrecht, Holland. Her first husband, Jacob Van Praag, was arrested in January 1943 and sent to Westerbork and then Auschwitz where he was murdered. Three months later, Netty and her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Pappie, were transported to Vught. Netty was selected to work at the Philips factory, but her parents were sent to Sobibor and subsequently murdered.
It was her labour at the Philips factory that Netty attributes to her survival. In 1944 when they were moved to Auschwitz (referred to collectively as the Philips Transport), they were deemed specialist manufacturers, given preferential treatment and put to work in the Telefunken factory. As Russians advanced in 1945, the group were marched in the snow for four months; most of the prisoners perished. Following liberation, Netty was sent to Malmo, Sweden to recover. She met her second husband, Abraham Kaars, in Holland and they married in 1946. With no immediate family remaining, the pair decided to immigrate to Australia with their two young sons.
This document is part of a large collection documenting the lives of both Netty and Abraham (Bram) Kaars; he too survived the Holocaust. There is significantly more information about Netty, garnered in part from her VHA. This testimony was the only time she spoke of her experiences. The collection also includes documents relating to Netty’s application for restitution citing her exploitation as a slave labourer.
Дата 1957-08-09 - 1958-01-30
Темаimmigration, survivors, families, memory, , hiding, testimonies, restitution
Наименованиеcertificates of citizenship
Материалpaper, wax
Размерность
- width: 310.00 mm
height: 455.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Robert Kaars