Familie Van der Kaars
Object numberM2017/027:004
TitleFamilie Van der Kaars
DescriptionTyped family tree for the Van der Kaars family, sent to survivor Abraham (Bram) Kaars in Sydney, October 1985. It provides birth dates for his grandparents and the relevant birth dates for his father, Salomon, and his six siblings. It was sent from the Municipality of Opsterland in Holland. The dates of deaths are not itemised.
Bram survived the Holocaust as a forced labourer. Realising the situation for Jews in Amsterdam was becoming increasingly dangerous, he made contact with Dutch return officers who were employed with a government agency coordinating workers for German factories. He recieved a new passport, and idenitity card, undertaking labour detail in Goppingen near Stuttgard from June 1943.
Of his time as Johannes Lassooij Bram writes in his family history: “I lost myself among a few thousand young Dutchmen called on (or forced) to work in Germany…in part of a large factory with about 20 boys, we spend the next 2 years working 6 days a week from 7 to 7”. Abraham hides in plain site until liberation, after which his friendship with survivor Netty Pappie blossoms into love. They marry in 1946 and immigrate to Australia in 1951.
The document is part of a large collection pertaining to the lives of Abraham and Netty Kaars. It chronicles their early and post-war life, but there is significantly more information about Netty, garnered in part from her VHA. Abraham wrote a brief account of his pre-war life and experiences as a forced labourer and this testimony is accessioned as M2017/027:003. He was the youngest of four children, born in 1914 in Utrecht; the family later relocated to Leeuwarden. His father’s trade as a metal merchant was the impetus for Abraham to study and adopt the vocation.
Bram survived the Holocaust as a forced labourer. Realising the situation for Jews in Amsterdam was becoming increasingly dangerous, he made contact with Dutch return officers who were employed with a government agency coordinating workers for German factories. He recieved a new passport, and idenitity card, undertaking labour detail in Goppingen near Stuttgard from June 1943.
Of his time as Johannes Lassooij Bram writes in his family history: “I lost myself among a few thousand young Dutchmen called on (or forced) to work in Germany…in part of a large factory with about 20 boys, we spend the next 2 years working 6 days a week from 7 to 7”. Abraham hides in plain site until liberation, after which his friendship with survivor Netty Pappie blossoms into love. They marry in 1946 and immigrate to Australia in 1951.
The document is part of a large collection pertaining to the lives of Abraham and Netty Kaars. It chronicles their early and post-war life, but there is significantly more information about Netty, garnered in part from her VHA. Abraham wrote a brief account of his pre-war life and experiences as a forced labourer and this testimony is accessioned as M2017/027:003. He was the youngest of four children, born in 1914 in Utrecht; the family later relocated to Leeuwarden. His father’s trade as a metal merchant was the impetus for Abraham to study and adopt the vocation.
Production date 1985-10-08 - 1985-10-08
Object namegovernment records
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 290.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Robert Kaars