Summary

Certificate issued to Kateryna Pymenowa (also Pimenow) by the Preparatory Commission for International Refugee Organization (IRO), US Zone, Germany, dated 23 January 1948. The certificate states that Kateryna Pymenowa has been tested in construction and maintenance and has been classified as a draftsman and technician.

Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) was born in 1915 in Luzk, Poland. A mechanical engineer, from 1946-49, she worked with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and later for the International Refugee Organisation (IRO). In 1950 Kateryna and her mother migrated to Australia. She married Alexander Caurs who was born in Latvia in 1926, and who migrated to Australia in 1948.

Description of Content

Issued by the Preparatory commission for the International Refugee Organization, US Zone, Germany on 23rd January 1948. Certifying that Kateryna Pymenowa has been tested in construction and maintenance and has been classified as a draftsman and technician.

Physical Description

Yellow paper with black print. Personal details typed in black, three signatures in black pen and a black IRO stamp.

Significance

Statement of Historical Significance:
The Caurs collection represents the experiences of wartime dislocation and post-war immigration of a family from three cultural backgrounds, Polish, Latvian and Ukrainian. The principle story represented in the collection is that of Kateryna Caurs (nee Pimenow) and is one not often told, that of a professional educated woman, a mechanical engineer, whose qualifications were recognised in Australia.

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