Summary

Record of employment issued to Katarina Pimenowa (also Kateryna) by Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, dated 1940. The booklet details places the Katarina worked and the jobs she undertook between 1940 and 1941.

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

Record of employment in passport style booklet. Inside details places Katarina Pimenow worked and jobs she undertook between 1940 and 1941.

Physical Description

Card cover booklet in green with printed black text, on front is official logo and CCCP. Inside there are 16 paper pages printed in black text. Personal details in pen with official Russian stamps throughout.

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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