The family of Emanuel Mozes van der Kaars (1839-1916), merchant, parish clerk of the jewish community and controller of kosher food, and Judith Salomons (Jute) de Jong (1838-1921), had six children, namely . Fokeltje in 1865, Henderina in 1869, Hanna in 1874, Mozes om 1876, Salomon in 1878 and Martha in 1880, all boren in Gorredijk in Friesland.
Fokeltje van der Kaars was a midwife. 5 Novembere 1892 she married Salomon Nathan de Metz in Leeuwarden, a son of Juda de Metz and Leentje Turksma. The couple had two children, namely Judith in 1896 and Leentje in 1899. Both the children have survived the Holocaust. Her husband Salomon Nathan de Metz however passed away 18 July 1931 in Amsterdam and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen.
26 September 1942 was Fokeltje de Metz-van der Kaars registered in Camp Westerbork and two days laterd, 28 September deported to Auschwitz. Upon arrival there 1 October 1942 she was killed immediately.
Henderina van der Kaars was never married. She lived in with her brother, the butcher Mozes van der Kaars and his wife Roosje at Tjerk Hiddesstraat in Leeuwarden. 28 November 1942 Henderina, her brother Mozes and his wife Roosje were registered in Camp Westerbork. 12 December they were all deported to Auschwitz and upon arrival there 15 December 1942 immediately killed.
Hanna van der Kaars, born 1874, married 23 March 1898 in Leeuwarden Jacob Hertz, a butcher who was born in Elburg as son of Hartog Levie Hertz and Leentje Cohen. The couple had a daughter Helena, who married 8 September 1920 Emanuel Zanten and had two children, Salomon and Jacob Hans. Salomon survived the Holocaust but Helena, her husband Emanuel were killed 4 June 1943 in Sobibor while their son Jacob Hans lost his life in Buchenwald 4 May 1945.
However, Hanna van der Kaars passed away 25 February 1925 in Amsterdam and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen. Her widower Jacob Hertz, then 52 years of age, remarried 10 March 1926 to Betje Leek from Groningen, 47 years old, a daughter of Benjamin Leek and Ettie Isak Nort. But also Jacob Hertz passed away, only a few years later, 11 January 1928 and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen too. Betje Leek then rented rooms for a living and was eventually 20 March 1943 registered in Camp Westerbork and stayed in barack 69 till she was deported 23 March to Sobibor and upon arrival there 26 March 1943 immediately killed.
Mozes van der Kaars, butcher, was the 4th child but the 1st son of Emanuel Mozes van der Kaars and Judith Salomons de Jong. 14 May 1904 he married Roosje Cohen in Leeuwarden, a daughter of Barend Cohen and Betje Cohen. The couple had three sons: Emanuel, who was killed in the Shoah; Barend, who died 18 December 1914 in Leeuwarden, only 4 years old and Salomon, who passed away 8 June 1939 in Leeuwarden. The family of Moses and Roosje resided at Tjerk Hiddesstraat in Leeuwarden, were also his unmarried sister Henderina lived in. 28 November 1942 she was registrated in Camp Westerbork, together with her brother Mozes and sister-in-law Roosje. 12 December were all deported to Auschwitz and upon arrival there 15 December 1942 immediately killed.
Salomon van der Kaars married 12 August 1905 Reina Cohen in Leeuwarden, midwife, daughter of Abraham Cohen and Rebekka van Leer. The couple had four children, namely Judith, Rebekka, Eliazer and Martha, who all have survived the Shoah. Salomon’s wife Reina however passed away in Leeuwarden 27 October 1934 and was interred at the Jewish Cemetery there, 10 November 1936 Salomon moved to Amstellaan 103 III in Amsterdam, where his daughter Judith, her husband Izaak Feitsma and their son Eliazer lived. Salomon's son-in-law Izaak Feitsma lost his life 28 March 1944 in Bergen Belsen. Salomon self died at Apeldoorn 4 April 1943 but was interred in Leeuwarden too.
Martha van der Kaars lived in Amsterdam, but passed away in Leeuwarden 6 April 1904 at age 23.
Website www.akevoth.org/hetstenenarchief; website www.wiewaswie.nl; City Archive of Amsterdam, some archive cards of Van der Kaars families; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of among Fokeltje de Metz-van der Kaars, Hendrina (Henderina) van der Kaars, Mozes van der Kaars, Roosje Cohen, Betje Leek and multiple additions of a visitor of the website.