Kaatje van Rood married on 30 May 1893 in Hilversum Salomon Hartog Hamburger, book printer, born in Maarsseveen and son of Levie Salomon Hamburger and Esther Rubens. On 29 December 1904 she and her husband moved to Den Haag but her spouse passed away there on 22 January 1924 and as far as known, the couple had no children.
Since then Kaatje lived at several addresses in Den Haag; on 30 April 1937 she moved to Wilhelminastraat 128, where she lived together with her unmarried sister Susanna (Suus). In April 1942 both still lived there but afterwards both still have moved again; Kaatje’s last known address was at Hofwijckplein 18 in Den Haag, the address were also her sister Mathilda (Tilly) Abas-van Rood then lived. Kaatje was sent to Camp Westerbork and registered there on 19 February 1943, stayed in barack 70 till she was put on transport to Auschwitz on 23 February. There she was killed immediately upon arrival on 26 February 1943.
Her sister Susanna was already taken one month earlier from her last known address, Wilhelminastraat 128 and sent to Camp Westerbork. Five days later, on 18 January she was deported to Auschwitz and immediately killed too upon arrival there, 21 January 1943.
Sources among others: Municipal Archive of Den Haag; website www.wiewawwie.nl; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of the Van Rood family and an addition of a visitor of the website.