Nelly de Rijk-Zaat, ‘Toen wij uit Nederland vertrokken’. Ervaringen van Nederlandse emigranten in Australië. ’s-Gravenhage: Katholieke Vereniging van Ouders en Familieleden van Geëmigreerden, [1983]
This is a book that contains the experiences of Dutch emigrants in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, South Africa and France.
The book is edited by Nelly de Rijk-Zaat and translated and adapted by J.W.P. Elferink. It has 149 pages and includes illustrations. The book is written in Dutch and published by Profiel.
We have come another version from 1994. WE are not sure if this is the same publication or a later version. Clarifications are welcome.
‘Toen wij uit Nederland vertrokken’. is a compilation of experiences of Dutch emigrants in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Brazil, South Africa and France. It is translated and edited by Nelly Schouw-Zaat and Jan-Willem Elferink and published by Profiel in Bedum in 1994.
The book is based on a series of radio programs by the same name that were broadcasted by the NCRV in 1993. The book contains interviews with emigrants who left the Netherlands after World War II for various reasons, such as economic opportunities, adventure, love or political ideals.
