Object numberM2019/031:025
DescriptionCollection of documents relating to post Second World War assistance from Warsaw, Poland.
The first document (M2019/031:025a) is a letter from L. H. Rowling, the Delegate of the Controller of Enemy Property addressed to Rosalie Gostin on 20 January, 1947. This letter is a response to a letter that Rosalie sent on 7 January, 1947 and encloses a form in which claims are to be submitted to the Department of War Damage of the City of Warsaw. The letter states that upon being filled out, the form will be transmitted to Warsaw.
The second document (M2019/031:025b) is the form on the ‘War Damage of the City of Warsaw’ which was sent with the above letter. It has been partially filled out by Henryk and Rosalie Gostin in Polish.
The third document (M2019/031:025c) is a certificate from a committee to help refugees in Wilna addressed to Rosalie Gostin on 5 March 1940. The certificate is written in Polish and states that Rosalie is listed as a refugee under A5445/w.
These documents are part of a larger collection donated by Liz Sapir (formally Elizabeth/ Elzbieta) (nee Gostynski/Gostin), born 3 July 1937 in Poland. Her mother, Rosalie (Rosalia/ Rozalja) Zuinta Gostin (formally Gostynski) (nee Roth), was born 5 July 1911 in Lublin. Her father Henryk (Henry/ Hillee) Gostin (formally Gostynski), was born 15 July 1908 in Tomazow Mazowiecki, Poland. Rosalie and Henry met in Lublin following their individual studies and were married in 1934. In 1937 they had their only child, Elizabeth. In 1939, with the invasion of Poland by German forces and the outbreak of the Second World War, the family accompanied by Rosalie’s brother, Henry Roth (also known as Hirsz), fled Poland. The family travelled to the Romanian border, however bad weather and heavy security prevented them from crossing. They attempted to return to Poland with Russian troops but were only able to make it as far as Lvov where they remained from September 1939 to January 1940. From Lvov, the group travelled separately to Wilna, Lithuania. In Wilna they secured visas to Japan from the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. From Wilna, they went by train via the Trans-Siberian Railway, before boarding a boat to Japan, landing in Tsuruga in 1941. On 3 July 1941, they left Kobe and immigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney 9 August 1941. Once in Australia and for the duration of the war, Henry secured a job as an Australian correspondent for two polish newspapers, ‘Nowy Swiat’ or ‘New World’ published in New York and ‘Dziennik Polski’ published in London. The family settled in Bellevue Hill in Sydney, where they remained until their death.
The first document (M2019/031:025a) is a letter from L. H. Rowling, the Delegate of the Controller of Enemy Property addressed to Rosalie Gostin on 20 January, 1947. This letter is a response to a letter that Rosalie sent on 7 January, 1947 and encloses a form in which claims are to be submitted to the Department of War Damage of the City of Warsaw. The letter states that upon being filled out, the form will be transmitted to Warsaw.
The second document (M2019/031:025b) is the form on the ‘War Damage of the City of Warsaw’ which was sent with the above letter. It has been partially filled out by Henryk and Rosalie Gostin in Polish.
The third document (M2019/031:025c) is a certificate from a committee to help refugees in Wilna addressed to Rosalie Gostin on 5 March 1940. The certificate is written in Polish and states that Rosalie is listed as a refugee under A5445/w.
These documents are part of a larger collection donated by Liz Sapir (formally Elizabeth/ Elzbieta) (nee Gostynski/Gostin), born 3 July 1937 in Poland. Her mother, Rosalie (Rosalia/ Rozalja) Zuinta Gostin (formally Gostynski) (nee Roth), was born 5 July 1911 in Lublin. Her father Henryk (Henry/ Hillee) Gostin (formally Gostynski), was born 15 July 1908 in Tomazow Mazowiecki, Poland. Rosalie and Henry met in Lublin following their individual studies and were married in 1934. In 1937 they had their only child, Elizabeth. In 1939, with the invasion of Poland by German forces and the outbreak of the Second World War, the family accompanied by Rosalie’s brother, Henry Roth (also known as Hirsz), fled Poland. The family travelled to the Romanian border, however bad weather and heavy security prevented them from crossing. They attempted to return to Poland with Russian troops but were only able to make it as far as Lvov where they remained from September 1939 to January 1940. From Lvov, the group travelled separately to Wilna, Lithuania. In Wilna they secured visas to Japan from the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. From Wilna, they went by train via the Trans-Siberian Railway, before boarding a boat to Japan, landing in Tsuruga in 1941. On 3 July 1941, they left Kobe and immigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney 9 August 1941. Once in Australia and for the duration of the war, Henry secured a job as an Australian correspondent for two polish newspapers, ‘Nowy Swiat’ or ‘New World’ published in New York and ‘Dziennik Polski’ published in London. The family settled in Bellevue Hill in Sydney, where they remained until their death.
Production placeWarsaw, Poland
Production date 1947 - 1947
Subjectpost World War II, war damage
Object nameofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 213.00 mm
height: 298.00 mm
Language
- Polish Translation ascertained through Google Translate
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Sapir