Object numberM2019/031:029
DescriptionLetters (2) relating to Hernryk Gostin, father of Liz Sapir, and his membership of the Australian Journalists’ Association.
The first letter (M2019/031:029a) is a copy of the Henryk’s application to be made a member of the Australian Journalists’ Association on 4 February, 1944. In this application, Henryk lists his career achievements including being made a correspondent of the Polish ‘Polish Morning World’ in New York and correspondent of the ‘Polish Daily’ in London. He also states that he is a member of the Polish Journalists’ Association in London (Henryk’s membership card for the Polish Journalists’ Association in London is in this collection M2019/031:002) and that prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a member of the Polish Journalists’ Association in Warsaw, a member of the International Journalists’ Federation in Geneva and that he has been a professional journalist since 1928.
The second letter (M2019/031:029b) is a letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Australian Journalists’ Association to the Secretary of the National Press club, Washington, on behalf of Henryk Gostin on 30 March, 1953. This letter states that Henryk will be visiting the United States of America and that any assistance that you could be rendered to him during his stay overseas would be appreciated by this Association.
These Objects 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 letter (M2019/031:029a) is a copy of the Henryk’s application to be made a member of the Australian Journalists’ Association on 4 February, 1944. In this application, Henryk lists his career achievements including being made a correspondent of the Polish ‘Polish Morning World’ in New York and correspondent of the ‘Polish Daily’ in London. He also states that he is a member of the Polish Journalists’ Association in London (Henryk’s membership card for the Polish Journalists’ Association in London is in this collection M2019/031:002) and that prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a member of the Polish Journalists’ Association in Warsaw, a member of the International Journalists’ Federation in Geneva and that he has been a professional journalist since 1928.
The second letter (M2019/031:029b) is a letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Australian Journalists’ Association to the Secretary of the National Press club, Washington, on behalf of Henryk Gostin on 30 March, 1953. This letter states that Henryk will be visiting the United States of America and that any assistance that you could be rendered to him during his stay overseas would be appreciated by this Association.
These Objects 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 placeSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production date 1944 - 1953
Subjectjournalists, post war life
Object nameofficial correspondence
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 248.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Liz Sapir