Object numberM2001/001:001
DescriptionPostcard from Mother and Father J. Sztorch in Lodz ghetto to Jakob Sapir in Vilna, Lithuania, 1940. Censored by the Nazis. "My dearest Fenia [?]. I am answering your card I received today and I hope you have already received our card with the confirmation of receipt of your parcel. Don’t be cross that the parcels are small, in my opinion they are great and we are very happy with them. I am also happy that you are sending us fat. From us I report we are healthy, with longing expect every letter from you. We live with strangers and have no acquaintances. I am with all my thoughts with you. My joy are your letters..."
Rebeka (nee Horonczyk) and Josef Sztorch were the parent of Tola Sapir. The perished in the Lodz ghetto, Rebekah in 1943 and Josef in 1942. A photo of the grave is available in the Sapir photo album.
Jakob Sapir, his wife Tola and son Peter, travelled in the late 1930s from Poland to Vilno in Lithuania, then on to Moscow. They then travelled from Vladivostock to Kobe, Japan and eventually arrived in Shanghai in 1941. They lived in the French quarter in Shanghai, but were later moved into the Hongkew ghetto. Peter Sapir attended St. Francis Xavier's school, run by English priests, which was outside the ghetto boundary. Jakob Sapir earned a living in Shanghai running a Polish kitchen. The family left Shanghai in 1947, aboard the "Hwa Lien" ship, migrating to Sydney, Australia.
Rebeka (nee Horonczyk) and Josef Sztorch were the parent of Tola Sapir. The perished in the Lodz ghetto, Rebekah in 1943 and Josef in 1942. A photo of the grave is available in the Sapir photo album.
Jakob Sapir, his wife Tola and son Peter, travelled in the late 1930s from Poland to Vilno in Lithuania, then on to Moscow. They then travelled from Vladivostock to Kobe, Japan and eventually arrived in Shanghai in 1941. They lived in the French quarter in Shanghai, but were later moved into the Hongkew ghetto. Peter Sapir attended St. Francis Xavier's school, run by English priests, which was outside the ghetto boundary. Jakob Sapir earned a living in Shanghai running a Polish kitchen. The family left Shanghai in 1947, aboard the "Hwa Lien" ship, migrating to Sydney, Australia.
Production date 1940-12-19
SubjectHolocaust, signs of life, censorship
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 103.00 mm
whole height: 150.00 mm
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir