Object numberM2001/001:006
DescriptionPostcard from Jozef Sztorch and his wife in Lodz ghetto (father of Jakob) to Abraham Rosenfeld in New York, for Jakob Sapir, 1941.
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.
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 1941-02-12
SubjectHolocaust, communications, families
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 104.00 mm
whole height: 147.00 mm
Language
- German Litzmanstadt
12.12.1941
My dearest!
In the hope that my card reaches you my dear ones in good luck and good health I am ready to report also from us that we are healthy and looking forward with the greatest longing to the good news from you. My heart and my thoughts follow you on the long journey and I am also full of unrest how little Peter has managed it. We had a telegram from ESTKA, KAROL, MAUREEN [?] and also get quite often letters from ANNA and her husband. My most dear ones take the trouble to write to us often, I am missing you letters greatly. Be well and happy, you’re kissed by your loving
Mother and Grandma
My heartfelt regards and kisses, wishing that good luck you accompany to your goal. We are well and wish you the same. We have not yet received your last lovely gift.
Your loving father
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir