Object numberM2001/001:008
DescriptionPostcard from Jozef Sztorch (father) and his wife in Lodz ghetto to Jakob Sapir in Kobe, Japan 1941. Censored by Nazis. The postcard is stamped 'Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt CH Rumkowski'.
They write: "Heartiest beloved children!
Although we sent you a card a few days ago we do for your re-assurance let you know that we are healthy and expect news from you. From Tecia there is nothing more except the one parcel arrived. She probably has sent only one and will send no more. From Anna we have letters, they are well.
Dear children write often, what’s news from you, so that dear mother and I can keep calm.
Greetings and kisses from all our hearts
Your loving father and mother"
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.
They write: "Heartiest beloved children!
Although we sent you a card a few days ago we do for your re-assurance let you know that we are healthy and expect news from you. From Tecia there is nothing more except the one parcel arrived. She probably has sent only one and will send no more. From Anna we have letters, they are well.
Dear children write often, what’s news from you, so that dear mother and I can keep calm.
Greetings and kisses from all our hearts
Your loving father and mother"
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 1941-06-25
Subjectcommunications, censorship, signs of life
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 104.00 mm
whole height: 147.00 mm
Language
- German 25.VI.41 [?]
Heartiest beloved children!
Although we sent you a card a few days ago we do for your re-assurance let you know that we are healthy and expect news from you. From TECIA there is nothing more except the one parcel arrived. She probably has sent only one and will send no more. From Anna we have letters, they are well.
Dear children write often, what’s news from you, so that dear mother and I can keep calm.
Greetings and kisses from all our hearts
Your loving father and mother
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir