Object numberM2001/001:012
DescriptionPostcard from Jozef Sztorch (father) and his wife Regina in Lodz ghetto to Jakob Sapir in Kobe, Japan 1941. Censored by Nazis. The postcard has the hand stamp of Ch. Rumkowski, the "Elder of the Jews in Litzmannstadt," with the name and address of the sender below the imprint. The ghetto was in western Poland within the territory incorporated into the German Reich, thus a German 15 pfennig stamp rather than a General Government stamp, and a Wehrmacht censor imprint with eagle and swastika.
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
SubjectHolocaust, communications, censorship
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 104.00 mm
whole height: 147.00 mm
Language
- German 1941
Heartiest beloved children!
W received your letter of the 25/IV, are happy about your well-being as we are well also. From TECIA we have until today only received one parcel of groceries which was dispatched on the 30.V. She advised us about another parcel sent earlier, which has not arrived so far. As she writes it had been dispatched on the 25/II. Since then she has dispatched no more. Today we received your card dated 14/V. from which we understand that you doubt that such would find you at that address. Nevertheless we wish you happiest results. Do not be worried about us my dear children, we send you our greetings and kisses, specially to dear PIOTRUS Your loving parents, [?] Regina
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir