Object numberM2001/001:019
DescriptionPostcard from Zofia Strumpt in Lodz ghetto to Jakob Sapir in Vilna, Lithuania, dated 26 January 1941. Censored by Nazis. Zofia writes that she is waiting and waiting but there is no letter, and she wants to know what is happening.
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
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 104.00 mm
whole height: 147.00 mm
Language
- Polish MO1.01.19
LODZ 26/1/41
Zofia Stumpt
To: Mrs. J. Sapirowa, Vilnius
My beloved Pieprzyk
What had happened that you don’t write to your father? I am waiting and waiting but everything for nothing because if there is no letter then there is no letter but I would like to know what is happening with you, if you are healthy.
I dreamt that my Pieprzyk is good – you have to be very good otherwise your parents will be sad. Father from the 9/1/41 is not living in your room, but not important, he had a small room. Mum don’t be saddened, you have to become happier. About your grandmother and grandfather “Tetos” knows nothing about. I went to visit Toli but she wasn’t there. Pietrus, ask Mamikos to write to his father because father wants to know how is everything with you. Stay healthy my son and kiss your parents and you I kiss.
Please definitely write because I am very sad. Do you still remember dad?
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir