Object numberM2001/001:025
DescriptionThis document certifies that Jakob Sapir, from Polish Resident's Association in China, is registered as a member of the Polish Community in Shanghai China. It was issued 1st February 1943. Text in English, Polish and Chinese. Document includes fingerprint and photograph of Jakob Sapir.
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 1943
Subjectmigration, immigration
Object nameidentity cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 163.00 mm
whole height: 107.00 mm
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir