Foreigners' Resident Certificate
Object numberM2001/001:026
TitleForeigners' Resident Certificate
DescriptionForeigners' Residence Certificate, identification and membership certificate for Jakob Sapir. Document has passport photo of Jakob Sapir, and confirms his Polish nationality, occupation as a Fur and Skin Expert, and his membership of Polish Residents Association. Issued 1941. Text in English and Chinese.
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, immigration
Object namecertificates of residence
Dimensions
- whole width: 170.00 mm
whole height: 125.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir