Object numberM2001/001:029
DescriptionIdentity card with photo of Peter Sapir with text in Chinese script. Reverse is information in french filled in with black ink. It is an ID card and residence card for No. F1323 and states hi name, age - 1935, sex- M, Nationality - Polish and his address.
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 1942-08-22
SubjectHolocaust, immigration, identity cards
Object nameidentity cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 100.00 mm
whole height: 80.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir