Object numberM2001/001:030
DescriptionCertified translation of birth certificate of Jakob Sapir. Translation was made in 1951 (The Berlitz School of Languages, Melbourne), from an official extract of the birth certificate dated 1922 by Clerk of Civil Registration in Lodz. Jakob Sapir born in the city of Lodz, 17th June 1904, to Mowsha Wulf Sapir and his wife Anna Sapir (nee Gozhandskaya).
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 placeLodz, Poland
Production date 1922-07-17 - 1951-10-18
SubjectHolocaust
Object namecertificates of birth
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 202.00 mm
whole height: 255.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir