Object numberM2001/001:031
DescriptionThis document is for Sapir Jakob, 40 years of age at the address of Lane 305, 30 Gongping Road. It was originally issued on 14 Dec 1944 and re-registered 18 Jan 1945, 17 Feb 1945, 19 Mar 1945, and 19 Apr 1945. It seems that this is a short term (monthly) pass.
The document has an attached photo of Jakob Sapir, and also a small leather badge pinned to it. Official stamps and various date and time stamps ranging from December 1944 until April 1945. Text in Chinese script with name Jakob Sapir and company "European Fur Store" written in English.
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.
The document has an attached photo of Jakob Sapir, and also a small leather badge pinned to it. Official stamps and various date and time stamps ranging from December 1944 until April 1945. Text in Chinese script with name Jakob Sapir and company "European Fur Store" written in English.
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 placeShanghai, China
Production date 1944 - 1945
SubjectHolocaust, immigration, employment
Object nameidentity cards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 140.00 mm
whole height: 118.00 mm
Language
- Chinese This piece of document is for Sapir Jakob, 40 years of age at the address of Lane 305, 30 Gongping Road. It was originally issued on 14 Dec 1944 and re-registered 18 Jan 1945, 17 Feb 1945, 19 Mar 1945, and 19 Apr 1945. It seems that this is a short term (monthly) pass.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir