Application for Registration
Object numberM2001/001:033
TitleApplication for Registration
DescriptionCommonwealth of Australia, Application for Registration in accordance with the Aliens Act of 1947. Document in the name of Jakob Sapir, also wife Tola and son Piotr-Seweryn, dated 4th February 1948. The document indicates that at this time the family was residing in Prahran, Melbourne although Jakob was employed by an Import & Export company "Terratex" based in Sydney.
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 placeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Production date 1948-02-04
Object nameregistration documents
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 212.00 mm
whole height: 340.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir