landing permit
Object numberM2001/001:034
Titlelanding permit
DescriptionFacsimile of Commonwealth of Australia Landing Permit document. Document certifies that permission has been granted to Jakob, Tola and Piotr-Seweryn Sapir for admission to Australia, having travelled from Shanghai, China. Issued by Department of Immigration in Canberra, 14th January 1946, and confirming that maintenance of the family upon arrival has been guaranteed by Mr. Oskar Wajsbrem (cousin of Jakob Sapir).
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 placeCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Production date 1946-01-14
Object nameimmigration documents
Dimensions
- whole width: 170.00 mm
whole height: 245.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir