Application for Registration
Object numberM2001/001:035
TitleApplication for Registration
DescriptionCommonwealth of Australia, Application for Registration in accordance with the Aliens Act of 1947. The document in the name of Tola Sapir and includes the name of her husband Jakob and son Piotr-Seweryn. It is dated 5th February 1948. The document indicates that at this time the family was residing in Prahran, Melbourne. Her occupation is listed as "Importer & Exporter" and the employer is Terratex. The document also lists the name of the vessel that brought them to sydney - Hwalien.
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 1948-02-05
Object nameregistration documents
Dimensions
- whole width: 212.00 mm
whole height: 340.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir