Object numberM2001/001:036
DescriptionRegistration form in German, in the name of Jakob Sapir, for monetary claims against the German Reich. Jakob Sapir had previously lived in Lodz, Poland, where he suffered under the Gestapo. The form is dated 17th December 1958 and indicates that at this time the family were living in Prahran, Melbourne. See inscriptions/marks for translation.
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 1958-12-17
Subjectpost World War II, Holocaust, crimes, compensation claims
Object nameregistration documents
Materialpaper
Techniquetypewritten
Dimensions
- whole width: 295.00 mm
whole height: 210.00 mm
Language
- German Filing of a claim
Restitution against the German Reich
Federal law for the regulation of restitution against the German Reich and legal representatives
Dated 19th July 1957
A. Personal data
1.Personal data of the claimant
a) Surname: SAPIR
b) First name: JAKOB
c) Now living in: 27 Larnook St., Prahran S.1/Victoria, Australien
d) Date of birth and place of birth: 17 June 1904 in Lodz
e) Nationality: former Polish, now Australian
f) Profession: businessman
g) Place of residence: Lodz/Poland, Magistracka 36
h) Place of residence or place of the claimant's commercial headquarter in the area of the present Federal Republic of Germany or in the present West sectors of Berlin at any time between 30th January 1933 – 8th May 1945.
i) Place of residence in 1948: Melbourne
k) Statements about the application justification, if the claimant is not the victim: lawful succession
l) Authorized agent of the procedure: After receiving the number of registration, I will entitle a lawyer
2. Personal data of the victim:
a) Surname: Sapir AND Sapir
b) First name: Mowsza Wolf AND Anna
c) last place of residence: Lodz, Andrzeja 7
d) Date/place of birth: 22.6.1874 in Wilkomor, Litau (father)
18.2.1879 in Grondno (mother)
f) Nationality: Polish AND Polish
g) Profession: businessman AND without
h) Relation to the claimant: father AND mother
i) Co-heirs: will be announced later
k) Place of residence: Lodz, Andrzeja 7
m) Place of residence in 1948: died in the course of the National Socialistic persecution.
B) Description of the by German Reich or their legal representatives withdrawn objects:
1) Bank deposits
a) Kind of the account: current account and savings account
b) Address of the bank: will follow later
c) Last balance? Will follow
d) Exists an account statement? Not yet, but I try to get one.
5) Household contents
a) Name of the objects: study, dining room, bedroom and children's room, numerous carpets, porcelain, Value: 50000 gold/sloty. Glass-service, collection of miniatures and Meissner figures (covered by insurance), personal clothes and furs
b) place: Magistracka 36, Lodz
D. Description of the withdrawal process
1. Date of the withdrawal: 1939
2. Location of withdrawn objects at the time of the wihdrawal
3. Who was responsible for the withdrawal? Gestapo
A statuary declaration and further documents will be supplied soon.
Melbourne, 17th December 1958
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir