Object numberM2001/001:064
DescriptionCivil Marriage Certificate in Polish "Swiadectwo slubu" for Jakob Sapir and Tauba Sztorch, showing personal details and parents' names. Official magistrate's stamp near bottom. Issued in Lodz, 12 March 1926.
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 placeLodz, Poland
Production date 1926-03-13
SubjectPre-war life, marriage
Object namecertificates of marriage
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- whole width: 220.00 mm
whole height: 145.00 mm
Language
- Polish MO1.01.64
CIVIL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Issued by the Civil Authorities of the City of Lodz.
In the Lodz Region and issued in the year 1926.
It certifies that JAKUB SAPIR, Groom, 21 years of age, the son of MOWSZY WOLF and ANNA GOZANSKI and TAUBA SZTORCH bride, entered into a marriage union in the City of Lodz on the 12th March 1926.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir