Object numberM2001/001:072
DescriptionHand written birth certificate, in Polish, with official stamp from the Ecclesiastic Evangelical Reform Church, dated September 1939, certifying that Peter Seweryn Sapir was born on 6 November 1935 in Lodz.
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 placeWarsaw, Poland
Production date 1939
Object namecertificates of birth
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 216.00 mm
height: 265.00 mm
Language
- Polish This document was issued by the Eclesiastic Evangelical Reform Church (Ecclasia Ev-Reformata Vilnensis) dated 10 September 1939. It is a certificate of birth. It states that the Church Evangelical Reform in Vilno certifies that Peter Seweryn Sapir was born on the 6th November 1935 in Lodz. Certificate dated Vilno 10 September 1939.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir