Object numberM2001/001:083
DescriptionPolish Certificate of Citizenship, from 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 date 1924
Object namecertificates of citizenship
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 210.00 mm
height: 341.00 mm
Language
- Polish Polish Citizenship document
This document issued by a department of the Lodz District, informs that Mr Jakob Sapir living on Zawadzkiej St No 21 in the City of Lodz and who was born on the 17th of June 1904 in Lodz, the son of Wowsza Wolf and Anna (nee Gozanski) was given Polish citizenship. This was entered in an official register. The document is dated 18 August 1924.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir