Object numberM2001/001:087
Description"Odpis" - This document issued by the local government of Lodz, Poland, notifies the civil authorities of the birth of a male child, Piotr Seweryn Sapir.
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 1946
Object namecertificates of birth
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 208.00 mm
height: 245.00 mm
Language
- Polish This document states that Jakub Sapir age 31 resident of the city of Lodz, of Jewish religion, in the presence of mature witnesses Josef Sztorcha and Alfreda Loena Hertza notified the civil authorities of the birth of a male child on the 6th of November 1935 at 9.35pm, his wife being Toli whose maiden name is Sztorch, is age 32. The child was named Piotr Seweryn (Piotr in English is Peter). Certificate issued by the local government of Lodz, Poland.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir