Object numberM2001/001:089
DescriptionOdpis, Swiadectwo Urodzenia - Birth Certificate issued by the local government of Lodz, typed. This is to certify that Jakub Sapir was born in Lodz on 17 June 1904.
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: 210.00 mm
height: 150.00 mm
Language
- Polish Birth Certificate: This is to certify that Jakub Sapir the son of Mowszy-Wulf and Anna maiden name Gozanski (married name Sapir) was born in Lodz on 17 June 1904. The certificate is dated Lodz, 23 April 1925 and was issued by the local government of Lodz, Poland.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir