Object numberM2001/001:094
Description"Dowod Osobisty" - This is a Polish Identity card issued to Mrs Tola Sapir in Lodz in the region of 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 1936
Subjectidentity cards
Object nameidentity cards
Materialpaper
Language
- Polish This is a Polish Identity card issued to Mrs Tola Sapir in Lodz in the region of Lodz. Date of birth: 20 April 1903; Place of birth Lodz; Father's name Jozef; Mother's name Rebeka; Place of abode Lodz; Height medium; Hair colour light brown; Eyes (beer) hazel; Identifying features nil. Date of issue of the ID card is 15 December 1936.
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir