Object numberM2001/001:116
DescriptionPostcard from Maria Steiman in Warsaw to J. Sapir in Kobe, Japan in the Jewcom, dated 5 July 1941 in which she writes how happy she is to hear from them because a lot of time had passed since receiving the last postcard on 18/3. "You can’t imagine how happy I am to hear from you because a lot of time had passed since receiving your last postcard on the 18/3 as I was yearning to hear fresh news from you. This is my first happiness as my mood hasn’t been the best but this (the postcard) is making me extremely happy. My dear, not for a moment I doubted that you frequently thinking about me, because how could it be different. True? But I would like more often to hear from you even a few words, this would give me a lot of happiness because happiness I have very little."
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 circa 1941-07-05
Subjectcommunications, signs of life, desperation
Object namepostcards
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- height: 106.00
width: 150.00
Language
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir