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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2001/001:030 DescripciónCertified translation of birth certificate of Jakob Sapir. Translation was made in 1951 (The Berlitz School of Languages, Melbourne), from an official extract of the birth certificate dated 1922 by Clerk of Civil Registration in Lodz. Jakob Sapir born in the city of Lodz, 17th June 1904, to Mowsha Wulf Sapir and his wife Anna Sapir (nee Gozhandskaya). 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. Lugar de producciónLodz, Poland Fecha 1922-07-17 - 1951-10-18 TemaHolocaust Nombre del objetocertificates of birth Materialpaper Dimensiones whole width: 202.00 mm whole height: 255.00 mm Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir

Número del objetoM2001/001:030

DescripciónCertified translation of birth certificate of Jakob Sapir. Translation was made in 1951 (The Berlitz School of Languages, Melbourne), from an official extract of the birth certificate dated 1922 by Clerk of Civil Registration in Lodz. Jakob Sapir born in the city of Lodz, 17th June 1904, to Mowsha Wulf Sapir and his wife Anna Sapir (nee Gozhandskaya).

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.

Lugar de producciónLodz, Poland

Fecha 1922-07-17 - 1951-10-18

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Nombre del objetocertificates of birth

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Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir

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