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Landing Permit
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2001/001:125
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Landing Permit
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Landing permit for Australian Government, to Sapir family, issued by Department of Immigration, Canberra, Oskar Wajsbrem named as Guarantor
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.
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 14 Jan, 1946 1946
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]immigration
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]immigration documents
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]paper
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 170.00 mm
height: 2420.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Dr Peter Sapir