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The Jews held cattle dealers in contempt. They considered them illiterate louts in no way different from peasants. My grandfather never let a cattle dealer into his house. Into the barn yes, but never…
Contributor:
Henryk Grynberg
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Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1970
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That was how she watched over the samovar all night long, so that it would boil properly. Occasionally, Grandfather stayed over for several nights at the home of one of the gentry. Then, she would…
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Yekhezkl Kotik
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1912
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Finally, a town. We ride through the shtetl of Tartakuv, Jews, ruins, cleanliness of a Jewish kind, the Jewish race, little stores.
I am still ill, I’ve still not gotten back on…
Contributor:
Isaac Babel
Places:
Sokal, Second Polish Republic
(Sokal, Ukraine)
Komarow, Poland
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1920