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In the year 5289 (1528/29), the holy martyrs of Pösing, 36 souls—men and women, youths and young girls—were arrested because of a false accusation made by a mamzer, and they died for the…
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Josel of Rosheim
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Holy Roman Empire (Alsace, France)
Date:
1551/2
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The year 5480 of the creation of the earth and heaven, in the first month, which is the month of Nisan, the wailing of the oppressed increased. For then the hooligans began to cut off and harry the…
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Shabbetai ha-Kohen Katz
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Vilna, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1651
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Lately, there’s no trace left
Of Yankl, son of Yitskhok,
But for a tiny round dot
That rolls crazily through the streets
With hooked-on, clumsy limbs.
The lord-above surrounded
The whole world with…
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Jacob Glatstein
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1921
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We were too late. The pogrom erupted that very night, suddenly, like an exploding mine, and in my own neighborhood.
The first screams came to me confused, in a hazy dream. Then it dawned on me what…
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Lamed Shapiro
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1909
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We have awoken from a horrible nightmare that I believed myself unable to describe to you.
The sack of the Mellah [the Jewish quarter of the city] by the mutinous Sherifian troops began at midday on…
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Avraham Elmaleh
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Fez, French Protectorate of Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
Date:
1912
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After having arranged for fresh provisions and all kinds of refreshments, we set sail again, sailing away from land. Due to the wind’s silence, we proceeded into the sea without sailing, drifting for…
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Abraham Levie
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
ca. 1750
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Paris, Tuesday, May 25, 1926, half past three in the afternoon. The car in which I had suddenly found myself honked and barely managed to drive through the dense throng, with people…
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Sholem Schwartzbard
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Berchères La Maingot, French Third Republic (Berchères-la-Maingot, France)
Date:
1933
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Human wisdom has limits—stupidity has none.
God created a world with gifts and blessings for all: earth and water, sun and air in plenty, rye and wheat in abundance, a potato for everyone, a roof…
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Chaim Lieberman
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1938
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One day a neighbor broke the leg of a stray dog with a heavy stone, and when Vasil saw the sharp edge of the bone piercing the skin he cried. The tears streamed from his eyes, his mouth, and his…
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Lamed Shapiro
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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When Jan Gross’ Neighbors first appeared in Poland two years ago, with its grisly account of the July 10, 1941, slaughter of 1,600 Jews in the small northeastern town of Jedwabne, it sank like a stone…
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Abraham Brumberg
Places:
Washington, United States of America
Date:
2002