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At midnight a soft hand touched me: “Get up.” I stepped outside the silent sleeping barracks and saw: Azrael, the angel who reigns over the dead rushed down from the night firmament, all revenge…
Contributor:
Arnold Zweig
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(France, France)
Date:
1916
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Laws are always tainted by the passions and the prejudices of the legislator.
—Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
In 1807, Mordecai Blum, his wife Rebecca, and his son David were living in a…
Contributor:
Godchaux Baruch Weil (Ben-Lévi)
Places:
Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
Date:
1841
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Things have changed since we last met. Some of your friends have already reached their homeland; others are soon to follow. Once opened, the gates will not shut again. Nothing will ever be the same as…
Contributor:
Elie Wiesel
Places:
Paris, France
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1977