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These last words—spoken in all seriousness—completely confused Heinz. He thought he hadn’t heard right.
“Sorry—What do you have?”
“Patrol duty—Jacob can take care of the money now; you’ve seen that…
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Sammy Gronemann
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1918
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So, after all, we have arrived again in a situation where we must confess. We younger ones had felt entitled to the hope that we would gradually succeed in living integrated into the “nation of Kant”…
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Hermann Cohen
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Marburg, German Empire
(Marburg, Germany)
Date:
1880
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…
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Walter Rathenau
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1897
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There was a boy, Raphael, and a girl, Judith. The latter gave promise of great beauty. Both received a careful education, in accordance with the requirements of the age, from a tutor, one Herr…
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Karl Emil Franzos
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1891
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Karle:Who is coming? What do I hear! God Almighty!
[Markwitz standing in the door.]
Markwitz, tall, thin appearance. Threadbare elegance of the nineties. He is, without a doubt, a…
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Max Reinhardt
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1901
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In those days, but especially since the year 1740, when Frederick the Great ascended the throne, various social circles in Berlin began zealously to acquire intellectual knowledge. Even among…
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Isaak Herzberg
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(Inowroc?aw, Poland)
Date:
1907
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Aron Wolf often terrified us children, and yet he was one of the most harmless people one can imagine. He never hurt anyone, nor did he ever approach any of us with as much as a word.
But…
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Isidor Borchardt
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(Germany, Germany)
Date:
1910
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One hundred and odd years ago, the walls that imprisoned us Jews in a mental ghetto fell, torn down by Christian advocates of human rights who are assured of our eternal gratitude. After having been…
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Moritz Goldstein
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1912
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Max Liebermann
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Munich, German Empire
(Munich, Germany)
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1879
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Chapter 19
When Süss returned to his prison cell, he found his uncle waiting for him. In tears he fell into the arms of the dignified old man and told him everything that had happened to him. Rabbi…
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Marcus Lehmann
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(Mainz, Germany)
Date:
1897