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Far, far from the paved roads and broad ways, far, far from the ordinary shtetls, stood isolated villages that had a different sky over them and a different sun.
The God of heaven in His mercy made…
Contributor:
Hillel Zeitlin
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1919
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Where shall I start? My thoughts are in turmoil. There is an overpowering desire burning in me to put in writing as speedily as possible all that has happened to us in these years of war, especially…
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Stanislaw Adler
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Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1943
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Finding something to say about Westerbork is also difficult because of its ambiguous character. On the one hand it is a stable community in the making, a forced one to be sure, yet with all the…
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Etty Hillesum
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1943
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[ . . . ] We have nooses fastened around our necks; when the pressure abates for a moment, we utter a cry. Its importance should not be underestimated. Many a time in history did such cries resound…
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Gustawa Jarecka
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Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1942
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To the right and left, just sand and sand,
yellow desert without a path.
A caravan passes, moving silently,
like a dream there, so strange.
The tinkling of bells rises and falls rhythmically.
Cam…
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Jacob Fichman
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Tel Aviv, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1913
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On the shores of the Sea of Galilee
Lies a palace of great majesty.
There God’s garden is planted,
But not a single tree sways.
Silence; no wave is heard,
Above, every flying bird
Is still and…
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Jacob Fichman
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Tel Aviv, Ottoman Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1917
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I walked solitary on my way
And reveled alone in my holiday,
Drunken from the wine of my illusions,
From the luster of my delusions;
I created blinding suns
From every shining dew drop,
I fashioned…
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David Shimoni
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Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine (Jaffa, Israel)
Date:
1910
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Not fire and sun—but our blood will redden, Oh Zion, your mountains—
Right after disembarking and finishing my business with the numruk [custom house], I hurried to Petah Tikva. My friends implored…
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David Ben-Gurion
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Mandate Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1921
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At the last council meeting of the Histadrut, the question of cultural work was on the agenda for the first time. This time it was impossible to discuss only the formal and technical aspects of our…
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David Horowitz
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Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1922
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An elegy to the Jews deported from the Warsaw ghetto from a Jew hiding on the “Aryan” side of the city.
Contributor:
Rachel Auerbach
Places:
Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1943