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The houses and rooms of the inhabitants of this most famous city are one or the other of two extremes: the good ones are sumptuous houses at the height of perfection and…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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1567
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What a rare find is a capable wife!
Her worth is far beyond that of rubies.
Her husband puts his confidence in her,
And lacks no good thing.
She is good to him, never bad,
All the days of her…
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As I was crossing Alexanderplatz on the first of April, I noticed a crowd of people gathering near the U-Bahn station at the other end of the square. The loudspeakers blared across the open space,…
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Lisa Fittko
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Chicago, United States of America
Date:
1992
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Apples. That’s what New Yorkers of the 1930s remember. Apples of the Hesperides, neatly stalled on corner after corner, sold on the last trembling line of decency by men who were unwilling to beg…
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Hortense Calisher
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1972
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Max Liebermann
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1876