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Great men were once able to perform great miracles.
When the ghetto of Prague was under attack and marauders wanted to rape the women, roast the children, and murder everyone, when it seemed that all…
Contributor:
Y. L. Peretz
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1893
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Every day they took from us whatever their hearts desired. They said to us, “We are needed to protect you from the mob.” We had no choice but to believe them. We had to take being cheated. They…
Contributor:
Elhanan Helen
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1616
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Good night, wide world.
Big, stinking world.
Not you, but I, slam the gate.
In my long robe,
With my flaming, yellow patch,
With my proud gait,
At my own command—
I return to the ghetto.
Wipe out…
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Jacob Glatstein
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1938
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A day passed, and then a second and a third. Wednesday came, the ultimate deadline for the transport’s arrival. There were two obvious reason for the delay. First, it appeared that in addition to…
Contributor:
Zalmen Gradowski
Places:
Auschwitz-Birkenau, German-occupied Poland (Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland)
Date:
1944
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On the third morning, as soon as I was alone, I found the way to the mellah [in Marrakesh]. I came to an intersection where many Jews were standing around. Traffic was streaming past them and around a…
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Elias Canetti
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1968
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2. What was it that made for the peculiar position of the Jews in the Middle Ages and later, until emancipation came along? It was the ghetto, we are told and told again, which was at the root of…
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Max Weinreich
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1967
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Hot lava flows in my veins to-night,
My nerves are jangling mad,
The Joy of Life is a tinsel gaud,
The sweetest songs sound sad.
I feel the drag of the Wanderlust,
I see the ghosts stream by…
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Nathan Spielvogel
Places:
Ballarat, Australia
Date:
1913
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Matthäus Merian
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1628
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The journal is my life, my companion and my confidant. Without it I would be lost. In it I pour out all my heart’s feelings, until I feel somewhat relieved. When I am angry and…
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Chaim A. Kaplan
Places:
Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1941
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Esther Lurie
Date:
1942