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My grandfather’s kinsman, a Jew who tamed bears,
Performed in the market towns;
By day his beast was confined in chains;
At night, they danced under the stars.
Nicknamed “Ten Commandments,” the man…
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Moyshe Kulbak
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Berlin, Weimar Republic
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1922
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Donat Herrnfeld
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(Germany, Germany)
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Early 20th Century
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23 October. The actors convince me by their presence time and again, to my consternation, that most of what I’ve written about them so far is wrong. It is wrong because I wrote about them with…
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Franz Kafka
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1911
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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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Photographer Unknown
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1916
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For decades, my efforts have been directed at purifying the old modes [die alten Weisen]. Through [general] use and arbitrary treatment they have suffered tactless changes and distortions. I…
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Louis Lewandowski
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1882
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This advertisement for a performance at the Villa Colona in Berlin of the Vienna Men’s Chorus and Comedy Quartet, under the direction of Nathan Schwarz, depicts four men in traditional Hasidic costume…
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1882