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When the Seven Years War broke out in 1756, I was the father of four children, and the cost of living was high. I had tried to make my way in the world like an honourable man. When the enemy Prussians…
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Aaron Isaac
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Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Date:
1801–1802
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Excerpt from the Order of the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense:
. . . It is recommended that all commanders (from platoon leader to head of staff) change their family names—be they German…
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Mordecai Nimtsa-bi
Places:
Haifa, Israel
Date:
1948
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- The mahamad [congregation board] shall have supreme authority over everything. And no one shall be able to contravene the decisions taken and promulgated by the said mahamad, nor shall they sign any…
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Romeyn de Hooghe, Kahal Talmud Torah of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam
Places:
Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1639