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I record how, in the year 1625, the Grand Duke came to Sienna, and Messer Abraham Pesaro and Messer Buonaventura Gallichi were appointed to collect the levy. From me, they demanded a pair of sheets, a…
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Joseph of Siena
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Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Siena, Italy)
Date:
1625–1633
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Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his clothes, in short, of everything he possesses: he will be a hollow man, reduced to suffering…
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Primo Levi
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Turin, Italy
Date:
1946
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We will compose a little book that will also serve as an amusement when, in ten years’ time, we want to look back into the past and observe what we lived through. All people have a weakness for…
Contributor:
Emanuele Levi
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Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia (Asti, Italy)
Date:
1822–1823
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At the end of King George Boulevard stood a tall building with two black, cavernous entrances. It served as a brothel, first for Arabs and later for Allied troops. When passing in front of this…
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Dan Vittorio Segre
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1985