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I request my husband to dispose as follows:I would wish to be able to give my family in Berlin the capital of 10,000 gulden held for me by my husband . . . my pearls, as my favorite pieces of jewelery…
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Fanny von Arnstein
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1793
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Snow has fallen, with no light. A month
has gone by now or two, since autumn in its monkish cowl
brought tidings my way, a leaf from Ukrainian slopes:
“Remember it’s wintry here too, for the…
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Paul Celan
Places:
Tabarasti, Kingdom of Romania (Tabarasti, Romania)
Date:
1943
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Almighty ruler of armies, you who reign mightily
In heaven and on earth, I raise my prayer to you
From the depths of a mother’s heart.
Turn your presence toward me
And hear me in your mercy.
Follow…
Contributor:
Fanny Neuda
Places:
Loschitz, Austrian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1855
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I sometimes dream that I’m a prisoner. For days, years. I’m only free at night, for a few hours toward morning. During those hours I can walk around. But I don’t know where to go. All the people I…
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Barbara Honigmann
Places:
Strasbourg, France
Date:
1996
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“Back at home, I pulled myself together and reflected on what had happened. Given how the people had behaved when they heard the wrongheaded and hateful rabbi’s curse of excommunication, I realized…
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Ludwig Philippson
Places:
Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia (Magdeburg, Germany)
Date:
1854