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Diary Entries: On the Massacres in Urfa and Izmir
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The city of Urfa, located between Palestine and Karaman, was the site of a very well-organized and previously planned massacre. On the past August 18…

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Alexander Benghiat

Places:

İzmir, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Turkey)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Christianity, Jewish identity, Islam, Violence, Death

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Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, Firsthand Accounts
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Among the living nations of the earth the Jews occupy the position of a nation long since dead. With the loss of their fatherland, the Jews lost their independence and fell into a state of decay…

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Leon Pinsker

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Russia)

Date:

1882

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Pogroms, Violence

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy, Religion & Theology