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Keter Kehunah: On the Seer’s Fall
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On the night of Simhat Torah 5575 [1814], the Seer closeted himself in his room on the second story of his home. The one window overlooking the wide Jewish street was open; it was very near to the…

Contributor:

Alexander Zederbaum

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1867

Subjects:

Death, Mysticism, Memory, Life cycle

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, Firsthand Accounts
A Diary of the Nazi Ghetto in Vilna
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This morning I was in the children’s nursery. Women who work leave their children from 7 to 6. There are 150 children between the ages of three months and two years, [one…

Contributor:

Zelig Kalmanovitch

Places:

Vilna, USSR (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Death, Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Jewish identity, Genocide

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, History, Historical Writing