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On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language
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[…] [I]f suddenly Mexico and Israel went to war, on which side would I fight? My cowardly answer was plain and simple: “I really wasn’t cut out to be a soldier. So on neither one, since I’m a pacifist…

Contributor:

Ilan Stavans

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Date:

2001

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Adolescence, Rebellion, Violence, Minority

Categories:

Literature, Memoirs & Diaries, (Auto)biography
The Last Stage of Deportation Is Death
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[ . . . ] We have nooses fastened around our necks; when the pressure abates for a moment, we utter a cry. Its importance should not be underestimated. Many a time in history did such cries resound…

Contributor:

Gustawa Jarecka

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Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Writing, Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Death, Violence

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Firsthand Accounts, Literature, (Auto)biography