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Hate Hitler? No, I spared him hardly a thought.
But Corporal Irmin, first, and later on
The O.C.(Flying), Wing Commander Briggs,
And the station C.O. Group Captain Ormery—
Now there were men were…
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Howard Nemerov
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St. Louis, United States of America
Date:
1987
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The degradation took place Saturday, the 5th of January. I underwent the horrible torture without weakness.
Before the ceremony, I waited for an hour in the hall of the garrison…
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Alfred Dreyfus
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Devil's Island, French Guyana (Devil's Island, Guyana)
Date:
1895
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We have awoken from a horrible nightmare that I believed myself unable to describe to you.
The sack of the Mellah [the Jewish quarter of the city] by the mutinous Sherifian troops began at midday on…
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Avraham Elmaleh
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Fez, French Protectorate in Morocco (Fes, Morocco)
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1912
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Götz and Meyer. Having never seen them, I can only imagine them. In twosomes like theirs, one is usually taller, the other shorter, but since both were SS non-commissioned officers, it is easy to…
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David Albahari
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Belgrade, Serbia
Date:
1998
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One day a neighbor broke the leg of a stray dog with a heavy stone, and when Vasil saw the sharp edge of the bone piercing the skin he cried. The tears streamed from his eyes, his mouth, and his…
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Lamed Shapiro
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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Selridge:Epstein’s next. I want to hear what his last week on earth would be like. Probably wants to take an English exam at City College.Eugene:It’s your turn, Arnold.Epstein:There’s no point to this…
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Neil Simon
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1985
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The guests had retired to their homes. The children had been blessed and sent to bed. The parents throughout the quarter, having discussed the one topic of the day…
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Milton Goldsmith
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
1891
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[Fabres alone]Fabres [Standing, reading the newspaper La Libre parole whose title appears in such big letters that it can be seen by the audience]:“Our information was confirmed in…
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Jacques Loria
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Tatar-Bazardjik, Ottoman Empire (Pazardzhik, Bulgaria)
Date:
1903