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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
My Life as German and Jew
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I was born and raised in Fuerth, a predominantly Protestant manufacturing city of Middle Franconia, with a large Jewish community consisting principally of artisans and tradesmen. The Jews formed…

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Jakob Wasserman

Places:

Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Altaussee, Austria

Date:

1921

Subjects:

Adolescence, Death, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Christianity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Reportage