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I record how, in the year 1625, the Grand Duke came to Sienna, and Messer Abraham Pesaro and Messer Buonaventura Gallichi were appointed to collect the levy. From me, they demanded a pair of sheets, a…

Contributor:

Joseph of Siena

Places:

Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Siena, Italy)

Date:

1625–1633

Subjects:

Economic life, Antisemitism, Justice system, Finance, Punishment

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Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & diaries
Memoirs of an Assassin
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Paris, Tuesday, May 25, 1926, half past three in the afternoon. The car in which I had suddenly found myself honked and barely managed to drive through the dense throng, with people screaming on all…

Contributor:

Sholem Schwartzbard

Places:

Berchères La Maingot, France (Berchères-la-Maingot, France)

Date:

1933

Subjects:

Justice system, Violence, Pogroms, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Historical writing