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The People of Vojkovice and Outlying Villages
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My eldest sister was getting married and the nuptials were held in our cottage courtyard. I can see the scene clearly before me. The courtyard neatly swept and the heap of manure in front of the…

Contributor:

Vojtěch Rakous

Places:

Austro-Hungarian Empire (Czechia, Czech Republic)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Marriage, Family, Jewish identity, Class, Assimilation

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, (Auto)biography
To My Tunisian Friends
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I have just spent a few days in Tunis. My pleasure increases each time I return to that city and its inhabitants and experience the liveliness of the Avenue Jules-Ferry, and above all, the free and…

Contributor:

Jacques Lazarus

Places:

Algiers, Algeria

Date:

1948

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Mizrahi, Maghreb, Class, Cities

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
Neither Forget nor Deny I Am a Jew
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How preposterous and ridiculous! I have been attacked all my life as a Jew and because I am a Jew, and could not forget nor deny that I am a Jew, even if I wanted to. I am just as proud as Spinoza was…

Contributor:

Georg Brandes

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1914

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Class, Antisemitism, Philosophy

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries