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Goyim in the Ghetto
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There’s a folk saying: “The way it goes with the Christians, so it goes with the Jews.” Many concessions were made to the goyim, especially in matters concerning the ghetto. The guards at the ghetto…

Contributor:

Peretz Opoczynski

Places:

Warsaw, General Government for the Occupied Polish Region (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Nazis, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Travelogue
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After having arranged for fresh provisions and all kinds of refreshments, we set sail again, sailing away from land. Due to the wind’s silence, we proceeded into the sea without sailing, drifting for…

Contributor:

Abraham Levie

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

ca. 1750

Subjects:

Travel, Antisemitism, Violence, Christian-Jewish relations, Economic life

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage
The Crisis of Jewish Colonization in Argentina
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Published after his visit to the Jewish Colonization Association colonies in Argentina in 1908, Chasanowitch’s report is a scathing critique of the administration’s treatment of farmers.

Contributor:

Leon Chasanowitch

Places:

Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)

Date:

1910

Subjects:

Colonialism, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Migration

Categories:

Political Culture, Firsthand accounts, Reportage