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When an intimidated individual or a careerist among my brethren feels inclined or forced to identify himself as a son of his forefathers, then he usually describes himself—provided he was not baptized…
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Albert Einstein
Places:
Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1920
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The great controversy in Bohemia surrounding the language legislation shows Austrian Jews in a strange position. They go along loyally with those who only yesterday had been their fiercest enemies—and…
Contributor:
Theodor Herzl
Places:
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1897
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We recently received from Vienna the new newspaper of the “Zionists,” Die Welt. It appeared on the eve of the holiday of the Feast of Weeks, which reminds us more than any other holiday that it was…
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Protestrabiner
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1897
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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
Date:
1921
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…
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Walter Rathenau
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1897