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A round number. At first glance it looks silly and seems to have no specific meaning. A detached number such as this can be likened to those gray people who go through life alone and die without…

Contributor:

Yehoshua Perle

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish identity, Community, Jewish quarters, Violence

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Literature
Warsaw, Aryan Side
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Where shall I start? My thoughts are in turmoil. There is an overpowering desire burning in me to put in writing as speedily as possible all that has happened to us in these years of war, especially…

Contributor:

Stanislaw Adler

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Community, Holocaust, Jewish quarters, Death, War

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries, Literature
Letters from Westerbork
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Finding something to say about Westerbork is also difficult because of its ambiguous character. On the one hand it is a stable community in the making, a forced one to be sure, yet with all the…

Contributor:

Etty Hillesum

Places:

General Government (Poland)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Jewish quarters, Holocaust, Death, Community, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries
Guidelines for the Study of the Warsaw Ghetto
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    WorkersHandicraft and small industry: guilds (tsekhn)Trade and industry under Aryan trusteesFree professions: doctors, lawyers…

Contributor:

Oyneg Shabes Archive

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Community, Fascism, Jewish identity, Jewish quarters

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts, Political Culture
Who Is Vildman the Wrestler?
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Among the wrestlers competing in the current tournament in the Panorama [Building] on Karowa Street, fighting for the 1912 Polish Championship, is a Jew called Vildman.He has become quite famous, in…

Contributor:

Menachem Kipnis

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Sports, Writing, Leisure, Jewish identity, Community

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Journalism