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The Story of the Passing of Joseph Süss
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Be it known that there was a man in Stuttgart in the state of Württemberg, who became ever greater in the stubbornness of his heart and his pride, in his wealth and his wisdom, and he was called…

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Salomon Schechter

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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

Date:

1738

Subjects:

Justice system, Crime, Class, Christian-Jewish relations, Death, (Auto)biography, Journalism

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Firsthand accounts, Reportage, (Auto)biography
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Without warning, on the 20th of April, 1749, at the end of the Passover Festival, Sunday, at about 17 hours [noon], I was kidnapped and taken away by force thanks to a false denunciation made against…

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Anna del Monte

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1749

Subjects:

Conversion, Violence, Christian-Jewish relations, Crime, Women, (Auto)biography

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Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography, Memoirs & diaries