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Jewboy
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He sings in the courtyard, clad in rags A small, poor chap, a crazed Jew. People drive him away, God has muddled his wits Ages and exile have confused his tongue He wails and he dances, weeps and…

Contributor:

Julian Tuwim

Places:

Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1926

Subjects:

Music, Mental illness, Diaspora, Poverty, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
Auger Shaped
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I want to be a Pole. You have my word! I want to reach the peak of Polishness But I can find no way to manage: They always shout: “You’re a jew!” When I defend the jews from slander, Hoping to…

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Leo Belmont

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Assimilation, Christian-Jewish relations, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
What Language Did the Jews in Poland Speak?
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Motivated by the book by Mrs. R. Centnerszwerowa: There is a heated struggle going on about public schooling in the [Polish] Kingdom [of the Russian Empire]. Various speakers at a range of meetings…

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Majer Bałaban

Places:

Russian Empire (Poland, Poland)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Language and linguistics, Education, Assimilation

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy
About St. P.
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Spitting poison and frothing at the mouthHe spits, snorts and spluttersAnd writes that I am a butcherA yid and bolshevikJewboy, bacillusA baboon and a SkamandriteThat I sell out the FatherlandThat I…

Contributor:

Julian Tuwim

Places:

Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1934

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Poetry, Nationalism, Language and linguistics

Categories:

Literature, Poetry