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[Picture 1]I am king Solomon With scepter and crown Pikkolo is my chancellor. He stands near my throne.
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Adele Sandler
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ca. 1905
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In these years of the 1880s, as anti-Semitism raged all over Russia, there were only two ways for the Jews. Either give up all that had become essential to them, in the name of Judaism; or take the…
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Pauline Wengeroff
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Russian Empire (Belarus, Belarus)
Date:
1913
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I went to see to my sister in Berlin.
She wants me to consider moving in.
Her husband’s passed away now, a schlemiel,
He left her too much money in his will.
Her residence is filled with precious…
Contributor:
Georg Kreisler
Places:
Munich, West Germany (Munich, Germany)
Date:
1963
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Dear Parents:
I hope my letter will ease your mind. You can now be reassured and send me one of the family to Charleston, South Carolina. This is the place to which, with God’s help, we will go after…
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Rebecca Samuel
Places:
Petersburg, United States of America
Date:
ca. 1792
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We couldn’t be Jews, my brother finally explained, raising his voice, because our grandmother had not been Jewish, and for Jews only your mother counts. We weren’t even half-Jewish, because our father…
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Eva Menasse
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Berlin, Germany
Date:
2005
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Ruschuk, on the lower Danube, where I came into the world, was a marvelous city for a child, and if I say that Ruschuk is in Bulgaria, then I am giving an inadequate picture of it. For…
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Elias Canetti
Places:
Zurich, Switzerland
Date:
1977