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The Diary of a Young Girl
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Dearest Kitty, Mr. Bolkestein, the Cabinet Minister, speaking on the Dutch broadcast from London, said that after the war a collection would be made of diaries and letters…

Contributor:

Anne Frank

Places:

Amsterdam, Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Dutch Territories (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1944

Subjects:

Jewish identity, War, Antisemitism, Women, Adolescence

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
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, Community, Jewish identity

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
Speech: On Jews and Nationalism
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Are we always and in all circumstances united with our surroundings, so that only the synagogue, rather than society, attests to separation? Do not believe that in such unity and cooperation I mean…

Contributor:

Abraham Wertheim

Places:

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Nationalism, Jewish identity, Holidays, Synagogue, Piety

Categories:

Political Culture, Speeches