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I request my husband to dispose as follows:I would wish to be able to give my family in Berlin the capital of 10,000 gulden held for me by my husband . . . my pearls, as my favorite pieces of jewelery…
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Fanny von Arnstein
Places:
Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1793
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[A coffee-houseFerrando, Don Alfonso and Guglielmo]No. i TrioFerrando My Dorabella couldn’tDo such a thing:Heaven made herAs faithful as she’s fair.GuglielmoFiordiligi simplyCouldn…
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1790
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Most of the way by tram till outside the city. Endless streets and alleys. But now the last stops come. Here’s the remise, the resting place of these tram cars, where they look like animals in…
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Gershom Shofman
Places:
Vienna, First Austrian Republic (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1920
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No, Anton Wanzl was not good. He lacked love, he lacked heart. He did only what he thought was clever and sensible. He gave no love and asked for none. He never needed any affection, any tenderness…
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Joseph Roth
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1916
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This ketubah (ritual marriage contract) from Rhodes formalizes the marriage of Avraham, son of Yehudah Galante, and Joya, daughter of Shlomo d’Boton. The groom may have been the prominent educator…
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Artist Unknown
Places:
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1895