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The memoir published here is a substantial and valuable addition to the scientific literature on cases of erroneous sex determination. For the first time, an intelligent person gives an exhaustive…
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Magnus Hirschfield
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Berlin, Germany
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1907
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Not seldom, when in conversation my partner draws me into a plural—that is, as soon as he includes my person in whatever connection and says to me: “We Jews . . .”—I feel a not exactly tormenting, but…
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Jean Améry
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1966
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Berlin-Grunewald
Tauberstr. 16
February 26, 1970
Dear Mr. Scholem,
Writing this letter does not come easily to me; hence the long delay. And now you know already that I have not been able to decide in…
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Peter Szondi
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Berlin, West Germany (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1970
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On the twelfth of the month of Elul in the year five thousand four hundred and eighty-nine, Menaḥem the scribe and teacher of young children in the community of Dessau, became the father of Moses,…
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Isaac Euchel
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1788
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All this heavy misfortune persuaded Maximilian to think earnestly and independently about the problem of Mexico and his throne. I say independently and lay particular emphasis on the word because I…
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Samuel Siegfried Karl von Basch
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Leipzig, German Confederation (Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
1868
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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…
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Georg Kreisler
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Munich, West Germany (Munich, Germany)
Date:
1963
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The Israelites spent the rest of the day celebrating this festival of thanksgiving in their homes as a second Purim, with tears of sadness and joy, and by the time the sun set, the…
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Salomon Formstecher
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Offenbach, Kingdom of Westphalia (Offenbach, Germany)
Date:
1859
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I was the fourth [child] born and the first son, a tender darling to my father and my mother (cf. Prov. 4:3) after my mother had given birth to three daughters. My parents were worriers and trembled…
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Jacob Emden
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Altona, Denmark (Altona, Germany)
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ca. 1762–1770
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Isaac bar Yuda Reutlingen
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
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1580–1600
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Artist Unknown
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Holy Roman Empire (Germany)
Date:
1574