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No one paid any attention to Aronek. He took a piece of bread from the cupboard, chose the largest carrot, and went to the neighbors.
At the widow Gitel’s it was warm and clean. From the ceiling hung…
Contributor:
Julian Stryjkowski
Places:
Warsaw, Polish People’s Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1956
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All along the street, on both sides, on the lowest floor of the houses there are a multitude of stores, large and small. The majority of them are pressed into holes so narrow as to allow passage for…
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Ben-Avigdor
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1891
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Pantel the wagon driver stretches out under the covers and sits up, yawning. The house is dark but a faint light is just beginning to penetrate through the peepholes in the shutter.
“It’s…
Contributor:
Ojzer Warszawski
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1920
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Once this was the heart of Warsaw—this labyrinth of sad narrow streets between tall tenement houses. Now this is a remote place, an ancient tumor on the body of the modern city, where its blood flows…
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Alter-Sholem Kacyzne
Places:
Warsaw, Second Polish Republic (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1929