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Snow has fallen, with no light. A month
has gone by now or two, since autumn in its monkish cowl
brought tidings my way, a leaf from Ukrainian slopes:
“Remember it’s wintry here too, for the…
Contributor:
Paul Celan
Places:
Tabarasti, Kingdom of Romania (Tabarasti, Romania)
Date:
1943
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Lazăr:My friend Matei has a doctorate in law as well.Șor:Another one. That much I understand. A doctor in medicine is feeding on the sick; a doctor in law is feeding on the quarrelsome, but what on…
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Moise Ronetti-Roman
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1900
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The university was closed the day before yesterday, 9 December, in anticipation of the 10th. Quiet days, however: the occasional scuffle and an unremarkable street demonstration.
In any case, things…
Contributor:
Mihail Sebastian
Places:
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1934
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I want to recount a beautiful tale. I ask that the men relax. Listen, and see how marvelous it is how merciful God restores justice for us.
Jacob:
He said to his son, I wanted to send you to find out…
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Moses Samuel Konfino
Places:
Bucharest, Ottoman Empire (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1862
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A big room divided in two by screens. One half represents a bedroom where Odele reclines sadly on a sofa. The other half represents Bontsye’s room: on a table lie a taytsh-khumesh [the Tsene…
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Abraham Goldfaden
Places:
Iasi, Kingdom of Romania (Iasi, Romania)
Date:
1893
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The pride of the Germans was Kinderlyn. He was taller even than Leona Lakner, and he carried a very small head on a huge body. He was a real actor; he was said to be a member of the Dresden…
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Rodion Markovits
Places:
Kolozsvár, Hungary (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Date:
1928
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The antiquarian who spends his time amid his old things may well have his moments of despair. He probably asks himself more than once: “What is the use of all these antiques, while…
Contributor:
Moyshe Altman
Places:
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1935
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I am beginning to get used to the years of war. We seem to struggle through the same journey from first of January to first of January, in a nightmare that is itself beginning…
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Mihail Sebastian
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Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1943
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This happened in the city of Madrid late at night, at the hour when nobody was in the streets, when all people were in bed resting from the exhaustion of the previous day. Suddenly, there was a knock…
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Unknown
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Turnu-Severin, Kingdom of Romania (Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania)
Date:
1885
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Places:
Bucharest, Austrian Empire (Bucharest, Romania)
Date:
1859