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An Introductory Talk on the Yiddish Language
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Ahead of the first verses of the Eastern European Jewish poets, I would like to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, how much more Jargon [Yiddish] you understand than you believe you do. I am not actually…

Contributor:

Franz Kafka

Places:

Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Yiddish, Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Performing arts, Poetry, Speeches

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Firsthand accounts, Speeches
We Polish Jews
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“All right,” someone will say, “granted you are a Pole. But in that case, why ‘we jews’?” To which I answer: because of blood “Then racialism again?” No, not racialism at all. Quite the contrary. Th…

Contributor:

Julian Tuwim

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Date:

1944

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Holocaust, Martyrdom, Satire, Death, Poetry, Speeches

Categories:

Poetry, Firsthand accounts, Speeches