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Diary Entries
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“Consummatum est!” I could exclaim on January 1, 1876.The minister [Jozsef Eötvös] frivolously deceived me. His promise turned out to be a premeditated lie. Scorn and sarcasm were his response when I…

Contributor:

Ignác Goldziher

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1890

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Profession, Education, Antisemitism, Christian-Jewish relations, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Reportage
Goyim in the Ghetto
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There’s a folk saying: “The way it goes with the Christians, so it goes with the Jews.” Many concessions were made to the goyim, especially in matters concerning the ghetto. The guards at the ghetto…

Contributor:

Peretz Opoczynski

Places:

Warsaw, General Government for the Occupied Polish Region (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Christian-Jewish relations, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism, Nazis, Jewish identity, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage
Hear, O Israel!
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I want to profess straight off that I am a Jew. Does it require justification if I write in a spirit other than that of defending the Jews? Many of my fellow tribesmen know themselves only as Germans…

Contributor:

Walter Rathenau

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Assimilation, Nationalism, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Journalism, Firsthand accounts