Jewish history is wonderful; but the young Jews hurt the old, who would have been set high above the Greeks and Romans: I believe that if there were no more Jews and it became known that somewhere there was a survivor of this nation, people would travel a hundred hours just to see him and shake his hand-- and now people shun us!
--Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Die jüdische Geschichte ist schön; aber die jungen Juden schaden den alten, die man weit über die Griechen und Römer setzen würde: Ich glaube: gäbe es keine Juden mehr und man wüßte, es befände sich irgendwo ein Exemplar von diesem Volk, man würde hundert Stunde reisen, um es zu sehen und ihm die Hände zu drücken-- und jetzt weicht man uns aus!
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