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> [The Jews in the ghetto were every bit as imperfect as human beings anywhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/the-jews-in-the-ghetto-were-every-bit-as-imperfect-as-human-beings/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

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## More by Edgar Hilsenrath

> [The Israeli mentality was totally different to mine. They just didn't understand people like me. They couldn't understand why I had been in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/the-israeli-mentality-was-totally-different-to-mine-they-just-didn-t/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

> [I have to admit that I'm kind of afraid of Islam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/i-have-to-admit-that-i-m-kind-of-afraid-of-islam/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

> [The Armenian genocide was also a Holocaust, but it wasn't my Holocaust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/the-armenian-genocide-was-also-a-holocaust-but-it-wasn-t-my-holocaust/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

> [I felt guilty because I survived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/i-felt-guilty-because-i-survived/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

> [In Germany people want to make up to the Jews for what happened by idealizing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/in-germany-people-want-to-make-up-to-the-jews-for-what-happened-by/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

> [Fame and me just don't go together. It's not always a fair process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/fame-and-me-just-don-t-go-together-it-s-not-always-a-fair-process/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

> [The Jews in the ghetto were every bit as imperfect as human beings anywhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-hilsenrath/the-jews-in-the-ghetto-were-every-bit-as-imperfect-as-human-beings/)

[Edgar Hilsenrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-hilsenrath/)

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