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> [In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I began to understand. I was a Jew, I was a member of the Jewish faith, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/in-school-they-told-me-i-was-a-jew-a-filthy-jew-at-first-i-asked/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

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## More by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

> [Auschwitz was one of the wealthiest places in the world. Everyone who was deported there had been in such a hurry that they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/auschwitz-was-one-of-the-wealthiest-places-in-the-world-everyone-who/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

> [The whole thing was set up very cleverly. The people who were torn from their normal lives and put on the trains may have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/the-whole-thing-was-set-up-very-cleverly-the-people-who-were-torn/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

> [As Long as We Can Breathe, We Can Hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/as-long-as-we-can-breathe-we-can-hope/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

> [You know, being Jewish is problematic. Most people really don't know what exactly it means to be a Jew. We belong to a community…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/you-know-being-jewish-is-problematic-most-people-really-don-t-know/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

> [In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/in-school-they-told-me-i-was-a-jew-a-filthy-jew-at-first-i-asked/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

> [Everything in life is relative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/everything-in-life-is-relative/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

> [I think there is a risk that the Holocaust will be placed under a glass bubble just like the Napoleonic Wars or the Thirty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/i-think-there-is-a-risk-that-the-holocaust-will-be-placed-under-a/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

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