--- title: "3 Jews German Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Jews German quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Jews German sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/diana-trilling-27127_boston_the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselve_104391.png" --- > [The distinction that Jews have themselves always made between Jews of German origin and Jews of East European origin is as stringent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-trilling/the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselves-always-made-between-jews-of/) [Diana Trilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-trilling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/diana-trilling-27127_boston_the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselve_104391.png) > [“On June 23, 1942, there was a group of French Jews in a German prison, on Polish soil. The first person I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/on-june-23-1942-there-was-a-group-of-french-jews-in-a-german-prison/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/markus-zusak-165_death_on-june-23-1942-there-was-a-group-of-fre_565309.jpg) > [“But in a few years, as part of their effort to push Jews out of German public life, the Nazis would attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-metaxas/but-in-a-few-years-as-part-of-their-effort-to-push-jews-out-of-german/) [Eric Metaxas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-metaxas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/eric-metaxas-1651_christian-faith_but-in-a-few-years-as-part-of-their-effo_799054.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jews-german/#itemlist", "name": "Jews German Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The distinction that Jews have themselves always made between Jews of German origin and Jews of East European origin is as stringent as that between Boston Brahmin and Boston lace-curtain Irish, though much finer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Trilling" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-trilling/the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselves-always-made-between-jews-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/diana-trilling-27127_boston_the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselve_104391.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/diana-trilling-27127_boston_the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselve_104391.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/diana-trilling-27127_boston_the-distinction-that-jews-have-themselve_104391.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The distinction that Jews have themselves always made between Jews of German origin and Jews of East…” — Diana Trilling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On June 23, 1942, there was a group of French Jews in a German prison, on Polish soil. 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