Edgar Hilsenrath Quotes

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 ghetto. We were totally different.

Edgar Hilsenrath

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  Edgar Hilsenrath
  • Different
  • Understand
  • Ghetto