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efore dawn on Thursday morning, April 24,1096, the priest Wenzel hurried to his master's room in the castle of Gretz and banged on the door. With axes and hoes the Christians gained revenge for the loss of Jerusalem, hacking to pieces four bearded Hasidim who were trying to reach the rebbe's court. About the same, Jemail agreed. r- more, the placid creative work in which he had been engaged at the synagogue had left its mark,

hrough 1948 the stairs kept two warring people apart; and at night, when the revolving searchlight on the pol 731 that he stood almost naked in the fading sunlight while the crowd shrieked with delight. For three days Isidore Gottesmann lay in physical and moral stupor. Then, surprisingly, the Spaniard's austere face broke into a warm, enveloping smile; the lines in his cheeks deepened and his somber eyes glowed with a promise of friendship.