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 In any enumeration of the most influential Jews not only of modern history, but of all times, Sigmund Freud is to be named among the first. Freud was (as described Paul Johnson in his "History of the Jews") "the greatest innovators of the Jews." This description is very valid. Ernest Jones, Freud′s colleague and promoter of his teachings, as noted in his three-volume biography of the Viennese psychoanalyst Freud′s enormous influence in many areas. In particular, Jones pointed to the impact of Freud on clinical psychiatry, biology, anthropology, sociology, religion, occult science, art, literature, psychology, education and criminology. |
 About Isaac Levitan Russia Grigory Gorin writer once said: "Isaak Levitan was a great Russian artist. And of himself and said ... When he said: but you′re a Jew! He said: Yes, I am a Jew. So? And nothing. Smart people will agree that he - the great Russian artist and a Jew! " |
 The great playwright and critic George Bernard Shaw once quipped that, along with Jesus and Sherlock Holmes, Harry Houdini was one of the three most famous people in world history. Twit Shaw might well be true in the period, slightly more than twelve years, includes the first world war. |
 The most influential man of modern times was born in Germany, physicist Albert Einstein. Legislator Moses singled out the Jewish people and in fact founded civilization. Jesus of Nazareth drew many millions of people in selfless faith. At the dawn of the first century technological Einstein discovered the inexhaustible possibilities of matter. His famous equation: E = mc2 became synonymous with the concept that energy and mass are equivalent. His theory, outlined in the elegant formulas and eloquent prose, are very complex and from the very beginning were quite revolutionary and controversial. In contrast to the relatively easy to understand the ideas of Isaac Newton to Einstein′s theory is very difficult to understand. Einstein believed that any student mastered foundations of physics can understand his personal theory of relativity. |
 It is hardly possible to imagine the death of six million-plus people. Think of a city where you live. If only it is not Moscow, New York or Tokyo, the number of its residents are likely to be considerably less than six million. Even in other countries or regions may be less than the residents. And still you can not imagine so many people, so many lives and so many deaths. That would be beyond your understanding. |
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