[T]he Jews are waning in the collective historical sense; they are losing in many cases the daily aspect of practical life, a sense for the historical problems and duties of their birth society... Therefore, we Jews, as it is said, do not have an historical orientation and we have become, as pertains to our collective identity, the subject of endless philosophical and sociological investigation. We cannot ourselves decide what we are, therefore we can also hardly expect those around us to support us in searching for the correct life course. Historical development has yet to support anyone who has with self-negation relinquished the right to life. – Frederick/Bedřich Fried, “At the Crossroads” (October-November 1943)

中文翻译：

---

在三个世界的十字路口 (1943) 作者：Frederick/Bedřich Fried，纽约

[T]犹太人在集体历史意义上正在衰落；在许多情况下，他们正在失去实际生活的日常方面，对他们出生社会的历史问题和责任的认识......因此，正如人们所说，我们犹太人没有历史取向，我们已经成为，与我们的集体身份有关，是无休止的哲学和社会学研究的主题。我们无法自己决定自己，因此我们也很难指望周围的人支持我们寻找正确的人生轨迹。历史发展尚未支持任何以自我否定方式放弃生命权的人。– Frederick/Bedřich Fried，“在十字路口”（1943 年 10 月至 11 月）