Marcus Eli Ravage (Revici) (June 25, 1884,

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– October 6, 1965,

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s. Best known for his autobiographical book ''An American in the Making'' (1917), he is also known for his 1928 article, "A Real Case Against the Jews,” a satirical attack on antisemitism. He was also a biographer of the

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, as well as of Napoleon's second wife, Marie Louise. In addition to his longer works, he served as European correspondent for

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, and wrote for both

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and

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. His articles "A real case against the Jews" and "Commissary to the Gentiles", published in the January and February 1928 issues of ''

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'', were apparently translated as "a devastating admission" first in the '' Czernowitz Allgemeine Zeitung'' on September 2, 1933. It was then re-translated as ''A voice in the wilderness; Jewish rabbi icon Hitler's anti-Semitism'' by Right Cause in Chicago. He attended the

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after moving to the United States.

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* Christopher Clausen, "Grandfathers," in ''My Life with President Kennedy'' (University of Iowa Press, 1994).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravage, Marcus Eli 1884 births 1965 deaths American magazine writers American people of Romanian-Jewish descent People from Bârlad Romanian emigrants to the United States Romanian Jews University of Missouri alumni

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