Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Joseph Epstein

Born: October 16, 1911
Died: April 11, 1944 (aged 32)
Bio: Joseph Epstein, also known as Colonel Gilles and as Joseph Andrej, was a Polish-born Jewish communist activist and a French Resistance leader during World War II. He was executed by the Germans.
Known for:
- Snobbery: The American Version
- Fabulous small Jews
- Friendship: An Exposé
- A Literary Education and Other Essays
- Essays in Biography