(This photo shows Bertha Pappenheim, d.1936, costumed as
Gluckel of Hameln, d.1724, whose memoir she translated.)
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In a previous post, I interviewed New York University’s Dr. Marion Kaplan about Women and the Holocaust.

In this new post, Dr. Kaplan discusses books she uses for her course on European Jewish Memoirs.

Question: At New York University, you’ve headed seminars on European Jewish memoirs from Gluckel of Hameln through to modern times. Which of those memoirs might you especially recommend to the attention of the general reader, and why?