Memoirs of a Grandmother: Pauline Wengeroff and 19th‑Century Jewish Life

Join Dr. Karen Auerbach as she discusses 19th-century East European Jewish life through the memoirs of Pauline Wengeroff, a Jewish woman who chronicled her family’s history in the Russian Empire across three generations. First published in German in 1908, Pauline's memoirs provide a window into the traditions and everyday lives of Jewish people, from holiday rituals and marriage to education and economic life, and the ways in which they sought to navigate modernity in this tumultuous era.

Karen Auerbach is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

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