Project Gutenberg 2014-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 125 Wengeroff, Pauline 1833 1916 Vengerova, Polina Memoiren einer Grossmutter, Band I Bilder aus der Kulturgeschichte der Juden Russlands im 19. Jahrhundert E-text prepared by Norbert H. Langkau, Matthias Grammel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Judaica-Sammlung der Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main (http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/judaica/nav/index/all) "Memoiren einer Grossmutter, Band I" by Pauline Wengeroff is a memoir written in the early 20th century. The book vividly portrays the cultural history of Jews in Russia during the 19th century, detailing personal experiences and observations from the author's life. Wengeroff, who recounts her childhood and family life, provides insight into the challenges and transformations that the Jewish community faced during a pivotal period of enlightenment and change. At the start of the memoir, Wengeroff reflects on her upbringing in a religious Jewish family in the town of Bobruisk, sharing fond memories of her parents and the customs that shaped her early years. She describes daily life intricately, highlighting her father's morning rituals and the family's strong connection to tradition and religious observance. The author also expresses her desire to document the significant cultural shifts experienced by Jews of her generation, emphasizing the contrast between her childhood innocence and the complexities of her later life as society evolved around her. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45488/45488-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. de Wengeroff, Pauline, 1833-1916 Jews -- Belarus -- Minsk -- Biography Jews -- Belarus -- Minsk -- Social life and customs Minsk (Belarus) -- Biography DS Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 412402 2025-09-18T11:29:27.446816 text/html 388964 2024-10-24T06:21:59 text/html 308222 2025-09-18T11:29:32.396704 application/epub+zip 311767 2025-09-18T11:29:28.377714 application/epub+zip 216496 2025-09-18T11:29:27.901721 application/epub+zip 425590 2025-09-18T11:29:35.843632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390026 2025-09-18T11:29:31.929645 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296042 2022-09-20T18:14:25.018473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374564 2025-09-18T11:29:27.028671 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 354503 2024-10-24T06:21:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17506 2025-09-18T11:29:36.004647 application/rdf+xml 11410 2025-09-18T11:29:27.994715 image/jpeg 2471 2025-09-18T11:29:27.943687 image/jpeg 284759 2025-09-18T11:29:27.489735 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia