Ten Dollars in My Pocket The American Education of a Holocaust Survivor- A Memoir in Documents

«This memoir offers a captivating portrait of US society in the early postwar years through the perspective of a sensitive and keenly perceptive young woman survivor of the Holocaust. The intertwining of a story of personal maturing with a difficult and humorously told acculturation process unfolds in a riveting way. Ample quotations from diaries and letters of that time give the remembered story an extraordinary immediacy.» (Walter H. Sokel, Commonwealth Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia)



«The reader enters the author’s archives of personal letters and diaries, travelogues, published first impressions of America, and highly relevant documents for a life starting anew. Interspersed with retrospective reflections, as intimate as self-critical, they show a courageous young woman conquering a bewildering but ultimately welcoming new world. Sharply drawn portraits of a most diverse cast of characters, from fellow immigrants and the working world of New York City to such distinguished teachers as Vladimir Nabokov and Rene Wellek, make this a memoir of irresistible vitality.» (Sigrid Bauschinger, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts)