My German grandmother’s childhood autograph book survived the Holocaust
Jenny Katz Bachenheimer's book, known in German as a “Poesiealbum,” accompanied the family when my mother and grandparents escaped the Nazis in the 1930s.
The author's grandmother, Jenny Katz, in 1927, the year before she married Siegfried Bachenheimer. (photo credit: STEVE NORTH)BySTEVE NORTH/JTAUpdated: