Description: I am a German translator, writer, and academic editor. I specialize in intellectual and cultural history and 19th- and 20th-century letters and diaries, especially those relating to immigration and to the Holocaust. This site contains translation samples as well as descriptions of my services; translated family documents, letters, and essays in English and German; and excerpts from several books I've translated.
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NOTE: This Website was started on March 4, 1996-- an oldie by Internet standards. I was the first person I knew to build a Website, and back then I wrote the HTML myself in Notepad by trial and error until it worked. The site has exactly the same "look" as it had in 1996. It's a part of my own history in its form and content. Like an old New England farmhouse with irregular annexes built on to make room for new family members, this site has grown organically to accommodate new material and new interests. It
I am a German translator specializing in intellectual and cultural history and 19th- and 20th-century diaries and letters. Below is a partial listing of my published translations.