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Gluckel

This person is the author and central figure of this autobiographical work.

Chayim Hameln

This person is the author's husband of thirty years, and died in 1689.

Hendele

This person is the author's oldest sister.

Lob Pinkerle

This person is the author's father.

Nathan Melrich

This person is the author's grandfather, who was the richest man for a hundred miles when settling in the Hildesheim house from Detmold.

Mata Melrich

This person is the author's grandmother who was left in need with two orphans.

Bela Pinkerle

This person is the author's mother.

Joseph Hameln

This is the author's father-in-law.

Zipporah

This person is the author's first child.

Mordecai

This person is a boarder whom the author and her husband took in, and later sent to Danzig as their business representative in Poland.

Judah Berlin

This person is the author's house guest and the nephew of her brother-in-law, who...

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