Hello guys,
I'm researching everyday life in late 19th century in what today would be France & Germany, and I'm trying to get a sense of how everyday life would look for an average jewish family, what is their general education, career options, attitude and outlook on life, etc. While I found a lot on christian families, especially upper class, I want to work out specific similarities and differences.
I have a couple of local research options but I'm somewhat lost on how to get started on those, as I feel I am lacking knowledge on context and especially on how to tell good sources from bad (e.g. biased, politically motivated, antisemitic) so I wanna get started with some curated ones before I go out into the "real world".
Thanks,
Alex
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