Margot Bettauer Dembo (10 January 1928 – 10 July 2019) was a German-born American translator of fiction and non-fiction.
She translated multiple non-fiction memoirs and historical accounts of World War II, as well as several works of fiction.
[1] Her editorial work included editing publications for W.W. Norton and the American Museum of Natural History.
[1] She has translated books by Joachim Fest, Zsuzsa Bank, Kristina Dunker, Vicky Baum, Olaf G. Klein,[3] and Anna Seghers.
[1] She also translated the scripts for two documentary films, The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1992, and The Burning Wall.