Who is Alma Mereminski Moritz from The History of Love and what is their importance?

Alma Mereminski Moritz is the childhood sweetheart and lover of Leo Gursky and the subject of his book The History of Love, as published under Zvi Litvinoff's name. She grew up in Slonim, a village in Poland, and escaped to America when she was 20 years old. Based on the information given in the novel, it can be assumed that she was pregnant with Leo's child when she left Poland.