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1. Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Karl Karesh

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Karl Karesh
Date:
4/22/1996
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Karl Karesh, born in 1912, discusses growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, focusing on his neighborhood, the local merchants, his Hebrew school training, and his family and their adherence to Orthodox religious observances. He addresses the differences between the uptown and downtown Jews before World War II, and describes his clothing business, and other Jewish- and gentile-owned dry goods stores, in Charleston during the post-war years.