Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Henry Miller and Minda Miller
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Henry Miller and Minda Miller
- Date:
- 2015
- Interviewer:
- Waites, Robin
- Interviewee:
- Miller, Henry, 1953-;Miller, Minda, 1955-
- Description:
- Henry Miller, accompanied by his wife, Minda Miller, describes growing up in Columbia, South Carolina, in the 1950s and 1960s. His parents, Cela Tyczgarten and David Miller were survivors of the Holocaust; their move to Columbia in 1949 was sponsored by the city and Beth Shalom Synagogue. The Millers summarize David and Cela’s experiences during World War II, in particular, David’s participation in the ghetto uprising in his native city of Warsaw, Poland. David and Cela met and married in Landsberg, Germany, where they were living in a displaced persons camp. Henry observes how his parents’ status as Holocaust survivors and refugees affected their outlook on life, as well as how it affected him and his sister as children. He discusses his parents’ liquor store business, the neighborhoods where they lived, and his memories of downtown Columbia on Saturdays. He also reflects on school desegregation, antisemitism, and the effects of prejudice on blacks and Jews. Henry met Minda in Memphis, Tennessee, where he attended optometry school; they married in 1978. They have a daughter, Dawn, and a son, Bret. Henry practiced optometry for thirty-seven years in Columbia.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Beth Shalom (Columbia, S.C.)
- Topical Subject:
- Jews--South Carolina--Columbia--Interviews, Jewish merchants--South Carolina--Columbia--History, Antisemitism--South Carolina--Columbia--History, Holocaust survivors--South Carolina--Columbia--History, Jews--South Carolina--Columbia--Social life and customs, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence, and School integration--South Carolina--Columbia--History
- S.C. County:
- Richland County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-457
- Date Digital:
- 2016-10-18
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Copyright ? College of Charleston Libraries.
- Access Statement:
- All rights reserved.
- Access Information:
- For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 246441
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