Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Helen Laufer Dwork Berle and Maurice Berle
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- Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Helen Laufer Dwork Berle and Maurice Berle
- Date:
- 1998
- Interviewer:
- Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-;Lander, Melissa Rebecca
- Interviewee:
- Berle, Helen Laufer Dwork, 1923-2005;Berle, Maurice, 1916-2005
- Description:
- Helen Laufer Dwork Berle describes growing up in her native city, Charleston, South Carolina, in the 1920s and 30s. She discusses in detail Jewish merchants and the St. Philip Street neighborhood. Her parents, Harry and Tillie Hufeizen Laufer, who immigrated from Mogelnitsa, Poland, owned a mens clothing store on King Street before opening a restaurant. Laufers was Charlestons first kosher restaurant and served as a social hub during World War II.
- Collection Title:
- Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
- Contributing Institution:
- College of Charleston Libraries
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- Berle, Helen Laufer Dwork, 1923-2005 -- Interviews
Berle, Maurice, 1916-2005 – Interviews - Topical Subject:
- Jews -- South Carolina –- Interviews, Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs, Immigrants -- United States –- History, Restaurateurs -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Kosher food -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jewish sects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Brith Sholom (Charleston), and Jewish merchants -- South Carolina –- Walterboro -– History
- Geographic Subject:
- Lowcountry and St. Philip Street (Charleston, S.C.)
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Shelving Locator:
- MSS 1035-177
- Date Digital:
- 2011-05
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- application/pdf;audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital resource copyright 2011, The College of Charleston. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 220754
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