Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Larry Freudenberg

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Larry Freudenberg

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948-

Interviewee:

Freudenberg, Larry, 1959-

Description:

Larry Freudenberg relates the history of both sides of his family. His mothers forebears, the Triests, immigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, from Bavaria in the 1850s, opened a clothing store on King Street, and joined the Reform congregation, Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim. Larry's father, Henry Freudenberg, was a young boy when he escaped Nazi Germany in 1939 with his parents and grandparents. They eventually settled in Charleston. Larry discusses his experiences growing up in the 1960s and 70s, and feeling trapped between two cultures. Gentile children teased him for being Jewish, while Orthodox Jewish children accused him of being not Jewish enough. Larry runs the family's insurance business established in 1903 by his great-grandfather, Montague Triest.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Freudenberg, Larry Walter, 1959- -- Interviews
Cohn, Edward L.

Topical Subject:

Kristallnacht, 1938, Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- Identity, Jewish sects, Immigrants -- United States –- History, Jews -- Societies, etc, School integration -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Aleph Zadik Aleph. Charleston Chapter -- History, Orange Grove Elementary School (Charleston, S.C.), Jewish merchants -- Germany -- Essen -- History, Business -- South Carolina -- Charleston, Jewish refugees -- United States, and Jews -- Germany – 1933-1945

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-058

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:

220758