Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Margot Strauss Freudenberg


Title:
Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Margot Strauss Freudenberg
Date:
1997
Interviewer:
Grossman, Michael Samuel
Interviewee:
Freudenberg, Margot Strauss, 1907-
Description:
Margot Strauss Freudenberg recalls life in Germany before and after Hitler came to power. She was born in Hanover in 1907 to a family that was proud to be Jewish, but limited religious observance to the High Holidays. Margot describes the debate among Jewish Germans, including her own parents, about the necessity of leaving Nazi Germany, and her struggle to get her family out of the country. They eventually escaped to Charleston, South Carolina, where Margot became a well-known community activist.
Collection Title:
Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories
Contributing Institution:
College of Charleston Libraries
Media Type:
Oral Histories
Personal or Corporate Subject:
Freudenberg, Margot Strauss, 1907- -- Interviews
Topical Subject:
Immigrants -- United States -- History, Kristallnacht, 1938, Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jewish merchants -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Identity, Antisemitism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, Jews -- Germany -- Hanover -- Social life and customs, Jewish merchants -- Germany -- Westphalia -- History, and World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany –- Berlin
Geographic Subject:
Lowcountry
S.C. County:
Charleston County (S.C.)
Shelving Locator:
MSS 1035-122
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:
Copyright © Jewish Heritage Collection
Access Information:
For more information, contact Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424.
Admin ID:
220759

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