Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Olga Garfinkel Weinstein

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Olga Garfinkel Weinstein

Date:

1996

Interviewer:

Grossman, Michael Samuel

Interviewee:

Weinstein, Olga Garfinkel, 1917-

Description:

Olga Garfinkel Weinstein, born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1917, describes her childhood, including her siblings, the Jewish Community Center, and the traditional Jewish foods her mother served. Olga experienced no anti-Semitism as a schoolgirl, but discusses her awareness, as a young woman during World War II, of what was happening to the Jews in Europe.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Weinstein, Olga Garfinkel, 1917- -- Interviews

Topical Subject:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews -- South Carolina -- Interviews, Brith Sholom (Charleston, S.C.), Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History, World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Social life and customs, Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religious life, and Beth Israel (Charleston S.C.)

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-107

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:

220768