Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Betty Hirsch Lancer
Date:
1997
Interviewer:
Grossman, Michael Samuel
Interviewee:
Lancer, Betty Hirsch, 1924-
Description:
Betty Hirsch Lancer, the daughter of emigrants from Mogelnitza, Poland, describes growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, in the decades before World War II. Her father acted in New York’s Yiddish theaters with limited success, and his father made and sold schnapps out of his house on St. Philip Street during Prohibition. Betty recalls the Great Depression, discusses how her parents made a living, and mentions other families in Charleston who were from Mogelnitza.
