Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Sara Bolgla Breibart

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Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection: Oral history interview with Sara Bolgla Breibart

Date:

2000

Interviewer:

Rosengarten, Dale, 1948–;Bolgla, Debra;Perlmutter, Jeri Haas

Interviewee:

Breibart, Sara

Description:

Sara Bolgla Breibart, at the age of one, emigrated from Brest-Litovsk with her parents and four-year-old brother. They followed her grandfather, Avram Bolgla, to Augusta, Georgia, where he had established a shoe business. With input from her niece, Debra Bolgla, she recounts their family history, including the loss of those who remained behind in Europe to the Holocaust. Sara grew up in Augusta among a small group of Orthodox Jewish families. She discusses the discriminatory attitudes toward African Americans that she observed as a child in Augusta and an adult in Charleston, South Carolina. She married Solomon Breibart of Charleston and they raised two children, Carol and Mark. Note: the transcript contains comments made by Sara during proofing.

Collection Title:

Jewish Heritage Collection Oral Histories

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, S.C.), Breibart, Sara Bolgla, 1920–, Padoll, Burton, 1929–2004, Tarshish, Allan, 1907–1982, Breibart family, Bolgla family, Sobol family, Sonenberg family, Drucker family, Adas Yeshurun (Augusta, GA)

Topical Subject:

Jews--South Carolina--Interviews, Jews--Immigrants--United States--History, Jews--South Carolina--Charleston--Social life and customs, Race discrimination--South Carolina--Charleston--History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945), Jews--Georgia--Augusta--Social life and customs, Jewish merchants--Georgia--Augusta, Race discrimination—Georgia--Augusta--History, World War, 1939–1945--Jews--Rescue

Geographic Subject:

Lowcountry

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

MSS 1035-336

Date Digital:

2011-05-03

Digitization Specifications:

Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are wav files.

Internet Media Type:

audio/mpeg; application/pdf

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:

220898