Interviewer(s)
Deborah Gurt
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Document Type
Oral History
Publication Title
Jewish Mobile Oral History Project
Abstract
Mark Berkin was born in 1938 and grew up in Mobile after his family relocated from Middletown, Connecticut. Berkin recalls his earliest memories in Mobile where his father owned a retail business based on a credit system. Berkin describes a racially segregated Mobile, and a close knit Jewish community that engaged with both Black and white. Berkin also shares extensive memories of Ahavas Chesed congregation and intra-communal dynamics.
Run Time
03:14
Publication Date
2021
Interview Date(s)
2020-08-11, 2020-08-25, 2020-08-28
Recommended Citation
Interview with Mark H. Berkin, The Jewish Mobile Oral History Project, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama.
JMOHP_Berkin_complete.docx (153 kB)
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