{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/iiif/b853f4m288/manifest","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Edwards, Evelyn Kruger"]},"logo":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/082/original/TheBreman_SecondaryMark_Horizontal_Blue_Black.png?1713640889","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Date"]},"value":{"en":["2015-03-26 (creation)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Format"]},"value":{"en":["Audio"]}},{"label":{"en":["Description"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Kruger Edwards interviewed by Deborah Spector on March 26, 2015 in Lawrenceville, Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e (general)","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Kruger Edwards was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, in 1924.  Her father, Abe Kruger, was from Lithuania.  He met Lillian Kulbersh in Atlanta, Georgia.  They moved to Fitzgerald, where he opened Kruger’s Department Store.  They had two children.  Evelyn’s mother died young, and her father remarried Helen Whitcover from South Carolina.  Her father was a founding member of the Fitzgerald Hebrew Center in Fitzgerald.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn attended high school in Fitzgerald.  She attended college at the University of Alabama.  During this time, she met her husband, Ralph N. Edwards (1917-2013).  They married in 1954.  She worked with her husband at his radio station in Tifton, Georgia, WCUP.  She had a program of her own, called “Women in the News.” \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn was active in the Sisterhood and taught Sunday school at the Fitzgerald Hebrew Center.  She and Ralph had two daughters.\u003c/p\u003e (bioghist)","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Kruger Edwards reflects on her life in Fitzgerald, Georgia.  She talks about her memories of the synagogue, the Fitzgerald Hebrew Center, and her father’s contributions as a founding member of the center.  She mentions her father’s business in Fitzgerald, Kruger’s Department Store. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn talks about her husband, Ralph.  She talks about how they met and where they were married.  She reflects on living in various cities with her husband when he worked for the FBI.  She talks about the broadcasting station he owned and the work she did with him there.  She mentions that she had her own program at the station.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn discusses how the people of Fitzgerald had always been open and accepting of the Jewish community and the exchanges they had with people of other faiths.  She talks about student and visiting rabbis from New York who came to the synagogue.  She talks about being involved in various Jewish organizations and the projects they worked on.  She talks about her husband and their two daughters.\u003c/p\u003e (scope content)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["https://archivesspace.thebreman.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/28322"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, recorded by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written consent of the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subject"]},"value":{"en":["Fitzgerald (Ga.) (geographic term)","Atlanta (Ga.) 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Edwards (1917-2013).  They married in 1954.  She worked with her husband at his radio station in Tifton, Georgia, WCUP.  She had a program of her own, called “Women in the News.” \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn was active in the Sisterhood and taught Sunday school at the Fitzgerald Hebrew Center.  She and Ralph had two daughters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEvelyn Kruger Edwards reflects on her life in Fitzgerald, Georgia.  She talks about her memories of the synagogue, the Fitzgerald Hebrew Center, and her father’s contributions as a founding member of the center.  She mentions her father’s business in Fitzgerald, Kruger’s Department Store. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn talks about her husband, Ralph.  She talks about how they met and where they were married.  She reflects on living in various cities with her husband when he worked for the FBI.  She talks about the broadcasting station he owned and the work she did with him there.  She mentions that she had her own program at the station.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn discusses how the people of Fitzgerald had always been open and accepting of the Jewish community and the exchanges they had with people of other faiths.  She talks about student and visiting rabbis from New York who came to the synagogue.  She talks about being involved in various Jewish organizations and the projects they worked on.  She talks about her husband and their two daughters.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eAll rights reserved. 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I am a volunteer with the Taylor Oral\nHistory Project at the Breman Museum. I am here with Evelyn Kruger Edwards on\nMarch 26, 2015, at her home at Laurel Grove, 2899 ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=0.0,30.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/2","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Five Forks Trickum Road in\nLawrenceville, Georgia. Thank you for agreeing to participate in the Taylor Oral\nHistory Project at the Breman Museum. Please let me start with your family\nhistory. Please tell me about your family, your ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=30.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"parents, and where they were from.\n\nEDWARDS: My mother was originally from Atlanta, Georgia. My father [Abe Kruger]\ncame overseas. He was living in Lithuania and ended up in Fitzgerald, Georgia.\nHow he met my mother, I don't ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=60.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"really remember. But he said she was working at a\nbank in Atlanta at the time that he had met her. They fell in love quickly.\nAfter they married, much against the parents of my mother, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=90.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"they eloped and got\nmarried. Then he moved to Fitzgerald, Georgia, where he and his uncle went into\nbusiness together. That was Elex Kruger. After they got their business together\nin Fitzgerald, they decided that they would ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=120.0,150.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"individually go into their own\nbusiness of dry goods. Pop . . . he had a department store eventually in\nFitzgerald [Kruger's Department Store]. While he and mom married, she died. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=150.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"She\nwas 29. She died of typhoid fever. Dad, with his two children, he had to have\nsomeone help him care for us. So, we went to Atlanta to live with my\ngrandparents. We stayed there for ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=180.0,210.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"about three years, when Dad remarried. He\nmarried a woman [Helen Whitcover] from South Carolina that was introduced by a\nsalesman that used to call on Pop at the business. Truthfully, they met through\na salesman who ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=210.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"called on Dad while he was in the business. He, in turn,\nintroduced them to each other. The woman, she was from Marion, South Carolina.\nThen, we were able to move back to Fitzgerald. Pop bought a home there. That is\nwhere I had my ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=240.0,270.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"formal education. My brother [Reuben] and I . . . In the\nmeantime, he was bar mitzvahed. He was three years older than I. After that, I\ngraduated from the high school in Fitzgerald and went to Athens, Georgia, where\nI entered as ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=270.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a freshman at the University of Georgia. At that time, [Eugene]\nTalmadge was governor of Georgia. He somehow had an effect on the college, and\nthey took Georgia off of the accredited list. I told myself, \"I'm not going to\nbe at a college that's not accredited.\" So, a girlfriend of mine that was at the\nUniversity of Alabama said come with me. 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It was a continuous thing for a few years. He\ncame often. Finally, he had acquired a position as an agent with the FBI. [He]\nwas given ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=360.0,390.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"an assignment to go to Mississippi on a special duty. He was in\ncounter intelligence. He said he would be back in six months. In the meantime,\nwe had become engaged to be married, but that six months turned into two years.\nBut ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=390.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"correspondence continued. It was wonderful. I saved every letter that he had\never written to me. After the war was over, Ralph and I got married. He had a\nweek to get training and go back. When the war did end, he was stationed in\nWashington, DC, where we ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=420.0,450.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"lived. After about a year and a half, overnight, the\ngovernment said you are being transferred to Los Angeles, California. Overnight?\nWe packed our personal things. The movers came in the next day, crated\neverything we had in that apartment, and moved it to Los Angeles. 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But I've loved everywhere we've been, so that was nothing new.\nAfter we had our time in South Pasadena, Ralph decided that he has to go into\nbusiness for himself. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=510.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My father had a department store in Fitzgerald. He kept\nafter us to move to Fitzgerald. Ralph and can have part of the business, and\nwe'll go from there. And we did. But family in business together worked out\nrather well but not rather well. So, Ralph decided that he would go into\nbusiness for himself. Ralph was quite ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=540.0,570.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"accomplished in electronics. There was a\nradio station for sale in Tifton, Georgia. Ralph bought that station and turned\novernight into a very successful story. He went from AM to FM. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=570.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I had a part in\nthat because I had my own program \"Women in the News.\" That was quite\nstimulating. I always had somebody to help bring that news to me. Of course, I\ndid other things, like sell advertising. I kept the books part of the time. Our\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=600.0,630.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"business seemed to increase. If I can remember. Following that, we grew in\nnumber of personnel that Ralph hired to enable us to spread our wings, so to\nspeak. He increased the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=630.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"signal of our area. People were getting us on their\nradios 100 miles around. Naturally, that helped with advertising. While in the\nbusiness, I had two babies. Roslyn [Forstot] was number one. No, Gale [Hawkins]\nwas number one. Roslyn was number ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=660.0,690.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"two. Two precious little girls. They really\ngrew up with us in that business. Following that . . . I want to say, \"memory,\nwhere are you?\"\n\nSPECTOR: Let me ask you a question. Was the name of the radio station WCUP?\n\nEDWARDS: That was the ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=690.0,720.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"FM [station].\n\nSPECTOR: Do you remember the name of the first radio station?\n\nEDWARDS: WWGS.\n\nSPECTOR: So, you grew from the AM station to the FM and increased your coverage?\n\nEDWARDS: Yes.\n\nSPECTOR: Let's circle back for one minute. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=720.0,750.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I know that your father came to the\nUnited States from Russia.\n\nEDWARDS: From Lithuania, which was a part of Russia eventually.\n\nSPECTOR: Do you know why he came to the United States?\n\nEDWARDS: Exactly, not really. I just knew that American was the land of milk and\nhoney. 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Have you heard\nof her?\n\nSPECTOR: No. Your mom, Lillian Kulbersh, was from Atlanta. Do you know where her\nfamily came from?\n\nEDWARDS: I think from ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=810.0,840.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Russia.\n\nSPECTOR: But they met in Atlanta?\n\nEDWARDS: Yes. He had established his own business in Fitzgerald right after\nthat. He had a department store in Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, of course, is a very\nsmall town. 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They used to\nmeet ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=870.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"upstairs in a store in Fitzgerald until the synagogue was ready. When the\nsynagogue was renovated, they had the grand opening. My husband and I were the\nfirst couple to be married in that ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=900.0,930.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"synagogue. We had a rabbi that came in from\nColumbus [Georgia] to marry us. After a while of living there, Ralph went into\nthe broadcast business.\n\nSPECTOR: Do you remember the date when you were married?\n\nEDWARDS: In ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=930.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"1954.\n\nSPECTOR: You and Ralph moved to Tifton after a few years of being married and\nliving in Fitzgerald?\n\nEDWARDS: Ralph was working in the department store with my ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=960.0,990.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"father. That was not\nthe specialty that Ralph wanted to get into. He was excellent in electronics. He\nwas a nice guy to have around when something went wrong electronically.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=990.0,1020.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"He had the chance to follow his passion of broadcasting?\n\nEDWARDS: Of radio. He was a ham radio long before then. 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We had recruited teachers within the congregation. I was one. We had\nmany others to help keep the children informed of our heritage.\n\nSPECTOR: When you taught in the Sunday school, what topics, what did you like to teach?\n\nEDWARDS: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1200.0,1230.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We really tried to compare Judaism within the confines of our area. My\nfather was . . . I think he was a PR man for the entire city. 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We took a short break. We are going to\nstart back. We were just talking the High Holy Day meals in the annex that were\nmade especially for the High Holy Days ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1410.0,1440.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and were kosher. Evelyn, you were about\nto describe some of the other experiences that you remember from the synagogue\nand when they made the kitchen kosher.\n\nEDWARDS: The kitchen was made . . . my battery has gone out.\n\nSPECTOR: Do you want to ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1440.0,1470.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"stop again?\n\nEDWARDS: Yes.\n\nSPECTOR: This is Deborah Spector, a volunteer with the Taylor Oral History\nProject at the Breman Museum. I am here, continuing the interview with Evelyn\nKruger Edwards on March 26, 2015, at her home in Laurel Grove in ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1470.0,1500.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Lawrenceville,\nGeorgia. We are going to continue the conversation about memories from the\nsynagogue in Fitzgerald.\n\nEDWARDS: Penson Kaminsky has been an integral, important part of that synagogue.\nI wish he were here because ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1500.0,1530.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"he is so much more informed, memory wise, as well as\nactually participating in the growth of the synagogue. I don't know what else to say.\n\nSPECTOR: Do you remember when the stained glass windows started being put into\nthe synagogue?\n\nEDWARDS: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1530.0,1560.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Amazingly quickly. They sold the windows to the individuals or the\nfamilies that wanted them. I can't recall the names, but they are in ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1560.0,1590.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"engraved\ncaptions under each one. We also have in the synagogue, a memorial tablet.\nAmazingly, one side of the building is already filled. There is another side of\nthe building right across from the sanctuary, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1590.0,1620.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"where they were still adding.\n\nSPECTOR: Did they start selling the stained glass windows as soon as they\nstarted remodeling the church to make it into a synagogue?\n\nEDWARDS: Yes, they had, very successfully. Some bought as families. Others\nbought as individuals. 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I sold my home a year and a half later.\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1650.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It was beautiful. In that home, my husband had his own shop where he could, not\nonly repair things . . . He was a whiz.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1680.0,1710.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Did you and your husband keep a relationship with the synagogue in Fitzgerald?\n\nEDWARDS: Yes. 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I don't even know when this was taken.\n\nAUDIENCE MEMBER: That was in the synagogue.\n\nEDWARDS: That was my husband.\n\nAUDIENCE MEMBER: That was the deed.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1740.0,1770.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I know that your dad, when he said that they needed a synagogue, he\npurchased the Methodist Church. He gave the deed to the synagogue.\n\nEDWARDS: Which we found accidentally. 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The deed to that had in the frame what took place, when it was\npurchased, and many details leading up to the purchase. In the framed picture\nand details, is a story in itself. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1830.0,1860.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ralph did things in such an organized way. I\nwish I could remember incidents, but not really.\n\nSPECTOR: I know that your dad was involved in the community and civics in politics.\n\nEDWARDS: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1860.0,1890.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes.\n\nSPECTOR: I believe that Ralph was also.\n\nEDWARDS: Yes. My father became mayor of Fitzgerald. Then he became a mayor pro\ntem. Ralph was involved in many civic organizations. He was well recognized for\na person of our faith. 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He gave to each family a\nposition that would connect them with the synagogue and projects that we undertook.\n\nSPECTOR: Do you remember some of those projects?\n\nEDWARDS: Some of them related to ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2100.0,2130.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/72","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"working with the organizations in Fitzgerald\nare the Masonic [Temple]. City clubs. 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One was married, just married,\nduring the year time of the contract. It was just a wonderful experience.\n\nSPECTOR: Were there any other Jewish or ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2340.0,2370.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/80","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Zionist organizations in Fitzgerald\nbesides the synagogue? Or, did all of the Jewish life center around the synagogue?\n\nEDWARDS: All the Jewish life, insofar as holidays. Friday night services.\n\nSPECTOR: Did you have B'nai B'rith?\n\nEDWARDS: Yes. 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Did ORT ever have a\nchapter in Fitzgerald?\n\nEDWARDS: No.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2430.0,2460.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How active was the Sisterhood at the synagogue?\n\nEDWARDS: When we were a large number, we were very active. We were supportive of\n. . . 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I treasure them.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2490.0,2520.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Did you ever go to Israel?\n\nEDWARDS: No, regretfully. My brother and his wife went. They came back with\nglowing reports. 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Did you ever have a Jewish Appeal in Fitzgerald?\n\nEDWARDS: At one time.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2550.0,2580.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Was there a celebration or recognition of the State of Israel in 1948\nwhen it was established?\n\nEDWARDS: I'm sure that there was. I do not recall with the details. 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Molly Picon was cute as a\nbutton ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2640.0,2670.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and so responsive to our relationships. Rubinoff and his violin. Are you\nfamiliar with him?\n\nSPECTOR: Yes.\n\nEDWARDS: Those two together with my father. Should have been in Hollywood. They\nwere that cute and that interesting. 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And my father, my step mother, ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2700.0,2730.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"my brother, and my husband. It\nis beautifully maintained. And Rabbi Kohen that was with us for many, many years.\n\nSPECTOR: This is Deborah Spector. I am finishing the interview with Evelyn\nKruger Edwards. We had to turn the tape ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2730.0,2760.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/93","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"over. This is March 26, 2015. I'm at\nEvelyn's home at Laurel Grove in Lawrenceville, Georgia. We were discussing the\ncemetery. You ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2760.0,2790.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/94","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"have many family members there and how well maintained. You\nstarted to mention a monument that is at the cemetery.\n\nEDWARDS: That monument is at the very entrance, almost at the entrance of the\ncemetery. It is beautiful. ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2790.0,2820.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How did you get that?\n\nNOAH LEVINE: I took it.\n\nSPECTOR: Noah Levine is showing Evelyn a picture of the monument at the cemetery\nin Fitzgerald. He has a picture that he took when he was down there.\n\nEDWARDS: When were you there, Noah?\n\nNOAH LEVINE: Last year.\n\nEDWARDS: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2820.0,2850.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Can I see the picture once again?\n\nSPECTOR: Are there any other memories that you want to share with us?\n\nEDWARDS: I do not have the collection with Judaism here, as I would like. Every\nnight, a prayer is said in ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2850.0,2880.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Hebrew before I retire to give me that feeling after\nlonging. There is another Jewish person here, a male, who has a son here. He is\noriginally from New York. During the High Holy Days, we have a special ceremony\nthat ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2880.0,2910.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the Laurel Grove afforded us. What was it? Eight days . . . anyway, we have\nthe entire residents here look on as we lighted the candle for Hanukkah. That\nwas special. The people ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2910.0,2940.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"here, are from all over the world. They have their\nreligion. I respect everybody's religion. I don't hesitate in letting them know\nthat the basis of their religion is from us. But we all recognize and respect\neach other. I have acquired ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2940.0,2970.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"friends. I wish some of them were of the Jewish\nfaith, but we're at a different level of living. You know my age. I don't hide\nit from anyone. Many do, but so what. We're blessed. We have acquired that many\nwonderful ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=2970.0,3000.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"experiences throughout life. I wish I had gotten to know you and Noah\na lot earlier. I might have been more well educated. But, I have lived a\nwonderful life. I'm proud of my religion, very proud.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=3000.0,3030.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As we end the interview, how would you want the Fitzgerald Hebrew\nCenter to be remembered?\n\nEDWARDS: It's always been a part of the community. There is no segregation,\ninsofar as our religion and ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=3030.0,3060.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"whoever else there might be there. Baptist,\nMethodist, Presbyterian. Whatever. We have always intertwined. We have enjoined\neach other in something about their religion and gaining a limited respect for mine.\n\nSPECTOR: ","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=3060.0,3090.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I want to thank you for sharing your beautiful thoughts and memories\nand enriching my life and the life of everyone who is going to hear and read the\ntranscript of this interview.\n\nEDWARDS: I'm overwhelmed.\n\nSPECTOR: This is Deborah Spector, and I am signing off from my interview with\n","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=3090.0,3120.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/transcript/21983/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Evelyn Kruger Edwards on March 26. Thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=3120.0,3150.0"}]},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["Annotations [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eLillian Kulbersh Kruger (1897-1926)\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=60.0,90.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eHebrew for “son of commandments.” A rite of passage for Jewish boys aged 13 years and one day. At that time, a Jewish boy is considered a responsible adult for most religious purposes. He is now duty-bound to keep the commandments, he puts on \u003cem\u003etefillin\u003c/em\u003e, and may be counted to the \u003cem\u003eminyan\u003c/em\u003e quorum for public worship. He celebrates the \u003cem\u003ebar mitzvah\u003c/em\u003e by being called up to the reading of the \u003cem\u003eTorah\u003c/em\u003e in the synagogue, usually on the next available Sabbath after his Hebrew birthday.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=270.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eEugene Talmadge (1884-1946) was an American politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943. Elected to a fourth term in November 1946, he died before his inauguration, scheduled for January 1947. Only Talmadge and Joe Brown, in the mid-19th century, have been elected four times as Governor of Georgia. He is known for having actively promoted segregation and white supremacy, and for advocating for racism in the University System of Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=300.0,330.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRalph Nathaniel Edwards (1917-2013)\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=330.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe synagogue of the Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation was originally used by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.  The building was converted to a Hebrew synagogue in 1939 when the northern and southern branches of the Methodist Church united. Originally an Orthodox congregation, it is now between Orthodox and Reform.  It is one of very few synagogues in South Georgia serving several other communities, in addition to Fitzgerald.\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=870.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eThe two High Holy Days are \u003cem\u003eRosh HaShanah\u003c/em\u003e (Jewish New Year) and \u003cem\u003eYom Kippur\u003c/em\u003e (Day of Atonement).\u003c/p\u003e","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833#t=1110.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/34935/file/103833/annotation_set/387/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"supplementing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"\u003cp\u003eRabbi Nathan Louis Kohen (1908-1975) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His first rabbinate was at Keneseth Israel in Monessen, Pennsylvania. In 1945 he accepted the pulpit at the Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation in Fitzgerald, Georgia where he stayed for the next 25 years. Rabbi Kohen’s unique ministry included the Jewish population that resided in over 30 small, rural towns whose closest spiritual center was the Fitzgerald synagogue. Jewish families or perhaps just one individual would travel 40 or 50 miles to worship or for activities that were held by the congregation. The Holidays attracted people not only from the neighboring towns of Ocilla, Tifton, Cordele, Douglas, and Hawkinsville, but also from larger cities such as Macon and Atlanta. Elaborate Hanukkah productions were performed; Passover community seders were held; and Confirmation services were conducted. Fitzgerald resident Abe Kruger assisted the Rabbi and performed as Cantor. In 1966, the congregation awarded Rabbi Kohen and his wife Beatrice with a trip to Israel. 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