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The Pollitzer story begins, like many family sagas in the South, at the end of the Civil War. Its scion, Moritz Pollitzer, however, was different from his peers.
Anita pollitzer georgia okeeffe biography
The Austrian-born, immigrant Jew was a merchant, who had moved to Beaufort from New York to take up the cotton business, stepping into something of a vacuum—and therefore a great business opportunity—left by plantation families who had fled the area during the Federal invasion of 1861.
In some parts of the South, Moritz may not have been able to become the success that he did. But in South Carolina, and particularly in Charleston, where his son, Gus, moved the family business in the 1880s, Jews were not only welcomed but became prominent influencers in the community.
A strong Jewish presence had existed in the city for 200 years—since the late 1690s, when the colony had established itself as a haven for ethnic minorities fleeing religious persecution.
As with others welcomed in the Holy City, Jews were given full citizensh