This whiskey jug belonged to Max Mann, a Jewish saloon owner at the turn of the century. Born to Jewish immigrants in the South, Max grew up in Bayou Sara, a diverse Louisiana river town with a reputation for debauchery owing to its nightlife.

Our education blog entries are researched and written by interns in our Charles D. Zucker Jewish Studies Internship Program. For questions about educational programming and internships, contact Public Programs Manager Lizzi Meister. Gunther Kargar was born in Schmieheim, Germany, in 1933 to Herbert and Ida Karger. They lived across the street from the town castle with his grandparents, Karolina and Gustav Offenheimer. As the Nazis seized power, the country became increasingly