56er Hungarians in America
Hungarian 1956 Revolution, immigrants´ contributions to the United States
My father left Hungary in 1944 two weeks after I was born and settled in Connecticut. My mother and I, assisted by my uncle, fled to Austria after the Revolution and came to the United States in February of 1957 as part of the Eisenhower airlift program for Hungarian refugees. I became a naturalized US […]
Izsák received his basic schooling in Zalaegerszeg. After his mother’s early death, he continued his studies at the Lower Real School in Kőszeg, where he was particularly influenced by his geography and science teacher, Szilárd Zerinváry, who later gained national fame with his writings on astronomy and the stars. Because of his outstanding mathematical abilities, […]
In January 1981, the MRSZ (Hungarian Aviation Association) approved a program that was intended to commemorate the half-century Hungarian ocean flight marking the anniversary. His Beechraft single-engine V-35 Bonanza took off in July 1981 with two pilots (Laszlo Krug and Zsigmond Németh) from Newfoundland, and after a 17 hour flight the next day early in the […]
Zoltan was a consummate engineer, at home in ball bearing design, aerospace mechanical design, inventor in turbine design. Very active in the LOs Angeles Hungarian community, supporter of their causes, an upstanding American Citizen, a good friend. During the aerospace layoff years, Zoltan and his wife bought a VW Wagon and toured Europe for about […]
Erzsebet had a flair for languages, Hungarian, Italian, German, English. She conducted tours at an early age and interpereted for Hungarians in Austria. The Communist regime in Hungary forced her into a humanities field, it was the state, not the student, who decided what field to choose. As soon as she found freedom, she enrolled […]
Ede Pfeiffer’s travels reflected his wide interest in politics, international relations, and brought him into contact with researchers, polititians, Nobel Prize winners, Royalty, famous TV newscasters, and many more important, talented and famous persons of his time. For all his fame, Ede was shy, for his lack of money he was the most generous and […]