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  • #2838
    Liz Vos
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      Did you grow up around other Hungarians? We would love to hear about where it was and a little about what you remember about it!

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    • #3445
      Patricia Soltesz
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        Yes, I grew up in Detroit the village of Delray 1943-57. Then we moved to another area of Detroit,Michigan. My Grandparents who were born in various villages in Hungary, immigrated to various other towns in Zielnople, Pennsylvania and Granite City,ILL in the US. Finally they settled in Delray – where my Grandfathers were core steelmill workers and worked close to the Ford Assembly line plant. The area is pretty deserted now around Holy Cross Hungarian Roman Catholic Church. Two Hungarian Franciscan priests live there and keep the Church going. On Sept. 14th, 2025 we are celebrating !00 years since the building of the present Church and 120 years of the parish.

        #3196
        Linda Enyedy
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          In the Detroit, MI area, there is a community known as Delray. Most of the Hungarians that came to the Detroit area settled in or around the Delray area. There were nightclubs, butchers, grocery stores, Hungarian Social Clubs and of course Many Hungarian churches. The catholic “Holy Cross Hungarian” church is still vibrant and located there. Many of the 1956 immigrants also first settled in and around this area.

          #3193
          Emese Latkoczy
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            Second that!

            #3192
            Emese Latkoczy
            Participant

              WOW. Your community is the GOAT of all things Hungarian. I hold you in the highest esteem. I’ve always wanted to visit. Our Foundation has collected donations for you, sadly on two occasions, after flooding. And one of our Reconnect Hungary program participants volunteered there a few years ago.

              #3190
              Emese Latkoczy
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                No, it’s still there! And the Hungarian scout troop meets at the Hungarian Protestant Church in Hollywood.

                #3093
                Kathaleen Moore
                Participant

                  Interesting. I did not know my birth mom but recently found out she (now deceased)was of Hungarian descent. We lived in southern CA – I winder if she knew any other Hungarians.

                  #2945
                  Lajos Kriso
                  Participant

                    I also grew up off Buckeye Rd and was Baptized at St Elizabeth. Everything was kicsi Magyarorszag! I only spoke magyarul until ’56 when I learned english to go to school. I would wander around the neighborhood as a child and people would call my mother to say that they saw me and that I was OK…..nagyon bisztonsagos!

                    Only Magyarok understand how wonderful it is to be raised in a Magyar community!!!

                    #2925
                    Nancy Simon
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                      I grew up in a Hungarian community in Cleveland, the Buckeye Rd area. Went to church and school at St Elizabeth of Hungary parish. Danced in costumes at the Fall Festival. The fank after church on Sundays. Miss it so much.

                      #2923

                      Yes, I grew up in Hungarian Settlement, a small settlement just outside of Albany, Louisiana, where my great-grandparents, Frank and Mary Koles, settled, and raised 8 children. I have cousins that STILL live on this land.
                      This land was originally owned by the Breckenridge lumber company. It was cleared and farms were built there, raising crops, including strawberries.
                      I was raised eating the wonderful varieties of Hungarian food prepared by my grandmother, both meals and dessert.
                      I loved hearing my grandmother, and her sisters sitting around talking in Hungarian ( little did they know, but I was learning key words, and soon, understood what they were talking about,(giggles))
                      I learned the Hungarian Harvest Dance when I was 12, and danced it into my late 20’s(I still remember the steps to the music today !!)
                      We still have the Hungarian Festival, each year in May, and the Harvest Dance, every year the 1st Saturday in October.
                      Wonderful Hungarian foods are prepared and served at both these events.

                      #2849
                      George Kerekes
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                        It probably has dispersed now, but there was a large Hungarian community in North Hollywood, CA. The social houses were the Magyar Ház and Munkásotthon. Even Bela Lugosi (my parents loathed him), Peter Lorre (a friend of my Dad), Michael Curtiz (directed Casablanca) participated in social activities. Zsa Zsa Gabor and her sisters thought they were a little ABOVE participating in these social houses. 🤣

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