[Liz Vos]

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!

[George Kerekes]

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. 🤣

[Tracie Prokop-Hutchinson]

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.

[Nancy Simon]

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.

[Lajos Kriso]

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!!!

[Kathaleen Moore]

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.

[Emese Latkoczy]

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

[Emese Latkoczy]

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.

[Emese Latkoczy]

Second that!

[Linda Enyedy]

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.

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