Abstract
George Welker was born in 1934 in Schajkasch-Sentiwan, Yugoslavia, and died in 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. He lived in Sentiwan until late 1943 when his family fled to Hungary as Russian troops advanced. His family eventually was placed in a working plantation with other refugees in Austria. They eventually settled in Buchenau, Germany. Welker immigrated to Cleveland at age 18 in 1952. He became active with the soccer club in Cleveland that eventually joined the Society of the Donauschwaben. He was a pioneer for soccer in Cleveland and for the Donauschwaben Club. He was one of the first licensed soccer referees and was the registrar for the Lake Erie Soccer League. He also volunteered extensively for the Donauschwaben German American Cultural Center (DGACC). Welker worked in manufacturing for several companies and retired from Ford Motor Company. He and his wife, Anna, were named German Man and Woman of the year in the early 2000s.
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Interviewee
Welker, George (interviewee)
Interviewer
Welker, Michael (interviewer)
Project
Cleveland German-American Oral History Project
Date
9-10-2018
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
26 minutes
Recommended Citation
"George Welker interview, 10 September 2018" (2018). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 195015.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1249
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