Abstract
Frank Awender was born in 1924 in Neuburg, Romania. He is one of the founding members of the Society of the Donauschwaben in Cleveland which is now the Donauschwaben German American Cultural Center (DGACC). Awender served in the German army and tells stories about his service in the Third German Panzer Division. He was captured near the end of the war and eventually escaped and joined his mother in Kolberg, Germany. There he learned the construction trade. In 1952, Frank immigrated to Cleveland. After working at Ford, he started his own construction company, Metropolitan Builders, which built the National City Bank (now PNC) building at Euclid Avenue and East 9th Street. His company also participated in building the German American Cultural Center in Olmsted Township, Ohio. Awender was one of the founding members of the Society of the Donauschwaben and served as its second president. He relates how the club formed and his contributions to the success of the Donauschwaben German American Cultural Center.
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Interviewee
Awender, Frank (interviewee)
Interviewer
Welker, Michael (interviewer)
Project
Cleveland German-American Oral History Project
Date
3-18-2019
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
45 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Frank Awender interview, 18 March 2019" (2019). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 195012.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1252
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