Abstract
Elsa Arsic was born in 1936 in Grutschno, West Prussia. Arsic describes her time in Germany, constantly moving to survive the war, with her younger sister and mother. Her father served in the German military, was wounded in the battle of Stalingrad, and killed in battle in Hungary in 1945. After the war Arsic's mother wrote to her aunt and uncle, who lived on a farm in the United States. In 1956 the family was sponsored by the Lutheran Church and her mother, despite Arsic’s displeasure, moved the family to her aunt and uncle's farm in Ashtabula, Ohio. Arsic and her sister resided at the farm for about three months while her mother found work as a housekeeper in Cleveland. Eventually, they moved with their mother to Cleveland, where Arsic worked for the Cleveland Overall Company and eventually Hertner Electric. In June 1960 she met her husband, Bozin Arsic, at a dance hall. They bought their house in December, got married in January 1961, and then had their first of three children in February 1962.
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Interviewee
Arsic, Elsa (interviewee)
Interviewer
Donaldson, Hannah (interviewer)
Project
Cleveland German-American Oral History Project
Date
9-1-2021
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
67 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Elsa Arsic interview, 01 September 2021" (2021). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 195009.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1255
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