Abstract
George Hornung was born in 1940 in Yugoslavia. At the age of four, he and his family were forced to flee his home on horseback with only a small portion of their belongings. They took a train into Austria, where they worked on a farm for an Austrian family for two years. After the American troops arrived to occupy Austria, Hornung and his family were relocated to refugee camps that housed more than seven hundred people. They stayed in the camp for eight years. While in the camp, George passed the time by playing soccer, exploring the woods around the camp's edge, and listening to music played by other refugees. He immigrated to the United States in 1952 and settled in Cleveland, where he continued to participate in German cultural activities through the Donauschwaben Club, where he eventually met his wife, Hilde Hornung.
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Interviewee
Hornung, George (interviewee)
Interviewer
Hornung, Conrad (interviewer); Hornung, Tatiana (interviewer);
Project
Cleveland German-American Oral History Project
Date
8-1-2018
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
51 minutes
Recommended Citation
"George Hornung interview, 01 August 2018" (2018). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 195006.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/1258
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