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1.		Balasz, Andy - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Andy Balasz talks about his family and early life in the region of Transylvania (present-day Romania). He provides information about his father's occupation, and the decision to immigrate to Canada. M

2.		Balthes, John - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	John Balthes is originally from Transylvania, a region that was historically part of the Kingdom of Hungary, but is now in present-day Romania. He emigrated from Transylvania to Canada and describes h

3.		Feth, Clare	Clara Feth was born in Hungary and immigrated to Canada. Her family settled in the area around Delhi, Ontario, and farmed tobacco along with many other Hungarian immigrants at that time.

4.		Fulop, George - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	George Fulop describes his early years in Hungary as a very difficult time. His family often did not have enough food to eat. Mr. Fulop's father had left Hungary for Canada when Mr. Fulop was only six

5.	Hungarian interview - Adel Csima	Csima, Adel - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Adel Csima was the daughter of a merchant in her native town of Budapest, Hungary. She recalls the difficult times leading up to the 1956 Revolution, including seeing her aunt's car being expropriated

6.	Hungarian interview - Agota Gabor	Gabor, Agota - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Agota Gabor begins by explaining why and when she left Hungary as a young woman, during the Revolution of 1956. She knew very little about Canada before arriving. She recalls her first impressions and

7.	Hungarian interview - Alfred Kaman	Kaman, Alfred - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Alfred Kaman was born in Hungary, and as an adult there worked there as an agronomist. The Communist government, which took over the country following World War II, forced Mr. Kaman to lie about his w

8.	Hungarian interview - Andrew Hertel	Hertel, Andrew	Andrew Hertel discusses the founding of Hungarian Hall in Toronto and in Delhi, Ontario. He talks about losing money in oil speculation in Alberta, giving credit to refugees, and never getting it back

9.	Hungarian interview - Andrew More	More, Andrew - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Andrew More discusses his personal background, including the story of his father's emigration from Hungary to Canada. His father became a tobacco farmer in south-western Ontario, and was also involved

10.	Hungarian interview - Antal Urmos	Urmos, Antal - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Antal Urmos was born in 1925 in Temerin, Yugoslavia. He talks about his role in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. He was helping the revolutionaries transport the flyers on his motor bike, providing them

11.	Hungarian interview - Charles and Eva Galos	Galos, Charles and Eva - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Charles and Eva Galos describe what their lives were like in Hungary prior to immigrating to Canada. Mr. Galos had been a lab technician and buyer for Standard Oil, until he got into trouble with the

12.	Hungarian interview - Charles Ficzere	Ficzere, Charles - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Charles Ficzere was born in a village in Hungary. He left his native country in 1929, and travelled for sixteen days across the ocean to St. John's, Newfoundland. From there he went to Montreal and on

13.	Hungarian interview - Charles Steinmetz	Steinmetz, Charles - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Rev. Charles Steinmetz talks about the discrimination and hatred that some immigrants faced living in Toronto during the 1930s. He describes the foundation of Hungarian House and Church activities. Re

14.	Hungarian interview - Columba Kish	Kish, Columba - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Sister Columba Kish talks about her parents and the hardships that they faced living in Hungary. They decided to immigrate to Canada, and Sister Kish provides information about the trip. The family in

15.	Hungarian interview - Dezso Kadar	Kadar, Dezso - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Dr. Deszo Kadar was born in Transylvania in 1933. He was a pharmacology student in 1956 in Szeged, Hungary. He talks about his life in Transylvania, and in Hungary after the family moved to Hungary fr

16.	Hungarian interview - Edmund de Fay	de Fay, Edmund - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Edmund de Fay talks about his childhood in Hungary, and the occupation of Transylvania by the Romanians following the First World War. During the interwar years, Mr. de Fay attended school and trained

17.	Hungarian interview - Eve Gabori	Gabori, Eve - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Eve Gabori is originally from Budapest, Hungary. She and her husband left in 1956 because of the Hungarian Revolution. She describes their escape from Hungary to Austria as 'adventurous.' From Austria

18.	Hungarian interview - Frank Feld	Feld, John - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	In this interview, Frank Feld talks about his parents, George and Theresa Feld, who immigrated to Canada from Hungary in the 1920's. They lived for a short time in Western Canada, ultimately settling

19.	Hungarian interview - Frank Felkai	Felkai, Frank - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Frank Felkai was born in 1942 in Budapest. He was a student in grade 8 when the revolution happened. Was present during the Oct 23 protests and street fights. Talks about BEM Szobor protest and the cr

20.	Hungarian interview - Gabor Kekko	Kekko, Gabor - Hungarian Canadian - Oral history	Gabor Kekko explains when and why left his native Hungary to go to school in Switzerland. He talks about his studies and also his first job as an engineer in Zurich. Mr. Kekko explains how he started

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