Hungarian Immigration to Cleveland, Ohio: a Microcosm of the U.S. Immigration Experience

Description

This exhibit contains the story of Hungarian Immigration patterns to Cleveland, Ohio.  The story of Hungarian immigration, and the "waves" in which the immigration took place, is a small but representative sample of immigration patterns of peoples to the United States.

Credits

Jeff Kho

Sections

Why immigrate?

Introduction to, and reasons for,  immigration.

"Migrating Birds"

This section is about economic reasons for immigration, as exemplified by the Hungarian-Cleveland community, and how the Hungarian community developed its permanancy after a long period of transiency.

Chain Migration

This section describes how the success of some individuals lead to the expansion of immigration.

War and "Displaced Persons"

This section contains the stories of post-WWII Hungarina immigrants, many of whome were "displaced persons."

Revolution! The '56ers

This section is the story of the post 1956 communist revolution Hungarian immigrants who came to Cleveland.

Buckeye Road Diaspora

This section talks about what happened to the Hungarians of Buckeye Road, and how immigrants get "absorbed" into mainstream America.