crochet* OR knit*

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Identifier

Recollection Wisconsin

Title

crochet* OR knit*

Date

http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/danube/id/36

Description

“John Horn was born in 1921 in Baranya Jeno, Hungary, to Elizabeth and John Horn. His father was a local barrel maker and his mother was a simple housewife. The small village where he lived was a very close-knit community. As a young boy he attended school there and followed in his father's line of work at an early age. Later he married and one year later was drafted by the Hungarian army to serve with the Germans in World War II. At the end of the war, Mr. Horn was captured by the Russian army and sent to a prison camp deep in Russia. Since he knew a trade, he was given the job of teaching the Russians how to make wine barrels. In 1949, he was released and settled with his wife in Germany. On November 24, 1956, they immigrated to the United States along with their two children. Although they couldn't speak any English, Mr. Horn was able to get a job immediately because of his brother-in-law who was living in Milwaukee. Mr. Horn worked as a machinist in a small shop until he was forc English Horn, John http://dp.la/api/items/b8b42cb3febfd0b0016a3f7cc644691c"

Subject

4/5/93

Language

Oral History Interview with John Horn, April 5, 1993

Type

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Work Attributes

Date

http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/danube/id/36

Subject

4/5/93

Citation

“crochet* OR knit*,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed March 28, 2024, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/15333.

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