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The Architect

The 29-year-old student of architecture arrived in the States in December 1956 with his wife. They were supported by the wife’s mother, who had already been living in the US.

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The Chemical Engineer

The 33-year old chemist-chemical engineer arrived in the States with his wife in January 1957. His integration was without major problems…

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The Lawyer and Writer

The 63-year-old multilingual lawyer left Budapest for the States with his wife in 1957. One of their sons had been living in the States since 1948.

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The Historian and Sovietologist

The future historian was 19 when he arrived in the States in 1957. His story is a remarkable example of an exceptionally successful career and integration.

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The Secondary School Student

The 16-year-old student left a refugee camp in Austria and arrived in the States in April 1957. At first the IRC found foster parents for him.

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The Organist

The 46-year-old Hungarian organist and composer arrived to the US in 1958. Artists immigrating to the States had a hard time finding a job.

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The Young Journalist

This young journalist, earlier an intellectual in the left wing of the Smallholder’s Party with ties to the folkish movement, did not immigrate to the United States in 1956 but in April 1952.

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The Biologist and Botanist

The young biologist was 26 when he arrived in the US with his wife. It was with the help of the IRC that he left Vienna where he was a researcher at the university.

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