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To: truedog who wrote (455)9/6/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 6418
 
It was explained to me that a lot of Slavs immigrated to the United States around the turn of the century, and they were called "Bohunks," which was short for Bohemian, although being short for Hungarian makes more sense. My Croatian ancestors came here to avoid being drafted to fight on the side of Austro-Hungarian empire. There was a lot of prejudice against Slavs. My grandmother always said my grandfather was "Austrian" (she was German), but his name was Peresich.