30 Year Refugee Exhibit

(Photo by Sharon Darrough/IRC)

Eastern Europe (1982 - Present)

Andy Kovacs
More than 10,000 refugees from Eastern Europe have resettled in California.
"I was 18 years old...When I left it was a still a communist ruling government... not for religions. My parents were persecuted for their faith and their parents were even killed for their faith...(I) worked nighttime as a janitor and daytime as a carpet cleaner. I think I have a entrepreneur mind. ThatÕs what America is all about, to create something."
- Andy Kovacs, refugee from Hungary

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