So, in 1938 the family saw us off on our epic journey from Juskova Vol’a to BC, Canada. Many family members came with us to the train station in Vranov where we all said our teary goodbyes. We traveled on an electric train to Kosice, and from there we took
The Slovak diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from Slovakia, as well as from the former Czechoslovakia. The country with the largest number of Slovaks living abroad is the United States of America.
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in the heart of Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia’s territory spans about 49,000 square
