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- Horst Erich Lenk, Klara Olga (Bochmann) Lenk, and my father Horst Manfred Lenk
emigrated from Zschorlau, Germany,
in 1929. Their families had lived in the Erzgebirge and around
Zschorlau since the 1500's and probably before. Looking for a new life
(and probably for some
adventure too), they boarded the ship SS Yorck in
Breman and set off for the United States, stopping shortly in New York City,
and finally disembarking in Galveston, Texas. They were with a
group of Zschorlau friends who all continued on to the Los Angeles area in
California. The soon settled in Hawthorne, which then
was a small rural town near Los Angeles. Hawthorne is now very near the
Los Angeles International Airport and surrounded by millions of people. These friends stayed together their
whole lives and their descendants continue to meet for an annual summertime
picnic - now for over 75 years.
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December
2006
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