IMMIGRATION STORIES BY REGION
EUROPE
This collection brings together stories of immigrants who came to the United States from across Europe and the families and communities they helped shape.
INDUCTEES
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Inductee Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood icon, left a lasting mark on American culture through her film career and as an inventor. Her groundbreaking work on frequency-hopping technology, co-developed during World War II, laid the foundation for modern wireless communication, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
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COMMUNITY STORIES
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John K. Manos: From the Mountains of Sparta to the Industrial Midwest
John K. Manos first came to America as a teenager, returning to Greece after a devastating leg injury before making his way back to the United States in 1898. Over the next several decades, he would try his hand at a succession of businesses, marry and raise a family, all while struggling to find lasting stability in America.
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Oscar Johanson Builds a Life in Sweden’s Second City
Oscar Hjalmar Johanson thought he’d left economic hardship behind when he boarded the RMS Lucania for America at age 18. In Chicago, the young Swedish immigrant reinvented himself, earning a pharmacy degree from Northwestern University, building a career as a neighborhood druggist, getting married and raising a family.
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