Especially
towards the end of the last century many of our Germans began to seek their luck
in a foreign country. Many more
families wandered to Beschka, Hajduschitza, Franz-Josefsfeld, etc.
Besides that our industrious maidens were courted and married there.
Also a slow and constant migration back to Sekitsch could be observed.)
Where from????
Many
went to Germany looking for work, almost exclusively as seasonal farmers in the
farmland. They saved so much there
that they could build a house at home. That
is why a "Deutschländer" (Germany) Street existed from 1903 to 1913.
Many finally also stayed in the old homeland.
However
since the turn of the century the destination of our immigrants has been to the
praised land of unlimited possibilities: the United States of America.
However, from there there was no easy way back as from Germany.
At the outbreak of the World War there were several hundred of our
Germans in America. For a large
part of them their luck good. They
obtained considerable prosperity which they had never achieved at home with
God's help and through their German diligence.
The
intimate connection with their homeland village showed that they were prepared
to help after the terrible war by donating their gifts to the poor of Feketitsch
from whose ranks they had come from for the most part.
They sent 104,350 Kronen for the poor and for the purpose of the church
congregation. The sum with which
they thought of their relatives in cash and presents made up many of the above
mentioned amounts. More than a
dozen of our American relations bought the Meierhöfe Salasch at home, which a
farmer could be proud of. The
largest group of them lived in Brooklyn, where they lived in a city quarter next
to each other. Many others are in
Detroit, Cleveland, and in other cities of the United States.
Many were to come back to visit in the old homeland, or let their parents
come over. Several also stayed
here, but it cost them trouble to find their local relations again.
Our fellow countrymen are mainly busy in large knitting mills, or are
owners of such. They stand firmly
in loyalty to thier homeland, beliefs, and the German mother tongue. Likely it is to remain so in the future.
Also,
a few dozen Germans who came from Feketitsch live in Canada and Brazil.
However many from these lands were disappointed and returned.
All
of our fellow countrymen in the distance, who call Feketitsch their birthplace
and homeland, are remembered at the occasions of celebrations at which we thank
our ancestors and are most sincerely greeted!
