George Eichler was born in 1943 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His mom grew up in Bratislava and his dad grew up in Eastern Slovakia. George grew up with a lot of anti-Semitism but he still attended school and had a decent childhood. George has 2 brothers, Gabriel and Viktor, and also has 1 sister, Naomi. George and his three siblings decided to leave Bratislava in 1968. George and his brother Viktor left from Bratislava and picked up their brother Gabriel while he was at university. They also met up with their sister and her boyfriend in Canada after they escaped from a Cuban plane that stopped to refuel in Canada. George and his siblings arrived in Hamilton, Ontario and lived in a bus stop for a few days. George now lives in Toronto, Ontario. George met his wife at a dinner but they didn’t talk much since she only spoke Hungarian. After a few years of learning English they decided to get married, and to build a life in postwar Canada.
George was interviewed for this project by his grandson Cole.
