Changing the family name from Zakrajsek to Zak

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Zachary Zak recounts why his father, Anton, decided to change the family name from Zakrajsek in the 1950s in order to Americanize it and make it easier for non-Slovenians to pronounce. | Source: Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection

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Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection

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“Zachary Zak Interview, 9 July 2015,” Cleveland Voices, clevelandvoices.org/items/show/2782

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