In the summer of 1951 Arthur traveled with his wife, Virginia to Kropa, then part of Yugoslavia to visit with relatives he had never met before. Pictured here are his cousins Maryan (left) and Vlado (right). This first reunion with his cousins would be one of many trips Art Vidich made to stay in touch with his Slovenian relatives. He felt a special bond with the town of Kropa and could never understand why his own parents never would return to their homeland. Finding his roots was important to him and influenced his intellectual work in many subtle and not so subtle ways.
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