Efstathea Zaravinos & Panagiota Madronis

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Participants

Efstathea Zaravinos & Panagiota Madronis

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

February 11, 2023

King City, ON

Languages

Greek

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Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40SREF030

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Categories

Culture and Tradition

Economy

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Tags

Domestics

Gender

Greek Civil War

Ocean Liner

Marriage

Post-WW2 Migration

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Alonistena, Piana¸ Davdia, Chrysovitsi, Dimitsana, Tripoli, Toronto

Occupation(s)

Domestic Worker

Parents Occupation(s)

[00:00:19] The German army's arrival; fleeing Davdia

[00:07:37] The German occupation and the famine

[00:12:56] Her life and family before the war

[00:25:19] The declaration of war; memories from school years

[00:32:40] Their father's role in monitoring German movements

[00:41:38] The Germans in her house and the conflicts

[00:48:00] Women in the Democratic Army; Dimitsina battle

[00:59:00] Efstathea's move to Canada as a domestic worker

[01:06:04] Her trip to Greece and marrying her husband

[01:09:05] Panagiota’s migration to Canada due to her sister

[01:10:26] How Efstathea first met her husband

[01:13:27] Her trip to Canada; moving her parents

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