Emmanuel (Manolis) Syligardakis
INTERVIWE DATE:
March 11, 2023
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Interviewer:
Angelo Laskaris
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language:
Greek

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Stouffville, ON
OCUPATION:
Businessman

Interview Summary:

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Emmanuel (Manolis) Syligardakis

40sREF036

Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
Emmanuel (Manolis) Syligardakis
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
March 11, 2023
Stouffville, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40sREF036
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Categories
Culture and Tradition
Historical Events
Migration
Tags
Arranged Marriages
Europe
Greek Civil War
Marriage
Post-WW2 Migration
Return Migration
WW2
Decades Referenced
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Locations Referenced
Crete, Athens, Westfalen‎‎ (Germany), Auschwitz, Netherlands, Montreal, Toronto, Kitmat B.C.
Occupation(s)
Businessman
Parents Occupation(s)
Farmers
Names Referenced

[00:00:23] Early life in Eastern Crete

[00:03:11] Memories of early War years

[00:03:17] War song

[00:06:13] Family members who fought in Albania

[00:08:14] Germans occupying his house

[00:09:27] Hiding in the mountains

[00:12:19] Father betrayed by villagers and killed by Germans

[00:14:50] Saw father dead and brought to cemetery

[00:16:13] Life in the mountains during Resistance

[00:17:37] Story with Italians during Occupation

[00:20:00] Battle of Crete

[00:22:40] Germans drown Italians at Malia, Crete

[00:26:02] Cousins sent to Auschwitz Concentration Camp

[00:28:48] Why father was involved in Resistance

[00:31:50] Civil War

[00:38:40] Famine

[00:39:05] His education in highschool

[00:43:18] Village community relations

[00:45:08] Migration to Germany

[00:50:00] Opportunity to go to Canada

[00:56:54] Journey to Canada

[01:00:17] From Montreal to Toronto

[01:03:07] Arranged marriage at St. Georges, Toronto

[01:10:29] Return to Crete then back to Toronto

[01:13:05] Journey to British Columbia when single

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