George Carayiannis

40SREF010

Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
George Carayiannis
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
January 25, 2022
Mississauga, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40SREF010
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Categories
Economy
Historical Events
Migration
Tags
Greek Civil War
WW2
Decades Referenced
1940s
1950s
Locations Referenced
Lychno, Lamia, Athens, United Kingdom, High Park (Toronto)
Occupation(s)
Farmer, English Teacher, Canadian Tire Employee, Goodyear Employee, Real Estate Agent
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Panagiotis Carayannis (father), Eleni Carayanni (mother)

[00:00:46] The Second World War and Civil War

[00:07:09] Fleeing his village to find his father

[00:15:16] Reaching Lamia and receiving help from UNRRA

[00:17:00] His father's service & death during the Civil War

[00:19:19] Return to Lychno after the Civil War

[00:21:30] & [01:05:44] Cruelty of the National Army

[00:22:57] Interactions with the "communists" in his village

[00:24:40] Life under German Occupation

[00:26:46] Describing his parents

[00:27:32] His aunt's experience in the Democratic Army

[00:33:00] His grandparents and cultivating tobacco

[00:39:14] Declaration of war and the Albanian Front

[00:46:20] Recounting how Germans burnt his home down

[00:49:01] Conflicts between guerilla fighters and police

[00:53:00] Celebrating various occasions

[00:55:12] His life in Lamia during his two-year stay

[00:52:40] His school years and receiving milk from UNRRA

[00:59:09] His father's death in a battle in 1949

[01:06:55] The similar way classmates lost their fathers

[01:09:00] Life after the Civil War, assistance from UNRRA

[01:15:15] His childhood games

[01:17:20] His move to Canada in 1963

[01:22:34] Arriving in Toronto and working in Canadian Tire

[01:24:59] His first trip back in Greece after three years

[01:25:58] Real estate endeavours

[01:31:27] Final remarks about the 1940s

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