George Neofotistos
INTERVIWE DATE:
February 13, 2022
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Interviewer:
Angelo Laskaris
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language:
Greek

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Whitby, ON
OCUPATION:
Farmer

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George Neofotistos

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Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
George Neofotistos
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
February 13, 2022
Whitby, ON
Languages
Greek
Permalink
Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40SREF022
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Categories
Working Life
Historical Events
Migration
Rites
Tags
Greek Civil War
Marriage
Pre-WW2 Migration
Post-WW2 Migration
WW2
Decades Referenced
1940s
1960s
Locations Referenced
Voutiani, Sparti, Logaki, Monodentri, Karies, Sellasia, U.S.A., Toronto
Occupation(s)
Farmer
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Panagiotis Neofotistos (Father), Stavroula Neofotistou (Mother), Koumantaros, George Voulgaris (Teacher)

[00:00:30] Childhood years; his grandfather’s move to the U.S.

[00:04:40] His father’s story and his mother’s relatives

[00:07:45] His parents’ work as farmers

[00:14:40] His school years before the war

[00:15:50] The outbreak of war; Italian POWs

[00:19:13] The German army's arrival; Italian Occupation

[00:25:10] Attending school during the occupation

[00:28:45] His six siblings and their stories

[00:31:38] The experience of the Great Famine in Voutiani

[00:36:40] The massacre of 118 Greeks in Logaki, Monodentri

[00:44:40] Killing of German soldiers and reprisals in Karies

[00:47:25] Leaving his village and the German retreat

[00:51:17] German "Stukas" bombing Voutiani in 1941

[00:56:05] Civil conflicts in Mystras castle

[01:06:41] The Organization X and his brother's death

[01:12:20] The December 1944 events in Athens

[01:16:05] The Civil War; stories of the Greco-Turkish war

[01:23:22] His migration in 1961 to Canada through marriage

[01:28:08] Childhood games and final remarks about the 1940s

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