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

Interview Summary:

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Interview Quotes

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George Neofotistos

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Participants
George Neofotistos
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
February 13, 2022
Whitby, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40SREF022
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Categories
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Decades Referenced
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