Harry Pantoulias

INTERVIWE DATE:

February 14, 2023

Interviewer:

Angelo Laskaris

language:

English

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:

Oshawa-Whitby, ON

OCUPATION:

Teacher, Active President with the Greek Community of Oshawa

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Harry Pantoulias

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Participants

Harry Pantoulias

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

February 14, 2023

Oshawa-Whitby, ON

Languages

English

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Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40sREF033

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Historical Events

Migration

Greek Civil War

Greek Community

Post-WW2 Migration

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Aglavista Phocis (now Perivoli), Krokyleio, Lidoriki, Amfissa, Athens, Piraeus, Thunder Bay, Oshawa.

Occupation(s)

Teacher, Active President with the Greek Community of Oshawa

Parents Occupation(s)

Farmers, alderman of the village, Resteranteurs, entrepreneurs

Names Referenced

[00:01:39] Memories of Village Life, Second World War

[00:07:10] Describing his family and school during WW2

[00:12:54] Memories of war from 1940

[00:18:40] His father’s experience in Albania

[00:20:09] Memories of occupation and famine

[00:24:36] Anti-German groups and underground networks

[00:30:20] Father sponsoring others to come to Canada

[00:31:05] Bounty on father’s head in 1946 (anti-communist)

[00:32:34] Memories of Germans in the village

[00:34:40] Intro to civil war in Greece

[00:35:28] Ideological split in the village during Civil War

[00:40:45] Family reunited in Amfissa & Communist occupation

[00:44:17] Grandfather’s execution 1948

[00:48:13] Mother’s feelings about divided family ideologies

[00:49:09] Communists executions and Civil War in Athens

[00:52:52] Move to Canada: motives & journeys

[00:59:31] Initial language barriers and anglicizing names

[01:01:06] Memories of the train ride

[01:03:47] Thunder Bay and Greek Community

[01:06:13] Restaurants and entrepreneurship

[01:07:55] Attending School and working in Thunder Bay

[01:12:23] Greek church and rites in Thunder Bay

[01:14:13] Losing family members

[01:19:36] Phases of life and working

[01:23:47] Oshawa and involvement in Greek Community

[01:31:13] Describing the 1940s

[01:34:31] Village divisions and the Junta

[01:39:24] Memories of childhood games

[01:41:17] Nationalism in schools and childhood happiness

[01:44:27] American aid in 1945 (food and clothing)

[01:48:15] Memories of winter in Thunder Bay

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Speaker Background:

INTERVIEW LOCATION:

OCUPATION:

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Harry Pantoulias

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Participants

Harry Pantoulias

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

February 14, 2023

Oshawa-Whitby, ON

Languages

English

Permalink

Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40sREF033

Categories

Historical Events

Migration

Tags

Greek Civil War

Greek Community

Post-WW2 Migration

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Occupation(s)

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced