Helen Boudouris
INTERVIWE DATE:
September 16, 2023
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Interviewer:
Angelo Laskaris
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language:
Greek

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
OCUPATION:
Hairdresser

Interview Summary:

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Helen Boudouris

40sREF041

Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
Helen Boudouris
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
September 16, 2023
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40sREF041
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Categories
Working Life
Historical Events
Migration
Rites
Tags
Entrepreneurship
Greek Civil War
Marriage
Ocean Liner
Post-WW2 Migration
USA
WW2
Decades Referenced
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Locations Referenced
Vamvakou (Sparti), Klada (Sparti), Tripoli; Montreal; Toronto; Lexington, Virgina; Sparti, Monodentri
Occupation(s)
Hairdresser
Parents Occupation(s)
Shoemaker, Farmers
Names Referenced
Stavros Niarchos

[00:00:17] Early life in Vamvakou Sparti

[00:01:30] War breaks out; Missing from parents

[00:06:13] The arrival of the German Army and Occupation

[00:10:04] Resistance consequences

[00:11:28] Occupation and famine

[00:15:11] Niarchos and other prominent men assist Vamvakou

[00:17:49] Family and sibling relations

[00:23:00] Decides to migrate

[00:24:30] From Montreal moves to Virgina

[00:28:12] Back to Canada to learn hairdressing

[00:29:18] Opens her own business

[00:31:00] Immigration to Canada

[00:32:03] Memories of the journey on ship

[00:33:51] Goodbye to her parents and village

[00:34:55] Parents visit Canada

[00:37:20] Memories of the Civil War

[00:41:17] Massacre at Monodentri

[00:44:02] Italians in the village

[00:45:25] Α poem for fallen soldiers and people

[00:49:00] Location of her hair salon

[00:54:22] Her children and grandchildren

[00:57:19] Life on the Danforth in the 70s and 80s

[01:01:02] Complaints about living abroad

[01:08:29] Marriage with husband

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