Maria Vrentzos

40SREF038

Participants

Maria Vrentzos

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

February 18, 2023

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

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Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40SREF038

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Categories

Economy

Historical Events

Migration

Tags

Entrepreneurship

Post-WW2 Migration

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1970s

Locations Referenced

Heraklion, Mesara, Pompia, Belgium, Germany

Occupation(s)

Seamstress

Parents Occupation(s)

Photographer (Father)

[00:00:30] Fleeing Heraklion; life in Pompia during the war

[00:04:00] Her father’s occupation; becoming a seamstress

[00:06:52 ] Migrating to Belgium and meeting her husband

[00:10:40] Her memories of the German Occupation of Pompia

[00:14:40 ] Her family’s stories

[00:19:32] Her father’s illness and the Battle of Crete

[00:22:52] The village mayor's collaboration with the Germans

[00:33:14] Her childhood and school years after the war

[00:42:58] Migration to Germany in 1970

[00:48:11] The creation of resistance groups

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