Michalis Mouratidis (Interview 1)

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Participants
Michalis Mouratidis (Interview 1)
Intervieweer(s)
Athanasios (Sakis) Gekas
Alexandros Balasis
Date and Location
May 23, 2024
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Greeks in Canada: A Digital Public History
Reference ID
GICREF011Α
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Categories
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Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Panagitsa, Pella, Veroia, Monastiri Argiroupoli Pontos, Kars, Thessaloniki, Toronto
Occupation(s)
Dental technician
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced
Simos Papadopoulos (President of the Pan-Macedonian), Manolis Andronikos, Dimitris Zotos, Angelos Stambolis, Andreas Papandreou, Leonidas Polymenakos.

[00:00:39] Born in Panagitsa and family’s history

[00:05:41] Migration to Veroia, becoming an athlete

[00:09:50] His wife, writing plays, and Jews of Veroia

[00:14:07] Becoming Pontian and the Pontic Conference

[00:17:50] Becoming a dental technician and reaching Canada

[00:26:30] Playing soccer, Greek clubs and other teams

[00:31:51] Pan-Macedonian and Macedonians in Toronto

[00:37:16] Involvement in Brotherhood Pontion

[00:41:48] Cultural Department of GCT and Andronikos’ visit

[00:52:09] Return to Greece and the World Pontic Conferences

[01:04:04] D. Zotos, the Greek press and radio in Toronto

[01:14:11] Toronto Greeks during the Dictatorship

[01:20:04] Leonidas Polymenakos and the Greek Community

[01:27:05] Sending his children to Greek School