Noula Kontozopoulos

INTERVIWE DATE:

February 12, 2023

Interviewer:

Angelo Laskaris

language:

Greek

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:

Toronto, ON

OCUPATION:

Seamstress

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Noula Kontozopoulos

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Participants

Noula Kontozopoulos

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

February 12, 2023

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

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Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40SREF032

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Working Life

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Funeral

Greek Civil War

Marriage

Traditions

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Kato Diminio, Kiato, Likoporia, Canada

Occupation(s)

Seamstress

Parents Occupation(s)

Oil Press Owner (Father), Hotel Owner (Father)

Names Referenced

[00:00:50] Her family’s businesses; the outbreak of war

[00:04:35] Her family being targeted by guerrilla fighters

[00:07:37] Her family helping those in need during the war

[00:13:51] Occupation army requisitioned family's property

[00:18:07] Finding lost Italian guns and gasoline barrels

[00:21:54] Describing her home and her family

[00:24:20] Her Italian neighbor in Kiato

[00:24:50] Her school years and UNRRA relief

[00:28:00] Civilian murders during the Civil War

[00:35:40] Germans using civilians to protect locomotives

[00:38:00] Trauma from the war and famine

[00:40:24] How her parents met and their marriage

[00:44:40] Describing Diminio & the miroloi (funeral lamentation)

[00:47:58] Meeting her husband and describing his family

[00:50:10] Relations with Asian Minor refugees

[00:55:55] Migrating to Canada; bringing her husband

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Speaker Background:

INTERVIEW LOCATION:

OCUPATION:

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Noula Kontozopoulos

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Participants

Noula Kontozopoulos

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

February 12, 2023

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

Permalink

Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40SREF032

Categories

Working Life

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Tags

Funeral

Greek Civil War

Marriage

Traditions

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1960s

Locations Referenced

Occupation(s)

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced