Stavros (Steve) Lovachis
INTERVIWE DATE:
July 9, 2022
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Interviewer:
Angelo Laskaris
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language:
Greek

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
OCUPATION:
Butcher, Cook, Dishwasher, Waiter

Interview Summary:

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Stavros (Steve) Lovachis

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Interview Details
Categories and Themes
Content
Media
Participants
Stavros (Steve) Lovachis
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
July 9, 2022
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
Permalink
Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40SREF025
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Categories
Working Life
Tags
Entrepreneurship
Greek Civil War
Macedonia Naming Dispute
Marriage
Post-WW2 Migration
Pre-WW2 Migration
Remittances
WW2
Decades Referenced
1910s
1920s
1940s
1950s
Locations Referenced
Kraniona (Drenoveni), Florina, Grant City (Montana, U.S.A.), Κotas, Kastoria, Thessaloniki, Volos, Trikala, Gramos, Mesopotamia, Chionato, Toronto
Occupation(s)
Butcher, Cook, Dishwasher, Waiter
Parents Occupation(s)
Names Referenced

[00:00:28] His childhood and his family's move to the U.S.

[00:05:59] His grandfather's return and death

[00:09:45] His father’s life in the U.S. and his marriage

[00:15:30] His father’s migration to Canada in 1930

[00:22:40] His enlistment into the Democratic Army in 1947

[00:27:10] The German army's arrival in his village

[00:38:08] Grandfather's experience during the Macedonian struggle

[00:42:43] His school years; speaking the native Slavic idiom

[00:45:34] The German occupation

[00:49:26] The Italians in Kraniona and the Albanian front

[00:54:00] Fighting with the Democratic Army and his escape

[01:14:30] Surrendering to the National Army; Thessaloniki

[01:21:11] Ηis military service in Volos, Trikala and Gramos

[01:26:40] Transfer to Mesopotamia

[01:35:06] The Civil War's last battle in Tserno

[01:43:14] Living on the mountain & the end of the Civil War

[01:46:28] His migration to Canada and bringing his family

[01:52:00] Meeting his wife; his butcher shop

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