Theoharis Tsaousidis
Interviewer(s):
Angelo Laskaris
Project:
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
LANGUAGE:
Greek
DATE:
October 12, 2023

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October 12, 2023
Toronto, ON
Interviewee(s)
Theoharis Tsaousidis
Interviewer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Languages
Greek
Reference ID
40sREF042
Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
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Categories
Working Life
Historical Events
Migration
Tags
Asia Minor Catastrophe
Entrepreneurship
Europe
Greek Civil War
Post-WW2 Migration
WW2
Decades Referenced
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Locations Referenced
Kozani, Kastoria, Statitsa, Pontus, Asia Minor, Thessaloniki, Germany; Toronto; Montreal;
Occupation(s)
Businessman
Parents Occupation(s)
Farmers
Names Referenced

[00:00:56] Life in Kozani before the Second World War

[00:04:12] Story about the Germans arriving in the village

[00:05:31] Life in the Army and trader

[00:07:40] Service in the Army during the Civil War

[00:11:30] Working for his brother in law

[00:18:30] Childhood years as an orphan

[00:20:00] Family from Asia Minor (Pontian)

[00:34:17] Flight of his grandparents from Asia Minor

[00:43:11] Story of the death of his father

[00:51:00] Villagers from Statitsa flee to his village

[00:56:02] Civil War memories and guerilla fighters

[01:04:11] Migration and journey to Canada

[01:10:47] Moves to Germany temporarily

[01:13:12] Opens a soap factory in Scarbourgh

[01:18:21] Involved in the Pontian Brotherhood

[01:24:03] Started the Pontian dance ensemble

[01:30:56] Describes the 1940s in one word

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