Vasilios Diamantakos was born in 1933 in Petrina, Laconia. After the Second World War, he worked in Athens before emigrating to Toronto in 1957, where he initially worked as a dishwasher. Diamantakos became involved with the Petrina Brotherhood and connected with Charles Brown, a mushroom farm owner, who sponsored him. He describes Brown’s visit to Petrina, his donations, and his involvement in the Greek community in Toronto. Finally, Diamantakos recalls meeting his wife and their marriage.
[00:00:44] His family history and the outbreak of WW2
[00:04:43] Conscription of men from Petrina
[00:08:03] The Albanian Front and his father’s conscription
[00:16:08] The government in exile and occupation in Petrina
[00:22:40] Resistance, retaliations, and collaborators
[00:34:08] Leaving Petrina and encountering collaborationists
[00:43:05] Establishment of Petrina and the lack of water
[00:45:11] Returning to Petrina and the Mystras battle
[00:53:33] The killing of his father and Organization X
[01:10:43] School years, moving to Athens, and work in Petrina
[01:23:06] Charles Brown in Toronto and the mushroom farm
[01:32:25] His family and relation to Brown’s family
[01:48:50] Brown’s visit to Petrina and donations
[01:54:25] Brown as a sponsor and relation with his relatives
[02:01:24] The process, his migration in 1957, and the trip
[02:17:00] Reaching Toronto, finding a job as a dishwasher[
02:27:05] Petrina Brotherhood and Brown’s Villa
[02:31:45] His occupations, meeting his wife, and marriage
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