Vasilios Gatzios
INTERVIWE DATE:
January 16, 2022
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Interviewer:
Angelo Laskaris
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language:
Greek

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:
Toronto, ON
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Vasilios Gatzios

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Participants
Vasilios Gatzios
Intervieweer(s)
Angelo Laskaris
Date and Location
January 16, 2022
Toronto, ON
Languages
Greek
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Project
Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s
Reference ID
40sREF009
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Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Lygourio, Nafplio, Monodentri Sparti
Occupation(s)
Parents Occupation(s)
Farmers
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[00:00:39] Early life in Nafplio

[00:02:23] Outbreak of the Second World War

[00:14:20] Life during occupation and famine

[00:17:08] Nazis' arrival and occupation

[00:24:10] Massacre in Monodentri, Sparti

[00:26:07] School life and community life  

[00:33:53] Prospective career choice in policing

[00:42:14] Food scarcity during the Occupation

[00:43:19] Germans arrive in Lygourio

[00:50:41] Incident with a Italian soldier

[00:55:07] Communists and those collaborated with Italians

[00:57:37] Civil War years in Lygourio

[01:01:51] Marriage

[01:04:03] Incidents with Italian soldiers

[01:09:48] German retaliation in Gorgopotamos

[01:12:24] Civil War memories

[01:18:07] Memories in the Army during the 1950s

[01:27:59] Servising the Army Migration to Canada

[01:42:33] Relations with his parents

[01:44:50] Childhood Memories and cultural practices

[01:49:00] Life after Army in trading[

01:52:07] Migration to Canada and love story with wife