Vasilios Gatzios

INTERVIWE DATE:

January 16, 2022

Interviewer:

Angelo Laskaris

language:

Greek

Speaker Background:

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INTERVIEW LOCATION:

Toronto, ON

OCUPATION:

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

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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Working Life

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Greek Civil War

Marriage

Military Service

Post-WW2 Migration

Sponsorship

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Locations Referenced

Lygourio, Nafplio, Monodentri Sparti

Occupation(s)

Parents Occupation(s)

Farmers

Names Referenced

[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

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Speaker Background:

INTERVIEW LOCATION:

OCUPATION:

Interview Summary:

Interview Quotes

Vasilios Gatzios

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Participants

Vasilios Gatzios

Intervieweer(s)

Angelo Laskaris

Date and Location

January 16, 2022

Toronto, ON

Languages

Greek

Permalink

Project

Childhood Narratives of Greek Canadians from the 1940s

Reference ID

40sREF009

Categories

Working Life

Historical Events

Migration

Rites

Tags

Greek Civil War

Marriage

Military Service

Post-WW2 Migration

Sponsorship

WW2

Decades Referenced

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Locations Referenced

Occupation(s)

Parents Occupation(s)

Names Referenced