Eretria, Greece.
Mr. Grigoris was born in 1920 at Constantinople
(modern Istanbul). Two years later in 1922, his family fled to Greece
after the Greco-Turkish War. In 1940 at the start of World War II, the
20 year old Grigoris fought with the Greek Army in Albania in the
Greco-Italian War. In 1941-45 fought against the Nazi Germans as a
soldier and later joined the Greek Resistance. In the 1950’s & 60’s
worked as a bus and truck driver and later as a fisherman. Grigoris
lived a life of hardship and war but managed to survive. He is now
retired in his hometown Eretria, with his children and grandchildren.
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