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Kondoff, Pete & Mary

People in the villiage of Dumbene saved enough money to send three boys to the United States. In 1909, my father, Demitri “Jim” Kondoff, was among the three boys. They were taken to Solun where they boarded a ship for New York. My father and his companions were not allowed to enter the United States. Without money to return to Europe, the ship’s captain had his own solution.

Steve and Lilly Pliakes

Steve Pliakes or Stefo Plakov, as he prefers to introduce himself, is a Canadian Macedonian, or Macedonian Canadian whose origin is from the beautiful Macedonian village of Zeleniche, in the region of Lerin, from the Aegean part of Macedonia. He is well recognized among the Macedonians in Canada and in the United States.