George Zangalis came to Australia on 15 February 1950, as a political refugee, aged 19. Working at General Motors and living in a single room apartment his life was lonely but soon made friends as he joined Demokritos, his Union and became a member, of the Communist youth and finally of the CPA.
I first met GZ in 1967 at a meeting against the newly imposed junta regime in Greece. He had to wait for 23 years till finally in 1973 he could be granted citizenship and get a passport to visit his brother in the Soviet Union and other family members in Greece. In the last few years he used to visti Drymades, his native village regularly. I saw him five days before his death and told me half of his heart was in Drymades and half in Australia.