Breaking the Silence: Traumatised War Veterans and Oral History
In the early 1990s oral history interviews were recorded with nine New Zealand Second World War veterans, all of whom were receiving government War Disablement Pensions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Thirteen years later the three surviving interviewees were revisited and asked to assess the im...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Oral History. - Oral History Society. - 35(2007), 1, Seite 61-70 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Oral History |
| Schlagworte: | History Political science Behavioral sciences Social sciences Business |
| Zusammenfassung: | In the early 1990s oral history interviews were recorded with nine New Zealand Second World War veterans, all of whom were receiving government War Disablement Pensions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Thirteen years later the three surviving interviewees were revisited and asked to assess the impact on them of disclosing traumatic memories in the earlier interviews. The veterans' responses were largely positive. Each reported a sense of relief after talking about their trauma during an oral history interview. However none opened up further discussion with family or friends and they remain largely silent about their traumatic experiences. The paper considers some of the ethical and professional issues that confront oral historians when working with such interviewees. |
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| ISSN: | 01430955 |