‘Rabbi, don’t you think she looks like one of us?’ : the intersubjectivities of age, politics and faith in Holocaust survivor interviews
In interviews with Holocaust survivors conducted as part of a project on support associations, it became apparent that interviewees made assumptions about the interviewer’s identity, including age, religion, marital status and political views, which appeared to lay the grounds for development of rap...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Oral History. - Oral History Society. - 50(2022), 1, Seite 74-83 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Oral History |
| Zusammenfassung: | In interviews with Holocaust survivors conducted as part of a project on support associations, it became apparent that interviewees made assumptions about the interviewer’s identity, including age, religion, marital status and political views, which appeared to lay the grounds for development of rapport. This article examines how these assumptions were informed by the intersubjectivities of the interview and contributes to a discussion of how ‘outsiders’ can establish rapport. This is particularly important with communities that have experienced widespread trauma and discrimination, where there may be a reluctance to trust outsiders with personal information and insight into their experiences. Additionally, this article will examine the opinions of survivors on contemporary issues through the lens of how life review manifests in these interviews and becomes cross-referenced with current events, interlinking with the intersubjectivities present in the interview. |
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| ISSN: | 01430955 |