hu-006595-01
type: RecordSet
appraisal: No destruction was made.
archival history: Since the project was administered by Debrecen University, one copy of the material was deposited there in 2007 and another copy in Yad Vashem, Israel, in 2010. The first part of the collection was deposited to OSA in 2012. The collection has been expanding with the creation and transcription of more and more interviews.
archivist note: Processed by Judit Hegedűs, November, 2014. Source: OSA Catalogue (accessed 29.08.2023).
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Good condition. Digital sound files are mp3, WMA or WAVE, text files are pdf
publication note: Interviewers: Gábor Filippov, Attila Gáspár, Attila Gidó, Bori Jáki, Ferenc Kocsy, Bori Kriza, Andrea Lórántffy, Éva Matern, Júlia Mecséri, Anna Menyhárt, Szilvia Molnár, Eszter Németh, Eszter Neumann, Zsófi Pintér, Dóri Szegő, Júlia Vajda. Sound: Bogdan Zavalnij Organizers: Judit Trombitás, Bogdan Zavalnij Administration: Júlia Mecséri, Anna Menyhárt, Szilvia Molnár, Judit Trombitás Telephone contacts: János Kun, Magda Kun, Artúr Faragó, György Győri
accruals: Expected
conditions of access: 280 interviews and related digital files are accessible for research and education purposes. 86 interviews and archival boxes are restricted. For further information OSA Reference Service is to be contacted. Certain files/documents containing personal information (eg. statement of interviewees) are under restricted access.
conditions of use: Interviews may be copied for research and educational purposes only.
has beginning date: 2004
has end date: 2015
has or had holder: hu-006595
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: hun
has record set type: Collection
identifier: 006595-01
record resource extent: 6 Digital container (0.01 linear meters) and 9 archival boxes (1.12 linear meters)
record resource source of information: jD7Pkvrb
scope and content: The collection originally included 334 interviews made in the frameworks of a project led by Júlia Vajda and financed by the National Research and Development Program. Currently, there are over 350 interviews and more of them are expected. The interviews were made with the narrative biographical method developed by Fritz Schütze. Besides gathering information, this interviewing method makes it possible to analyze the narration from the psychological point of view because the narration is construed by the narrator; also because the interview is not lead by the interviewer but is a free-flowing narration by the interviewee, it may serve as therapy as well, helping interviewees to overcome their trauma of the Shoah. Accordingly, there are strict rules: during the first part of the interview, the interviewee speaks freely and the interviewer cannot ask questions, only listens in a supportive way. Questions come in the second phase, concerning what has been mentioned by the interviewee, asking them to develop on issues mentioned but not fully told. The interviews were recorded, and the interviewer took notes. The interviews are transcribed word by word, with special signs marking lowered voice, repeating words, pauses, stressing certain words. Survivors of the Shoah were reached by the researchers through institutions (Claims Conference, religious communities and other Jewish organizations) and with snowball sampling. Letters were sent out by these organizations and people willing to give an interview could contact the research group via post, e-mail, or telephone. Calls were answered by people who had given interviews earlier in the project. All persons of Jewish or Roma origin were regarded survivors who had lived in the period of the Shoah. However, eventually no Roma interviews were made. Interviewers were trained how to employ the narrative biography interviewing method elaborated by Fritz Schütze, and also were given education on Jewish religion and the history of …
title: Júlia Vajda Totalitarianism and Holocaust Interview Collection