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Some interesting conversations regarding memoirs and veteran testimony.
Had this discussion elsewhere but anyway... when do they (memoirs) become questionable? As in how soon after a given event?
Taking the last year of WW2 as an example... /1
Had this discussion elsewhere but anyway... when do they (memoirs) become questionable? As in how soon after a given event?
Taking the last year of WW2 as an example... /1
... is something written in 1948 definitely assumed to be more trustworthy than something written in 2008?
When's the cut off date for reliability?
Doesn't this depend on the individual and their own capacity for memory?
What about motivation? /2
When's the cut off date for reliability?
Doesn't this depend on the individual and their own capacity for memory?
What about motivation? /2
Why do/did people feel the need to record their experiences? Were they pushed into it?
Was it cathartic in some way?
Were they compensating through fabrication something which was of potential embarassment (or worse)? /3
Was it cathartic in some way?
Were they compensating through fabrication something which was of potential embarassment (or worse)? /3
I posted this yesterday elsewhere on here.
How reliable is it?
It's obviously written after the events described and with a lot of stuff happening in the meantime. /4
How reliable is it?
It's obviously written after the events described and with a lot of stuff happening in the meantime. /4
Is the document above any more or less valuable than the verbal testimony which covers some of the same events but which was recorded decades later /5 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80015911
Without individual testimony how do we make historical events relatable to a wider (eg in this case, non-military, non-academic) audience?
Just musings but would appreciate opinion(s)
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Just musings but would appreciate opinion(s)
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