Oral history is crucial in complementing and challenging traditional archival material. For Partizip 2 Filmmaker Loretta Walz conducted interviews with almost 100 people about their WW2 experiences. Their testimonies are both relevant to the study of history of the Occupation and the memory of that period.
In 2015-17 the Master in Contemporary European History offered a seminar to introduce students to this rich material, make them aware of the ethical issues and methodological challenges of oral history, and produce new research in that field.The results are made available to the public by the students themselves in close cooperation with the Center for Contemporary and Digital History.
