ABSTRACT

The article focuses on two different versions of the childhood and life history of a female “child of a Russian” who grew up in the Soviet occupation zone and the later German Democratic Republic (GDR). Besides a biographical-narrative interview, there is also a published text on the author’s childhood memories. The article concentrates on the childhood of the author/interviewee, since the published version does not provide any information on her later life, and picks out two so-called “key scenes” that appear in both the published version and the interview, comparing the different versions with each other and examining them for ruptures, inconsistencies and changes. For the purpose of better understanding the analysis of these scenes, a third scene is added, which, however, only comes up in the interview. The analysis pursues the question of whether different presentations of a scene have something to do with the methodological particularities of an oral autobiographical narration as opposed to a written one, and what kind of knowledge is gained from contrasting two different self- testimonies.

摘要

文章重点讲述了在苏联占领区和后来的德意志民主共和国 (GDR) 长大的女性“俄罗斯孩子”的童年和生活史的两个不同版本。除了传记式的采访外，还有一篇关于作者童年记忆的公开文本。文章聚焦作者/受访者的童年，因为出版版本没有提供任何关于她晚年生活的信息，并挑选出出现在出版版本和采访中的两个所谓的“关键场景”，比较不同的版本，并检查它们是否存在破裂、不一致和变化。为了更好地理解对这些场景的分析，增加了第三个场景，不过，这只是在采访中出现。