Momente der Begegnung werden zu Momenten der „Störung“ – Eine Einzelfallstudie des szenischen Erinnerns der Shoah anhand eines videografierten Zeitzeugengesprächs

Abstract

Abstract This article provides insight into the mixed-method-analysis of a testimony of a survivor of the Shoah. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical-hermeneutical understanding of the unconsciously re-enacted scenic memory of the Shoah with the results of objective methods. Relevant moments throughout the videographed conversation that indicated the scenic re-enaction of the traumatic experiences in the Shoah were understood as “Now Moments” or “Moments of Meeting” (Stern 2004). Those moments were assessed both by the clinically working Interviewer of the survivor Ms. K. herself as well as by independently applied empirical methods. A computerized Text Analysis System (CM, Mergenthaler 1997) identified Emotion-Abstraction Patterns and Narrative Styles in the transcript of the video, a computerized Motion Energy Analysis (MEA, Ramseyer 2010) measured and quantified movements in terms of synchronicity of the interacting dyad. An external validation was conducted by carrying out group hermeneutical discussions as additional clinical assessments of relevant moments in the video-testimony.