Moche Interview Analysis

Ben Moche, a Holocaust survivor, was interviewed about his life and how the Holocaust changed his way of living. Grele stated that most interviews are not credible, however Moche’s interview refutes this with the way the interviewer and the interviewee interacted with each other. In the interview with Moche and the interviewee, the questions they asked one another had a positive impact on how they interacted. At the beginning of the interview, both Moche and the interviewer seemed interested in assisting each other in acquiring the correct information from one another. When the interviewer asked about his name and how to spell it displayed that he was concerned about getting the correct information from Mr. Moche (Moche 0:34). This is crucial because it demonstrates that the interviewer

However, in the interview with Moche, the interviewer would ask questions about what Moche was saying while he was answering the previous question. An interviewer should have formulated some questions to be prepared going into an interview. This proved that the interviewer had formulated some questions,but asked some follow up questions to obtain a better understanding of what he was saying. It is important to have both formulated and follow up questions because it lets the interviewee understand that the interviewer has some essential questions, but they are interested in obtaining more information than the basic questions. Even though formulated questions, make the interview seem rehearsed, it is good to have them and then go on to ask other questions that are established on what was the interviewee answered. Shope stated in her article what is oral history, “ ...interviews for which both interviewer and interviewee have prepared are likely to be fuller and more detailed accounts for more spontaneous exchanges” (Shopes,11). This quote invalidates the statement made by Grele because it explains that some interviewers have