O ARHIVĂ DE ISTORII ORALE. ADDENDA LA UN CONCURS
AN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE. ADDENDA TO A CHALLANGE

Summary/Abstract: In November 1996, “Furnica” Cultural Group, having the support of “Dilema” magazine, initiated a contest of autobiographies. At this challange participated 16 people between 23 and 98, having different preocupations. It was the starting point to promote method of investigation, not sufficiently known, based on individual memory capable of revealing another version of a fact or event. It is considered that such a method could prevent certain drawbacks in a usual investigation: directed interview, mental effort etc. Beside these, autobiography by mail offers to the subject the freedom of thinking, far from inhibition, the life story is at his/her own choice. The story that had been selected was given by the eldest participant to the contest, a fragment from two manuscripts from 1994 and also the transcript of a registered interview given by subject’s daughter in 1996. Nicolae D. Marinescu is 98 years old; he was born on March 31, 1899. His ancestors were shepards and he is the fourth child having 8 brothers and sisters. He became a teacher, than inspector. When the communist regime was set up, he is demoted as a teacher at the outskirts of Buzău. He participated at the first and also the Second World War. Now retired, he remembered his own life, as it is.

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