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In this article I present a case study of the relationship between interviewer and narrator to explore the process of collaboration in the production of an auto/biography. This article outlines how the project originated and how it developed over the past six years. After introducing the narrator, Arthur Thickett—soldier, communist, pacifist, and writer—I explore our collaboration and identify those facets of the relationship that have been the most influential in shaping the interview. Michael Frisch's principle of "shared authority" influenced the working process, and collaboration was an important element of the work. This paper discusses the effect that attempting to share authority had on the project, and examines the issues raised by the collaborative process, such as who owns the material produced, who decides what material is made public, and how these decisions affect the history told. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Holocaust is now almost a half century past; soon its survivors will be gone. Yet they, and others, have created a permanent archive -- texts which cross an ocean of time and pain to tell the story of Auschwitz. We examine three texts of the Holocaust -- U.S. newspapers, survivors' memoirs and oral testimony. We compare unique voices within and between texts. Newspapers reported the Holocaust early and often, yet minimized its importance. Memoirs, though all from survivors of Auschwitz, varied widely in content as well as form; female voices often told different stories than their male counterparts; earlier works were distinct from later ones. Like memoirs, videotaped testimonies ranged widely; some were literary, coherent and articulate; others were contradictory non-narratives -- fragments of confusion and fear. We conclude with a reflexive note, pondering the dilemmas posed by a scholarly study of the Holocaust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]