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Testimonies were recorded in whatever language the witness preferred, and range in length from 30 minutes to over 40 hours (recorded over several sessions).</p> </div> <div class="col-lg-6"> <img src="https://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/story3.jpg"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid block bg-gray"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-6"> <img src="https://fortunoff.library.yale.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/story4.jpg"> </div> <div class="col-lg-6 content"> <h2>Interview Methodology</h2> <p>Fortunoff Archive’s interviewing methodology stresses the leadership role of the witness in structuring and telling his or her own story. Questions are primarily used to ascertain time and place, or elicit additional information about topics already mentioned, with an emphasis on open-ended questions that give the initiative to the witness. 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