Quote Originally Posted by onequickmove
i'd ask as few questions as possible and let them tell you what they want; there may be much they don't wish to discuss, and that needs to be honored

my grandmother in norway ran an underground resistance newspaper during the nazi occupation, and some uncles and friends were put in camps. i find it's usually difficult to extract info from them; they want to forget it; sometimes, you do have to tell them that it means a lot to you to understand what it was like; but always respect their privacy
since this is for school i highly doubt "teacher, the guy i chose to interview didn't want to answer my questions" is really going to work or slide... i understand what you're saying, but you shoulda just said something like, if whoever you're talking to doesn't want to share his experience find someone else...

just a thought...