Freweyni Habtemariam
| Interview | Manuela Bojadžijev |
| Interview language | German |
| Country of origin | Eritrea |
| Year of migration | 1980 |
| Interview length | 01:51:19 |
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Sequencing
| 1 | Introduction Freweyni Habtemariam | ||||
| 2 | Family and childhood inf Eritrea and Ethiopia | ||||
| 2.1 | Mother tongue | ||||
| 2.2 | Birth in Eritrea and family-structure | ||||
| 2.3 | Move to Addis Ababa | ||||
| 2.4 | Farewell from grandparents | ||||
| 2.5 | Pre-school and school | ||||
| 2.6 | Siblings | ||||
| 2.7 | Father's work | ||||
| 2.8 | Mother's work | ||||
| 2.9 | Specific memories of childhood | ||||
| 2.10 | Contacts in Addis Ababa | ||||
| 2.11 | A typical day | ||||
| 3 | Ethiopia | ||||
| 3.1 | Arrival in Addis Ababa | ||||
| 3.2 | Role of religion within the family | ||||
| 3.3 | Visiting Eritrea | ||||
| 3.4 | Reference person in Addis Ababa | ||||
| 4 | Role of politics within the family | ||||
| 5 | Armed fight of uncles | ||||
| 6 | Communist coup in 1974 | ||||
| 7 | Escape of mother and siblings to Eritrea | ||||
| 8 | Return to Eritrea | ||||
| 8.1 | The trip | ||||
| 8.2 | Life in Eritrea with harassment by military | ||||
| 8.3 | Father joining the family in Eritrea | ||||
| 8.4 | Loss of belongings | ||||
| 8.5 | Men get collected and shot | ||||
| 8.6 | Violence in daily life | ||||
| 8.7 | Organisation of life in the village | ||||
| 9 | Slaughters and ongoing escape | ||||
| 10 | Learning while escaping | ||||
| 11 | Life in the country side | ||||
| 11.1 | Bombardement | ||||
| 11.2 | Difference between living in the city and in the country side | ||||
| 11.3 | Nice memories | ||||
| 12 | Leaving the country and escaping | ||||
| 13 | The route | ||||
| 14 | Sudan | ||||
| 14.1 | Arrival in Sudan | ||||
| 14.2 | Financing in Sudan | ||||
| 14.3 | First impressions of Sudan | ||||
| 14.4 | Role of religion in daily life | ||||
| 14.5 | First political questions | ||||
| 15 | Knowledge about Europe | ||||
| 16 | Items from home | ||||
| 17 | Preparation of the escape | ||||
| 18 | Flying from Khartum to Germany | ||||
| 19 | Faked documents | ||||
| 20 | Overnight stop in Italy | ||||
| 21 | Germany | ||||
| 21.1 | Arrival and first impressions of Germany | ||||
| 21.2.1 | Living conditions at the asylum home | ||||
| 21.2.2 | German language and difficulties | ||||
| 21.2.3 | Distribution of the refugees | ||||
| 21.2.4 | Making contact with family in Eritrea | ||||
| 21.2.5 | Interconnectedness between refugee families | ||||
| 21.3 | Life in Bad Wurzach | ||||
| 21.3.1 | Retirement home | ||||
| 21.3.2 | School | ||||
| 21.3.3 | Food | ||||
| 21.3.4 | Friends | ||||
| 21.3.5 | Financing | ||||
| 21.3.6 | Making contact with neighbors | ||||
| 21.3.7 | Feeling of arriving and nice moments | ||||
| 22 | Experiences of siblings | ||||
| 23 | Father is joining | ||||
| 24 | Father's job in Germany | ||||
| 25 | Secondary school and A-levels | ||||
| 26 | Education and occupation of the siblings | ||||
| 27 | Divorce of the parents and father's return to Eritrea | ||||
| 28 | Imaginations of return | ||||
| 29.1 | Political work | ||||
| 29.2 | The regime in Eritrea | ||||
| 30 | Influence of experience of escaping on life | ||||
| 31 | Residence status | ||||
| 32 | Trauma of new refugees | ||||
| 33 | Working as a translator | ||||
| 34 | Hopes | ||||
| 35 | Final words: responsibilities | ||||
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