Viktor
| Interview | Mohamed Amjahid |
| Interview language | German |
| Country of origin | former Soviet Union/Ukraine |
| Year of migration | 1990 |
| Interview length | 01:43:48 |
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Sequencing
| 1 | Introduction Viktor | ||||
| 2 | Family and childhood in Ukraine | ||||
| 2.1 | Birth in Ukraine | ||||
| 2.2 | Atmosphere in the 60ies in Ukraine | ||||
| 2.3 | Cultural importance of music | ||||
| 2.4 | Politics and music | ||||
| 2.5 | Hegemony of communism in daily life | ||||
| 2.6 | Religion within the family | ||||
| 2.7 | Family life | ||||
| 2.8 | Pioneer camp and influence of communism | ||||
| 2.9 | Playing the drums since the age of six | ||||
| 2.10 | Routine and daily life | ||||
| 2.11 | Mother's death and childhood trauma | ||||
| 2.12 | The sister's move to Kiev | ||||
| 2.13 | Thinking critically | ||||
| 2.14 | Information and photos of the wide world | ||||
| 2.15 | Losing two important women | ||||
| 2.16 | Autonomy from the age of 15 | ||||
| 2.17 | Working in the country-side with the father | ||||
| 2.18 | To take care of the father | ||||
| 2.19.1 | Kitchen and food | ||||
| 2.19.2 | Ukranian food in Germany | ||||
| 2.19.3 | A different relation to meat in Ukraine | ||||
| 2.20 | Future plans as a child and studying theatre | ||||
| 3 | Russia | ||||
| 3.1 | Move to Russia and university | ||||
| 3.2 | Living alone and loneliness | ||||
| 3.3 | Togetherness with other soviet citizens | ||||
| 3.4 | Impressions of Moscow | ||||
| 3.5 | The sister's life in Russia | ||||
| 3.6 | Reading books | ||||
| 3.7 | Decision to leave Russia | ||||
| 4 | Ukraine | ||||
| 4.1 | Return to Ukraine | ||||
| 4.2 | Knowledge about the fall of the soviet union | ||||
| 4.3.1 | Working in the field of culture | ||||
| 4.3.2 | Expressing forbidden art | ||||
| 4.3.3 | Making contact with auction house Sotheby's in London | ||||
| 4.4 | Trip to East-Berlin | ||||
| 5 | Germany | ||||
| 5.1 | Spontaneous decision to stay in Berlin | ||||
| 5.2 | Trip to West-Berlin | ||||
| 5.3 | First impressions of West-Berlin | ||||
| 5.4 | Looking for a job | ||||
| 5.5 | Refugee accomodation | ||||
| 5.6 | Relation to childhood-friend | ||||
| 5.7 | Being paid with a Trabant instead of money | ||||
| 5.8 | In the city without documents | ||||
| 5.9 | Asylum application and move to Bavaria | ||||
| 5.9.1 | Communication without knowing German | ||||
| 5.9.2 | Impressions of Bavaria | ||||
| 5.9.3 | Work and contact with other citizens | ||||
| 5.9.4 | Commuting between Berlin and Bavaria | ||||
| 5.9.5 | Marriage and change of status | ||||
| 5.9.6 | Russian language and communicating with wife | ||||
| 5.10 | Return to Berlin | ||||
| 5.11 | Bureaucracy and problems with authorities | ||||
| 5.12 | Education | ||||
| 5.13 | Language course | ||||
| 6 | Working as a male nurse | ||||
| 6.1 | Change of health system in Germany | ||||
| 6.2 | Work ethic | ||||
| 7 | Change of german society | ||||
| 8 | Being socialised in communist Ukraine | ||||
| 9 | Connection to Ukraine | ||||
| 10 | Trip to Ukraine and change of the country | ||||
| 11 | Ukraine in german media | ||||
| 12 | Language at home and loss of mother tongue | ||||
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