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Agnes Harb
Shock with the fire
video length:
02:01
interviewer:
Ruth Deutschmann
photography:
Benjamin Epp
copyright location:
Aldrans
date of recording:
2008-06-16
English translation by:
Sylvia Manning-Baumgartner
Italian translation by:
Nicole D ´Incecco
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1925
transcription:
In 1925 our house burned down. Of course that was a great misfortune; we were in debt and not properly insured. But there was a small, short-lived benefit. Naturally it's a shock to be dragged out of bed at four in the morning: "Quick, get up, the house is on fire!" The barn and the stable... The walls of the house were solid brick, I’ve got a photo, I’ll show you later,
but the timbering of the roof burned down. My mother got such a fright, that she didn’t have any seizures for 13 months after the fire! The doctor used to say: "It is possible that a great shock could make the fits stop. Her condition is not genetic. It came after a shock and she might lose it through a shock." So there was a period of 13 months without any fits. My father said: "I’m not going to complain then." He thought it was gone for good. As she got older, maybe it had something to do with menopause, it came back then. But not as severely.We went through a lot. Epileptics often fall down. I have to say I've been through an awful lot with her.